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Westerville lays out MTSS rollout: coaches, leadership teams and classroom-level supports
Summary
District leaders described progress implementing a multi-tiered system of supports (MTSS) from preschool through grade 12, emphasizing tiered interventions, coaching, micro professional development and a three-year implementation plan focused on academics, social-emotional supports and enhanced services for special populations.
Westerville City Schools presented detailed plans Tuesday for implementing a multi-tiered system of supports, or MTSS, across preschool through 12th grade, saying the framework will be used to align instruction, social-emotional supports and targeted interventions.
"MTSS stands for multi tiered systems of support and it is our way to provide support to students who have an academic, behavioral, or social emotional need," said Kate Toma, a district staff member who led the presentation. Toma emphasized that MTSS is intended to serve "every classroom, every student, every single day," including students needing enrichment and those who need intensive interventions.
Toma described a layered approach with Tier 1…
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