Multi-Tiered System of Support (MTSS) is a multi-tier approach to the early identification and support of students with learning, social emotional, and behavioral needs. The MTSS process begins with high-quality instruction and universal screening of all children in the general education classroom. Through this screening process, students are provided with intervention opportunities to show growth. Progress monitoring provides the data needed to identify a student’s response to such interventions and this data is used to drive academic, social-emotional, and behavioral decisions.

District 115’s MTSS process is one where all stakeholders support student success. Appropriately identified staff will create a personalized intervention plan that will support students’ success in the educational setting. The plan will be reviewed and monitored on an ongoing basis until the team determines the student is able to perform without such support or believes greater support is necessary. In order to meet this goal, each building facilitates meetings when a student is not responding at an appropriate rate to interventions. Parents are an important part of the MTSS and Problem Solving Process and will be included in meetings.

Tier 1: Curriculum with support through instructional practice within the regular classroom

• Differentiation during any content area
• Class behavior plan 

Tier 2: Curriculum plus more

• Interventions in addition to the core curriculum
• Push in or pull out
• Individual classroom behavior plan 

Tier 3: Replacement or remediation curriculum

• Pull out during core instruction
• Special education services
• Intense interventions
• Behavior intervention plan