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Geil Elementary outlines MTSS approach to boost classroom learning
Summary
Geil Elementary staff presented Gering Public Schools’ Multi-Tiered System of Supports (MTSS), explaining that Tier 1 instruction reaches roughly 80% of students while WIN time and the Student Assistance Team deliver targeted interventions for the remainder.
Angela Morris, a Geil Elementary administrator, presented the board with the school’s Multi-Tiered System of Supports (MTSS), saying the goal is to provide “the right support, at the right time, in the right way.” Morris described MTSS as a district framework to support both academic and behavioral growth for all students.
Geil teachers gave classroom and intervention-level detail. Fourth-grade teacher Audrey Charbonneau said Tier 1 instruction is designed so “approximately 80% typically” of students master material through general classroom instruction; about 20% then receive targeted help during WIN (What I Need) time. Title I teacher Jennifer Bohnsack described her Tier 2 role providing data-driven reading and math interventions and collaborating with special education staff and paraprofessionals during WIN time. School counselor Matt Janecek explained the Student Assistance Team (SAT) process: the SAT—composed of classroom teacher, counselor, principal, special education teacher and school psychologist—contacts families, meets every four to six weeks to review data, and produces specific, monitorable action plans for students needing additional support.
Board members responded with praise for the focus on differentiated instruction and family engagement. The presentation framed MTSS as a tiered, data-driven approach intended to reduce referrals and close skill gaps through frequent monitoring and targeted programming.
