MTSS in TSD - Weekly Wednesday News
2022-2023 Series - Volume 27 (March 8, 2023)
This is our twenty-seventh edition this school year!
We use this newsletter to make connections regarding the implementation of the Multi-Tiered System of Supports (MTSS) framework in the Thompson School District (TSD).
> Access last week's edition.
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Compass Points + Components = Coherence!
We include the Thompson Educational Expectations (TEE) in each "MTSS News" edition; however, we do not always illuminate how TEE and the MTSS Components are connected. You will see in this week's material that so much of the content of TEE and MTSS intersect. And the MTSS Components are integrated and overlapping, as well. Can you identify where you might "call out" each TEE Compass Point from what we have included here? (or ALL of the Compass Points?) And although specific MTSS Components are explicitly-named in several areas in this week's publication, how might you align the content with framework Components? Each Component...or ALL of them?
Take the opportunity to acknowledge National School Social Work Week and all of the
value added by our social workers. We appreciate you!!
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Other "notable notes" you might consider...
- Today is International Women's Day! (United Nations) How did you celebrate?
How might you continue to recognize the wonderful women in your world?
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- Middle School partners deserve a "shout out" during March, as well:
Middle Level Education Month! (AMLE)
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- And this Friday, March 10, 2023, is Social Emotional Learning (SEL) Day.
Even the state of Colorado "proclaimed" it so! (see image below)
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For more information about this graphic, read Dr. Caitlin Tucker's article:
Data-driven Design: Use Data to Personalize Learning in a Blended Classroom
Simple Flow Map
Free Resources: Excerpt from March 2023 OSEP Update
"IRIS Fundamental Skill Sheets provide quick primers or reminders about discrete skills that are indispensable to any classroom educators’ toolbox. Each concise resource defines a skill, summarizes the evidence-base, provides steps and tips for implementation, and—best of all—contains brief demonstration videos with both examples and non-examples. There are currently seven skills featured in the collection..."
Thank you, Tracy!
Don't Hesitate
by Mary Oliver
If you suddenly and unexpectedly feel joy, don't hesitate. Give in to it. There are plenty of lives and whole towns destroyed or about to be. We are not wise, and not very often kind. And much can never be redeemed. Still, life has some possibility left. Perhaps this is its way of fighting back, that sometimes something happens better than all the riches or power in the world. It could be anything, but very likely you notice it in the instant when love begins. Anyway, that's often the case. Anyway, whenever it is, don't be afraid of its plenty.
Joy is not made to be a crumb.
Enjoy Spring Break!
will be "closed" for Spring Break...
"Good Luck" having all the best times you can experience...whether
remaining in cool Colorado or traveling (safely) to other locales.
See you "later" in (later) March!
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MTSS in TSD
- TSD Multi-Tiered System of Supports (MTSS) Coordinator
Email: kim.mannion@tsd.org
Website: https://www.thompsonschools.org/MTSS
Location: 800 South Taft Avenue, Loveland, CO, USA
Phone: (970) 613-6833