Sep 7-8: MTSS Weekend workshop with Kim Bane and Amber Schmidt

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"MTSS is not just about tiered interventions, but rather how all systems in a school fit together to ensure a high quality education for all students" - Novak and Rodriquez

Overview

Schools are complex organizations with many moving parts (systems, frameworks, structures, learner, etc). In this two-day session, we will guide participants through a discovery journey of the existing systems, frameworks, and structures that are already in place in their schools in order to refine, adjust, and align those existing practices to the MTSS framework.

Session Outcomes

• Understanding MTSS Fundamentals: Gain a deep and practical understanding of the Multi-Tiered Systems of Support (MTSS) framework.
• Assess Current Practices, Frameworks, and Systems: Self-assess/evaluate the existing pedagogical practices, instructional frameworks, and systems in place within the school.
• Identify Alignment and Misalignment in your Current System: Determine where alignment exists between the mission, vision, strategic priorities, and other guiding statements, and the actual current practices, and identify areas where misalignment or gaps are present.
• Analyze Impact on Student Outcomes: Examine how the alignment (or lack thereof) impacts student learning outcomes, engagement, and success.
• Explore Contemporary Practices: Investigate contemporary practices in MTSS and implementation science that support aligning mission, vision, and other guiding statements with everyday practices.
• Review and Revise Practices and Systems: Identify specific changes or adjustments that need to be made in the school's practices, pedagogy, frameworks, and systems to achieve alignment.
• Create an Action Plan: Develop a concrete action plan with timelines and responsibilities to implement the changes identified during the workshop.

Speakers

Kim Bane

Kim Bane is an educational consultant who works with schools across the globe to design and implement inclusive educational practices that support the needs of all learners. Kim brings experience and dedication to this work, having successfully collaborated with schools both in the United States and across the Middle East, Africa, Europe, South America and Asia to transform the learning experience for students, teachers, and school leaders. As a practitioner, Kim works alongside international school leaders and teachers to design, implement, and sustain tiered systems of support (MTSS). As a CAST certified trainer for Universal Design for Learning (UDL), Kim is passionate about coaching and developing international teachers' skill sets and shifting their mindsets when implementing UDL.

Amber Schmidt

Amber Schmidt is a nationally certified school psychologist and is currently working on obtaining her doctorate in clinical psychology. Her experiences in both U.S. public schools and international schools as a school psychologist and Director of Student Support Services have equipped her to understand, design and implement a multi-tiered system of support (MTSS) across all grade levels. Amber is dedicated to all facets of MTSS that include academics and social emotional behavioral needs of students. Amber works with administration, teacher leaders, coaches, classroom teachers, student support services team, and any other stakeholders to define what MTSS should look like in a school's individual setting, as well as creates and executes implementation plans that ensure the fidelity and sustainability of a multi- tiered system of support framework.

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