For districts demonstrating that they already have a functional MTSS framework in place, OPI is offering coaching and stipends for Tier 3 Intensive Interventions and Data-based Individualization (DBI). This work will also include training on high-quality and person-centered IEPs connected to the DBI process.
A link to the application is available below and on the OPI MTSS website.
Link to the DBI Grant Informational Webinar recording
Link to the DBI Grant Informational Webinar slides
The DBI application is DUE MAY 6 by 5:00 p.m.
Contact Jenny Jarvis or Tammy Lysons if your district would like additional information.
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 Get tools, tips, strategies, and resources for your classroom, school, and district at our annual summer professional development event. There will be many MTSS-related sessions this year! Registration is OPEN NOW and closes on June 5. Free parking will be available again as well as dorm rooms for $60 per night, and college credit from UM and MSU. Visit the OPI Summer Institute webpage for the schedule and registration link.
MTSS-related session include:
- MTSS Tier 1 Overview: Systems, Data, and Practices
- Secondary MTSS
- MTSS Intervention Pathways
- Leveraging Implementation Science and Data-based Decision-Making for Systems Change: A Professional Learning Model
- Leveraging the Early Identification System (EIS) to Strengthen Tiered Mental Health and Behavior Supports in Montana Schools
- Implementing Systemic Interventions (A Guide for Secondary School Teams)
- CPS-flavored BIPs: Ross Greene’s Plan B Collaborative Discussions as an Alternate Component of a Behavior Intervention Plan
- Cultivating Well Being Across the MTSS Tiers
- Using MTSS to Leverage the Graduate Profile
- High Ceilings, Solid Foundations: Reimagining MTSS to Challenge and Support High-Ability Learners
- Introduction to Data-Based Individualization (DBI)
- Designing and Delivering Effective Specially Designed Instruction with Data-Based Individualization
With the OPI data modernization initiative, Montana districts will have access to quality MTSS data management tools through PowerSchool. These MTSS tools will be available to every Montana school as a direct connector, no matter what information system you currently use. Watch for upcoming announcements on the rollout. |
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Need a jumpstart, reboot, or refresher for MTSS in your school or district? The 18-minute MTSS Overview Video on the OPI MTSS website is great for PIR days, staff training, and PLCs. Pair it with the MTSS Staff Consensus Survey (make a copy) to gauge your current school climate for MTSS.
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Want to create MTSS pathways using learning standards? The National Center for Intensive intervention (NCII) has resources to illustrate how college- and career-ready standards can be addressed across levels of a multi-tiered system of supports (MTSS) in reading and mathematics. They provide examples of how to apply standards relevant instruction across core instruction (Tier 1), secondary intervention (Tier 2), intensive intervention (Tier 3) and to support students with significant cognitive challenges. |
Strengthen your system with resources from the PROGRESS Center. To support students with disabilities’ progress in the general education curriculum, schools may use systematic frameworks and schoolwide approaches to identify and address student needs across a continuum of evidence-based supports driven by data (e.g., MTSS, PBIS). The PROGRESS Center has free webinars, videos, modules, and other information to help you improve services through a tiered approach.
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The OPI is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to people with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation, require an alternate format, or have questions concerning accessibility, contact the OPI ADA Coordinator, 406-444-3161, opiada@mt.gov, Relay Service: 711.
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