MTSS Lead Weekly Updates

The following 39 schools have a 93% or better completion rate in BOTH iReady Reading and Math Diagnostic as of Thursday, January 16th at 4:30 p.m. Keep up the excellent work as there are many more who were so close as of this date. If your school experienced obstacles (absences, technology, etc.) please persevere this week as I am confident that this number will only grow more.

Alcy

American Way

Balmoral Ridgeway

Barrets Chapel K-8

Berclair

Bethel Grove

Chimneyrock

Colonial

Doubletree

Dunbar

EE Jeter K-8

Egypt

Germanshire

Grahamwood

Highland Oaks Elementary

Ida B. Wells

JPFreeman K-8

Jackson

Kingsbury Elementary

Kingsbury Middle

LaRose

Levi

Lowrance K-8

Oakhaven Elementary

Oakhaven Middle

Oakshire

Riverwood

Scenic Hills

Sea Isle

Sharpe

Sheffield Elementary

Snowden K-8

South Park

Treadwell Elementary

Treadwell Middle

White Station Elementary

Whitehaven Elementary

WHBrewster Elementary

Woodstock Middle

Please ensure that all requirements of the Winter Universal Screener have been fully executed by 4:30 p.m. on January 31, 2025. All manual score entry must also be completed by this time. Anything entered after 4:30 p.m. will not be able to be considered a part of the Winter Universal Screener.

TDOE has encoding guidance posted (previously shared in August) that remains unchanged from Winter. TDOE stated that the same word list can be used until they communicate updates.

Please adhere to the scoring guidance offered in the associated rubrics for Written Expression. I apologize for failing to catch that two grade levels had scoring criteria that moved beyond a 4. The PowerApp has been updated to reflect the possible range. The purpose of providing an authentic writing task is to further connect back to student needs that can be addressed during writing opportunities in Tier 1 instruction, but if needed be further supported through a Tier 2 or 3 Written Expression Plan.

The vendor has shared that the B05 Advanced Report issue has been resolved. If you were experiencing "ghost plans" this has been resolved as a result of that. This week, please verify that your B05 report is pulling accurate data for your school as this is one of the primary reports used to inform MSCS PowerBi of Tier 2 and 3 plan information.

Note: This is not impacting all users.

Cause:

After a 45 minutes long troubleshooting phone call with Pearson aimswebPlus, I learned that the fix they applied to the platform Wednesday when the national outage occurred countered the fix that occurred for MSCS rostering issues during November and December.

Action being taken by Pearson:

They are actively working to resolve the issue, but do not have a time frame.

Next steps and considerations for you:

Please keep track of the students so you will be able to circle back when they do resolve the issue. This will most likely create an out of compliance alert in PowerBi that is beyond your control as the students may not be appearing in aimswebPlus for you to monitor.

During the Week of February 10th Curriculum Associates will be hosting iReady Middle of Year (MOY) Data Digs. Senior Leaders, Network Leaders, Network Instructional Coaches, and Principals will meet in person at the TLA in the Multi-purpose Room on their designated date/time. MTSS Leads will engage virtually on their designated date/time.

Tuesday, February 11 8:30-10:30 Network 1 (in person group)

Tuesday, February 11 12:30-2:30 Networks 2&3 (in person group)

Tuesday, February 11 3:30-5:00 Networks 1, 2, & 3 MTSS Leads (virtual)

Wednesday, February 12 8:30-10:30 Network 4 (in person group)

Wednesday, February 12 12:30-2:30 Network 5 (in person group)

Wednesday, February 12 3:30-5:00 Networks 4 &5 MTSS Leads (virtual)

Thursday, February 13 8:30-10:30 Network 6 (in person group)

Thursday, February 13 12:00-2:00 Network 7 (in person group)

Thursday, February 13 2:30-4:00 Networks 6&7 MTSS Leads (virtual)

As part of the Literacy Commitment requirements for all third graders, they must complete the aimswebPlus Benchmark Assessment during the Spring Universal Screener Window March 31-April 4, 2025. Last year, our third grade teachers did an outstanding job of encouraging students and preparing themselves and students so everything went smoothly and I know that we will do the same this year!

Save the following dates for 3rd grade ONLY:

3rd Grade Spring aimswebPlus Benchmark Testing March 31-April 4

Training Dates for 3rd Grade aimswebPlus Benchmark PLZ Course#47614

January 30 4:00

February 4 4:00

February 6 4:00

February 25 4:00

February 27 4:00

March 4 4:00

March 6 4:00

March 18 4:00

Pearson and TDOE maintain on-demand and live webinars to support with aimswebPlus. Information can be found at this site.

The MSCS PowerApps Team has granted access to MTSS Leads to enter Written Expression Scores. If for some reason you do not have permission, please email me so that I can grant access. Please note that I cannot grant permission to teachers or interventionists who are not identified as the MTSS Lead for their school.

The two dates/times below are optional and designed to offer support to users who need support with score entry.

Please ensure that you use the spring semester CSRS during your January data team meeting. Your meeting notes should reflect discussion of student progress or lack there of and be used to inform instructional decisions made by the team.

If you are looking for resources to support your school in stopping bullying, check out stopbullying.gov. The website is extremely user friendly and sectioned to show What Kids Can Do, What Teens Can Do, and What Adults Can Do to help.

KidPower International is a non-profit offering free resources for conflict resolution, and bullying. This site is designed for educators and parents. There is a free webinar on January 27 at 6 p.m. that has free registration open for Conflict Resolution.