MTSS in TSD - Weekly Wednesday News

2022-2023 Series - Volume 26 (March 1, 2023)

This is our twenty-sixth edition this 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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Click to access: Women's History Month gov't website

This is the shape of a Cross or Compass - with a center circle at top, bottom, right, and left; all circles are connected to the center with gray bars; Thompson Educational Expectations is written in center black-colored circle with Learning Design in orange circle on left, Learning Delivery in red circle on right, Evaluations of Learning in green circle on bottom, Conditions for Learning in blue circle at top

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TEE

We must ensure our approaches are centered in our TEE "compass" and each "compass point". Notice how each includes the word "learning" because TEE is about the learning in our system - for students and adults. How are you continuing to elevate the Thompson Educational Expectations (TEE)? What are you doing to secure the Expectations are met? We often include resources or guiding questions...here are a few.

Conditions for Learning: Safe Supportive Learning Environments
Learning Design: How is our planning Standards- and Concepts- based? How do plans prioritize equity and access for each learner for each learning experience? What EBPs are selected?
Learning Delivery: How is technology an embedded element (not "timeout for tech" or a replacement/substitution of other engagement options)? Which learning structures are selected for collaboration? For skill development? What merits/triggers adaptations?
Evaluations of Learning: "How to Universally Design Assessment Practices"

Click to Access: #DDAM info

March is Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month. This is the National Association of Councils on Developmental Disabilities website - providing social media options and resources.

Brooks publishing poster. Left side is an adult next to a child sitting on a couch or bed. The child is holding a guitar while the adult looks on, both are smiling. Quotation on right reads: "A strengths-based approach focuses on the positive attributes of a person, seeing them as resourceful and resilient, and able to affect positive changes in their own lives." Citation: From Inclusive and Equitable IEPs for Students with Complex Needs by Andrea L. Ruppar and Jennifer A. Kurth

Click to Read: 5 Easy Tips for Accessible Social Media

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Cursive dark handwritten quotation on white background reads: You did not wake up today to be mediocre. Underneath the words is a heart with an arrow through it.

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Quotation on a screen: How engaging would a video game be if it didn't provide a clear goal, there was no score, and if it was always at the same level and never provided greater challenge? This is SCHOOL for some students.

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Click to access: Music in our Schools Month info

Do you agree with this commentary re: culture? (quotation below) Consider if this might resonate with you. And also think about substituting "students" for "employees" in this quotation...still applicable?

Quotation reads "Culture is how employees' hearts and stomaches feel about Monday morning on Sunday night." Bill Marklein

Click to access: Marzano Resources (free site)

This "Designing Effective Classroom Management" website includes free reproducible files from Marzano Resources. Review and/or consider for application or adaptation.

Thought bubble in the middle says Positive Self-Talk. Various statements around the center have icons next to them as accents next to the following phrases, from top center and going clockwise around the center: "I deserve love; The world is better with me in it; I am worthy; Who I am is enough; I am learning; I am strong; I believe in myself; I add value; I deserve peace; I am capable; I am growing; I will succeed."

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The Spark Newsletter

Have you subscribed to the monthly CDE newsletter: The Spark? Each month various topics are included. For example, in the Feb. edition, there is information about the requirement of all K-12 interventionists to complete training in evidence-based teaching of reading (i.e., "SoR") training by Aug. 2024.

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CyberSecurity Camp for Teachers

"Applications for the GenCyber Cybersecurity Camp are due Friday, March 31. The camp will take place June 12-16, in Colorado Springs. Participants (MS/HS Teachers) will learn cybersecurity principles, concepts and teaching techniques during the week-long, hands-on camp."

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Teaching and Leanring CoLabs

"The Teaching and Learning CoLabs are one-day, multi-disciplinary regional professional development workshops developed in partnership with Colorado's higher education institutions, professional teaching organizations and CDE." See: CoLab details and information.