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RPS outlines literacy push: PLCs and MTSS being used to scale evidence-based interventions
Summary
District leaders described how professional learning communities (PLCs), FastBridge screening, diagnostic assessments and EduCLIMBER data systems support a multi-tiered approach to literacy; board members pressed for clarity on parent notification, secondary capacity, and staff training.
Rochester Public Schools presented a multi-tiered strategy to accelerate literacy across grades using professional learning communities and an MTSS framework at the Dec. 3 board meeting.
Mona Perkins (chief academic officer), Justine Trueblood (MTSS facilitator) and Jill Dunn (coordinator of tiered supports) briefed the board on the district’s approach. They described FastBridge universal screening three times a year, a target that 80% of students be on-track for core instruction, and a trigger to add a core intervention when…
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