MTSS Leads Weekly Update

🌟 Welcome back for the 2025-26 school year where we will all have a hand in

growing greatness in MSCS! 🌟

MSCS RTI2A and RTIB team members met to collaboratively develop this graphic which represents the Academic and Behavior supports that are offered to students as we seek to support students wholistically. During DLD I will explain in greater detail, but I wanted to share the graphic which represents the progression of supports moving from supports for parents, staff, and teachers to the most intensive intervention for students. This year you will hear much more from both RTI2A and RTIB as we must properly use intervention to support our students' needs, whether academic or behavior. Stay tuned for information throughout the school year!

Sunflowers, with their radiant faces and tall, proud stalks, are often seen as symbols of joy, optimism, and unwavering faith. But sometimes, even these sturdy plants face adversities that threaten to break them. In MTSS we often start strong and have moments of joy as we are optimistic that our instruction and intervention will close our students' learning gaps. Sometimes though we don't see the progress we hoped because of other factors that threaten to break our growth. But the sunflower is strong just as our systems for MTSS are and they bend as they continue to look upward.

This year we must remember the strength that we have when we begin the year strong by putting all of our best systems in place to move students towards achievement through growth. I encourage you to use the Opening Checklist and our On Target for Success SharePoint to get started as we plant our sunflower seeds, remembering to bend, but not break as we grow together.

📝Please check the link below for August PD sessions and register in PLZ for sessions that meet your learning needs.

📝 Intervention should begin the week of August 4, 2025 for students with existing plans. Please ensure that progress monitoring begins the week of August 11, 2025.

📝Update existing student Tier 2 or 3 intervention plans in TNPulse by 5:00 p.m. on Friday, August 29, 2025. All student plans will need to be reactivated. Information will be available on the necessary steps.

📝 Complete the Opening Checklist according to the dates marked on the document.

MTSS Leads for RTI2A should select one virtual Microsoft Teams session to attend and you have choice in the day you attend. New Leads should attend a new leads session for their grade band as well a grade band session.

You can register in PLZ using course number 48413. If you previously registered, please check your registration to ensure you are registered for the correct session(s).

July 30th

New K-5 MTSS Leads (RTI2A) 8:30-10:00

K-5 MTSS Leads (RTI2A) 10:30-12:00

6-12 MTSS Leads (RTI2A) 1:00-2:30

July 31st

K-5 MTSS Leads (RTI2A) 8:30-10:00

6-12 MTSS Leads (RTI2A) 10:30-12:00

New 6-12 MTSS Leads (RTI2A) 1:00-2:30

Please allow about 60 minutes to complete the prework for DLD (credit will be awarded in PLZ for this), this will allow you to better formulate questions that you can ask Trisha McCarter as she provides a high level overview on best practices and allows you to ask questions in a small group setting.

Complete the Online Educator Learning Courses below. Log into iReady and then click the link below. You can also access these courses by clicking help and then Online Educator Learning.

Welcome to iReady

Introduction to Teacher Toolbox

Kindergarten is the only grade that can complete Literacy Tasks and Written Expression during Staggered Entry beginning August 4, 2025 which will allow very needed 1:1 opportunities to properly assess students.​

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Students in K-6 will complete the following:​

• IReady Reading Diagnostic​

• IReady Math Diagnostic​

• Grade appropriate Fall Literacy Tasks ​

• Fall Written Expression​

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All students in K-8 should complete the iReady Reading and Math Diagnostic to capture baseline data and create personalized instruction pathways.​

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Questions can be emailed to RTI2@scsk12.org.​

Please submit your intervention platform (TNPulse, iReady, aimswebPlus) access requests or school updates to RTI2@scsk12.org.

The following information is needed (Employees must appear in PowerSchool for 48 hours before accessing platforms):

Name of platform needed

Employee first and last name as it appears in PLZ. Alternate names are not found in the platforms.

Employee id number

Employee MSCS email.

Please note that school admin access for iReady will be limited to school principal, PLC Coach, and MTSS Leads. School admin can create and manage school groups and tag employees to those groups should they need access to multiple students/classes for support purposes.

Email RTI2@scsk12.org for questions and technical supports. Reese Robinson and I will maintain the RTI2 Helpdesk collaboratively.