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District elementary MTSS team outlines new continuum approach to interventions
Summary
District elementary MTSS leaders described a move from a diamond model to a continuum of Tier 1–3 supports, new benchmark and progress-monitoring practices, and adoption of intervention resources (AIMSwebPlus, MAP, Wilson Reading System, Bridges Intervention).
The Mount Lebanon School District’s elementary Multi-Tiered System of Supports (MTSS) team presented its K–5 approach to the board on April 13, describing how the district is standardizing assessments and interventions to identify and support students earlier.
"MTSS stands for Multi Tiered System of Supports," Nikki Gill, Hoover Elementary principal and MTSS lead, told the board, describing MTSS as a collaborative, data-driven framework that integrates instruction and intervention across three tiers.
Gill said the district is moving away from the classic ‘diamond’ graphic toward a continuum that brings extension and enrichment services under the…
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