Valley Central board adopts MTSS plan as year‑one of districtwide supports

Valley Central School District on Tuesday adopted a Multi‑Tiered System of Supports (MTSS) plan that district leaders intend to roll out in 2025–26 as the first year of implementation.

Assistant Superintendent for Curriculum and Instruction Miss Mohiko presented the plan to the board, describing MTSS as “a comprehensive continuum of evidence‑based systematic practices to support a rapid response to students’ needs” and explaining that MTSS expands on response‑to‑intervention (RTI) by including behavioral, social‑emotional and attendance supports alongside academics. Mohiko said the district will emphasize differentiated core instruction, frequent progress monitoring, and a tiered structure in which roughly 80% of students receive primary (tier‑1) instruction, about 15% receive targeted small‑group supports (tier‑2) and a smaller number receive intensive individualized services (tier‑3).

The presenter summarized the plan’s development: an MTSS committee formed in 2023, participation in BOCES micro‑credential trainings, and a March 2025 partnership with Branching Minds to help draft the district’s first formal MTSS document. Mohiko said building‑level administrators and teacher teams will use screening and progress‑monitoring data to place students on the continuum and to move them between tiers according to response to interventions.

Board members asked procedural and implementation questions about oversight, professional learning and how tiered instruction will function at the secondary level, where class periods can limit flexible grouping. Mohiko said secondary scheduling challenges were discussed with administrators and that the plan explicitly addresses kindergarten through grade 12 services, including expectations for core instruction and how differentiated teaching should reduce the need for escalated interventions.

The board moved to adopt the MTSS plan later in the meeting; the motion passed unanimously (mover: Fran; second: Katie; vote: 7–0).