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District MTSS coaches brief board on rollout, fidelity and state funding
Summary
District MTSS administrators told the board that multi-tiered systems of supports (MTSS) is now state-funded, described coaching and screening work with UNR, and reported six schools meeting Tier 1 fidelity while others progress toward implementation.
Molly Ravenscraftoft, the district MTSS administrator, and Jennifer Mortonson, the district’s lead school psychologist and MTSS coach, presented the Douglas County School District’s Multi‑Tiered System of Supports to the board, laying out the program’s four elements — screening, progress monitoring, prevention and data‑based decision‑making — and explaining how those pieces are being implemented across pre‑K–12 sites.
The presenters said MTSS is now supported by state funding rather than prior federal grants and that the district has re‑established a partnership with the University of Nevada Technical Assistance Center to provide coaching and training. “This is one of our shared priorities in our strategic plan,” Molly Ravenscraftoft told the board, stressing the program’s focus on…
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