Videos

As of 2017, roughly 1 in every 2 school districts across Pennsylvania has established a multi-tiered system of support! That’s over 250 districts! Hear how these schools have made great strides in improving student outcomes.

This year, the MTSS Academic Initiative welcomes STEM! School practitioners K-12, administrators and families will have multiple opportunities to engage in meaningful professional learning sessions across ALL disciplines, including science, technology and engineering! Attend this year's forum to gain deep content, move forward with sound implementation across the tiers and expand your continuum of data-based decision-making tools and evidence-based practices.

This webinar will focus upon the cultural, linguistic, and ecological factors that affect the effective instructional environment for English Language Learners. There are several handouts for this event. 1. RtII and ELLs Extended Activity (Word Document) This activity is for trainers who would like to use it when presenting the information provided by the webinar. 2. RtII and ELLs October Webinar Checklist (Word Document) This checklist is for all participants to use as future reference when applying the information learned during the webinar. 3. RtII and ELLs A Cultural, Linguistic and Ecological Approach with ELLs (Power Point) for participants to use during webinar. 4. Culturally Responsive Literacy (Pdf File) article to support information provided in webinar. 5. A Cultural, Linguistic and Ecological Framework (Pdf file) article to support information provided in webinar.

This webinar series provides optional, supplemental information for K-2 (Spelling, handwriting) specific instruction as well as a Tier 1 assessment.

This webinar will focus upon reading skills, assessment practices, and progress monitoring tools, specific to effective instruction for elementary English Language Learners.

Schools in Pennsylvania are working to increase the graduation rate and decrease the dropout rate for students with disabilities by utilizing a State Systemic Improvement Plan (SSIP). This recorded presentation examines the phases for identifying students with disabilities who are off-track for graduation. The five phases include: 1) establishing a local leadership team and an Early Warning System (EWS), 2) analyzing attendance, behavior, and course performance data, 3) identifying target areas for interventions for students who are off-track, 4) developing an action plan, and 5) implementing and monitoring an evaluation plan.

In this session, we will explore the possibilities and challenges involved in teaching writing within a multi-tiered system of support. This session will be devoted to research-based approaches for use within and across core and supplemental writing instruction/intervention and writing assessment.

This video highlights several high school students who are involved with the State Systemic Improvement Plan (SSIP) to increase graduation rates and decrease dropout rates. They share their challenges and how to overcome them in order graduate. In addition, they note their goals after graduation and a checklist is provided to guide and encourage students to stay on track in order to complete school.

The Bureau of Special Education is partnering with a number of LEAs to implement its State Systemic Improvement Plan. BSE is also partnering with the federally funded Community Parent Resource Center Hispanos Unidos para Niños Excepcionales (HUNE). Community and mentoring materials and resources developed through this partnership are being shared with other organizations. The Students Voices video showcases the program HUNE offers to ensure students stay in school, graduate, and become contributing members of society.

Response to Intervention implementation is an ever-changing, dynamic process characterized by progress and set-backs as a normal part of systems change. Listen to Dr. Amanda VanDerHeyden, Nationally known RtI expert, as she speaks to the trials and tribulations of RtI adoption and implementation.