MTSS Lead Weekly Updates

Please be reminded that snow days will not cause PowerBi to be out of compliance for progress monitoring but there may be other causes. If your school data team was scheduled to meet, as many were last week, please try to convene when we return to discuss student progress and update student plans in TNPulse as well as Pearson aimswebPlus accordingly.

We have rescheduled several of last week's offerings so if you did not make one of last week's sessions, there are still opportunities. Check out links below.

We will host additional open office hours this week to support with updating ILP-Ds. If you have red stop signs, please check that you have reviewed the sequence of dates (screener date precedes the record of decision and record of decision precedes the parent notification and response); that you have confirmed status, saved, and created final; and/or exited the ILP-D if the student is no longer eligible which are the most common reasons for the red stop signs though there may be others.

Shatamara Davis will continue to host open office hours this week on Monday and Friday even though MSCS is closed for Snow Day#6. If you want to join, she is available to support with your questions about Reading Horizons Discovery and/or Elevate.

Please take a moment to share your schedule of when your school is providing dyslexia specific intervention using Reading Horizons by February 8. This is very important as the Reading Horzions team is preparing for spring on-site coaching visits, but also so that Shatamara is aware of your schedule when trying to schedule across schools.

During the month of February, the MTSS Team is looking for teachers who would like to share their practice with others via video clips that share best practices from Reading Horizons or iReady Small Group Instruction. If you want to participate, please email a 30-90 second video clip and include a brief description of the best practice you want to highlight to RTI2@scsk12.org. Swag is limited to the first 20 educators who submit!

We have completed the Winter Diagnostics so students have an updated personalized instruction myPath. Please monitor student's pass rate and time on task and provide feedback accordingly as they work towards their goals. If you have not yet had goal setting conversations with students, remember that our time is not over, but we do not have a lot of it. Remember to be consistent and intentional each and every day.

Scholastic is hosting World Read Aloud Day and you can register to participate in this optional opportunity.

The MidEast Scholastic Education Team cordially invites you to participate in an exclusive World Read Aloud Day event on February 4, 2026. Scholastic author Lester Laminack will share his children’s book, Three Hens and a Peacock!

Nothing unusual ever happened on the Tuckers' farm. Until the day that peacock showed up. When this glamorous visitor lands unexpectedly in their midst and begins attracting customers, three hardworking hens protest: How come we do all the hard work and he gets all the attention? What will happen when three gussied-up hens spend the day prancing and parading at passing cars? And will that peacock ever figure out how to lay an egg?

This hilarious book reveals what happens when some foolish farm animals decide to trade roles and discover just how hard it is to do someone else's job.

If you would like to purchase copies of the first book, Three Hens and a Peacock, please CLICK HERE or contact Scholastic Representative Felicia Fowler.

Select the session below you would like to attend and register today to receive the zoom link.

WRAD 2026 Session 1 (8:30am CST | 9:30am EST) https://scholastic.zoom.us/meeting/register/8N0pUhHNQNmIsRK2BIZ6_A

WRAD 2026 Session 2 (10:00am CST | 11:00am EST)

https://scholastic.zoom.us/meeting/register/fTxPtQf1QaSVoW6uVYeQrA

WRAD 2026 Session 3 (11:30am CST | 12:30pm EST)

https://scholastic.zoom.us/meeting/register/BddZHVVdQ4CwPTdZ9zeBVQ

WRAD 2026 Session 4 (1:00pm CST | 2:00pm EST)

https://scholastic.zoom.us/meeting/register/RtE1KZRZSGuZgB6y8MqUfg

On February 4th, each classroom educator should sign on to the zoom and share the screen with the class to participate.

Space is limited. Reserve your slot today.

To support schools in moving from planning to strong, consistent implementation, the district will host RTI²-B Open Lab Sessions throughout February. These sessions provide an opportunity for school teams to:

· Strengthen understanding of RTI²-B expectations

· Align discipline plans to tiered supports

· Clarify meeting structures and documentation

· Ask questions and receive real-time guidance

RTI2-B Open Lab Sessions for February 2026

To learn more about true implementation of RTI²-B in your school, please join us during an open lab session to get answers to your questions and concerns. The dates, times, and links to the open labs sessions are below:

Date:

February 10, 2026 Time: 10:00 a.m.-12:00p.m. (Join Here)

February 19, 2026 Time: 10:00 a.m.-12:00p.m.(Join Here)

February 24, 2026 Time: 10:00 a.m.-12:00p.m.(Join Here)

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