What is
MTSS?
Multi-Tiered System of Supports (MTSS) is a framework through which educators provide academic and behavioral strategies for students with various needs. MTSS grew out of the integration of two other intervention-based frameworks: RTI (Response to Interventions) and PBIS (Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports). The MTSS program looks at the whole child and offers different supports based on each individual student’s needs.
At EPE, we use a multi-level approach to provide early support and interventions to students who need it. MTSS uses academic and/or behavioral support along with increasingly intensive interventions, to help the student before he or she fails.
The goal of MTSS is to provide your child with everything he or she needs to show progress over time. While some children who enter the MTSS process ultimately require special education support, the vast majority become successful without it.
Please do not mistake MTSS with special education services, MTSS is NOT special education. Chicago Public Schools’ MTSS model consists of three tiers of instruction/intervention, each tier offering services more intensive than the tier below it. Instruction and interventions are provided by your child’s teacher or Mrs. Edwards, the MTSS coordinator, or Mrs. Dominique Davis, the school counselor, and are research-based, meaning they have been independently tested and proven to improve student performance in most students.
The 3 Tiers of MTSS
Tier 3: Deep & intensive supports based on individual and small group needs → (few)
Tier 2: Additional, targeted academic, SEL supports, & Wellness where needed → (some)
Tier 1: Universal instruction in the core curriculum and supportive learning environments → (all students)
My name is Mrs. Jaime Gehrig Edwards, and I am extremely excited to be the MTSS coordinator. I have been teaching at Edison Park since 2008. At Edison Park, I have taught kindergarten, first grade,1/2 multiage, and second grade. In addition to my experience here at Edison Park, I have had the privilege of teaching children in grades Pre-Kindergarten through 5th in Wisconsin and in Chicago.