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WorksheetsDecember Regional Meeting
Total questions: 9
Worksheet time: 18mins
Multi-Tiered System of Supports (MTSS) in Iowa,
is not…Focused only struggling learners.
is an every-education, decision-making framework of evidence-based practices in instruction and assessment that addresses the needs of all students.
is an every student approach to learning. The goal is that all students are proficient in each academic content area and demonstrates social-emotional and behavior expectations.
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The DE, AEAs, and LEAs in Iowa collaboratively embarked on statewide scale-up of Iowa’s MTSS framework, with implementation beginning in 2013.
That was the same year No Child Left Behind was implemented.
That year, the DE, AEAs, and LEAs in Iowa collaboratively embarked on a statewide scale-up of Iowa’s MTSS framework. Since that time, Collaborating for Iowa’s Kids (C4K) has supported continued work in MTSS.
That year, multiple school districts determined the best fit for school improvement would be to eliminate standardized testing and utilize RTI as a framework instead.
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The Iowa AAIMI tool (AEA Assessment of the Infrastructure for MTSS Implementation) is utilized by all Area Education Agencies to...
Aid the AEA leadership team to understand the status of the infrastructure and capacity to implement and support MTSS at the agency and district level.
Support teams to engage in active discussions to identify strengths and challenges in the current infrastructure for MTSS implementation.
Be used with Iowa’s healthy indicators and ESSA measures, the AAIMI enables the agency to prioritize and focus resources on those areas in need of the most attention or support.
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The AAIMI and the SAMI assessment tools cover five critical conceptual areas, which make the documents complimentary to one another and cohesive for comprehensive school improvement in Iowa. The conceptual areas included in both documents are:
MTSS, Differentiated Accountability, ESSA, ELI, and SEBMH
Tier 1, Tier 2, Tier 3, MTSS, and Progress Monitoring
Leadership, Infrastructure, Assessment & Data-Based Decision Making, Universal Instruction, and Intervention System
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The SAMI (Self-Assessment of MTSS Implementation) is a needs assessment tool that helps building leadership teams evaluate their structure and implementation to support MTSS.
The tool supports teams to engage in active discussions to identify strengths and challenges in their current MTSS implementation.
It is designed to help the local system identify current practices, areas of strength, and areas for growth and refinement, and enable staff to prioritize resources on those areas in need of the most attention or support.
Within the document, the work and school-wide implementation efforts are tied to one overarching theme: increasing learning outcomes for all students.
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One purpose of the Heartland AEA 11 internal learning cascade is to enhance staff skills to impact school improvement efforts. In what ways does the learning cascade impact Agency service delivery?
The cascade provides timely, consistent, accurate, and aligned learning and communication to enhance staff skill development to support the implementation of MTSS.
The cascade is designed to ensure each staff member builds an understanding of his/her role in supporting the implementation of MTSS.
The cascade supports staff by having spiraled opportunities for learning and application in the context of each staff member's work.
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In what way does Heartland AEA's professional learning areas of learning, key components, and competencies found within the redesigned professional learning system connect to MTSS school improvement efforts in Iowa ?
The HAEA competencies are the same as many school district goals; as a result, staff learning is connected to achievement in Iowa.
Staff improve learning outcomes by completing the self-assessment in collaboration with LEAs for full implementation of an effective MTSS.
Staff analyze all identified areas of learning including key components and competencies, identify possible areas of learning (growth), engage in learning opportunities, and reflect on evidence of learning to enhance their practices which in turn improve outcomes for ALL children through partnerships with families, schools, and communities.
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The Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), signed in 2015, replaced the No Child Left Behind Act.
In Iowa, ESSA is a school accountability system that targets support where and when schools need it most, and provides a structure for professional learning that emphasizes teacher leadership and evidence-based practices.
In Iowa, ESSA specifically seeks to advance American competitiveness and close the achievement gap between poor and minority students and their more advantaged peers.
In Iowa, ESSA requires standardized testing of students in reading, math, social studies and science in grades 3 through 8 and once in high school.
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At Heartland AEA, there is a Leadership Team, called the Integrated Oversight Committee which is organized to:
Lead and support implementation of Multi-Tiered System of Supports [MTSS] in the areas of PK-12 literacy, mathematics and behavior.
Lead and support the design and implementation of Heartland's Internal Professional Learning cascade.
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