THE PROBLEM: In MTSS, schools often struggle with fragmented implementation, creating confusion for educators who feel overwhelmed with too much on their plates.
The Summit will provide:
Short, Daily videos with experts from the field that will be available each day at 5am PT
Ideas on how to integrate work effectively and achieve better outcomes by breaking down silos.
This summit helps schools approach MTSS by working together to create integrated plans and solve common issues collaboratively.
An email each day with links to the summit videos
Frequently Asked Questions:
Where is the Summit being held? The Not Your Typical MTSS Summit, is a free, virtual event. Each day of the summit we’ll send you interviews with experts in the world of education.
How do the videos get released? Each morning at 5am you will receive an email with a link to a page that will have all of the videos for that day.
Are the videos available all week? Yes! The videos for the Not Your Typical MTSS Summit will be available the entire week of the summit for you to watch at your convenience.
Speakers & Presenters (More coming soon!)
Dr. Amanda VanDerHeyden is a policy adviser and thought leader who actively conducts research focused on improving learning outcomes for students.
Dr. Amanda VanderHeyden Policy Adviser and Thought Leader, President of Education Research and Consulting, Inc., Founder/Developer of SpringMath
Rhonda Nese, Ph.D. is an Associate Professor in the Department of Special Education and Clinical Sciences at the University of Oregon
Dr. Rhonda Nese Associate Professor in the Department of Special Education and Clinical Sciences at the University of Oregon
Dr. Emily Goodman-Scottis an Associate Professor, Graduate Program Director, and School Counseling Coordinator at Old Dominion University, in VA.
Dr. Emily Goodman-Scott Associate Professor, Graduate Program Director, and School Counseling Coordinator at Old Dominion University
Dr. Danielle Duarte is passionate about supporting students’ academic success, college and career readiness, and social-emotional development while using data to show the impact of school counseling.
Dr. Danielle Duarte Chief Operations Officer for Hatching Results
Christina Cipriano, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor at the Yale Child Study Center at the Yale School of Medicine and the Director of the Education Collaboratory at Yale.
Dr. Christina Cipriano Assistant Professor at the Yale Child Study Center at the Yale School of Medicine and the Director of the Education Collaboratory at Yale
Dr. Nathan Clemens is a Professor in the Department of Special Education at The University of Texas at Austin.
Dr. Nathan Clemens Professor in the Department of Special Education at The University of Texas at Austin
Sharon Bradley serves as Director of Family and Social Services for a Dallas-area school district where she has helped shape the district’s approach to social and emotional development and truancy prevention for all students.
Sharon Bradley Director of Family and Social Services
Kent McIntosh, PhD, is the Philip H. Knight Chair of Special Education at the University of Oregon and Director of Educational and Community Supports, a research unit in the College of Education.
Dr. Kent McIntosh Philip H. Knight Chair of Special Education at the University of Oregon and Director of Educational and Community Supports
Stephanie M. Jones is the Gerald S. Lesser Professor in Child Development and Education and Director of the EASEL Lab at the Harvard Graduate School of Education.
Dr. Stephanie Jones Gerald S. Lesser Professor in Child Development and Education and Director of the EASEL Lab at the Harvard Graduate School of Education
Maureen Kelleher is FutureEd’s editorial director. She previously served as a writer, editor and editorial director at EdPost, a digital platform for education commentary and analysis.
Maureen Kelleher Editorial Director, FutureEd
Nora has been in education for the past 20 years. She has served as a special education Prek-12 director, school psychologist, special education teacher, and Unified Sports Coach.
Nora Boettcher MTSS Implementation Supervisor, University of Arizona
Live Kickoff Webinar - Tuesday, February 27th @ 10am PST Bridging the Silos to Bring True MTSS to Life
This opening webinar panel will be packed with experts with different yet complementary research and practical experiences supporting schools to implement a Multi-Tiered System of Support. This group will come together to tackle the issue of siloed, fragmented implementation to recommend a path forward for schools to bring to life MTSS in a way that integrates practices across academic, behavior/attendance, and social-emotional/mental health domains of student need.
Dr. Clay Cook is the Chief Development Officer at CharacterStrong and is an implementation scientist, psychologist, and former paraprofessional and middle school math teacher. He has spent the past 15 years working in partnership with school systems across the country to support the implementation of effective practices that promote better and more equitable outcomes for students. He has been a professor and researcher at three universities (Louisiana State University, University of Washington and University of Minnesota) studying topics such as implementation of evidence-based practices, educator well-being and resilience, social-emotional learning, and youth mental health. He has obtained over 20 million dollars in grant funding for his research and published over 100 peer-reviewed scientific articles. For his work, he has been invited to the White House and served on expert panels with the Center for Disease Control and Prevention and the US Department of Education.
Cory Notestine
Cory Notestine spent the last 14 years working in rural and urban school settings across North Carolina and Colorado as a school counselor and district leader. Over the past 7 years he's led successful district-wide SEL curriculum adoption and implementation; redesigned and integrated MTSS teaming, protocols, and service delivery; and created a behavioral matrix that was student centered and restorative in nature. He is passionate about thoughtful and timely change management, the intersection of politics and education, and how to identify high leverage action items to increase successful implementation.
Felisha Santiago
Felisha Santiago recently served in public education overseeing PBIS, Restorative Practices and Social Emotional Learning under the MTSS Framework as a District Climate and Culture Coordinator. Her 14 year expertise ranges from a district secretary, special education aide, teacher at all grade levels, site administrator designee, Department Lead, District Specialist and District Administrator. She led over 25 schools in her district to obtain state of CA PBIS recognition that ranged from Bronze to Platinum. She has a passion for rooting for the whole child work, training staff in effective practices and giving a voice back to our students.
THE SOLUTION: What is needed is a clear and coherent understanding of how to integrate and blend practices across different domains of student well-being and performance. These domains of student need include academics, behavior/attendance, and social-emotional/mental health. The real success of MTSS comes from work that supports educators who interface with students to successfully integrate and implement core practices across domains of student need (e.g., academics, behavior) with the resources available (time, energy, tools) in a way that does not overwhelm and confuse educators.
THE SUMMIT: At this year’s virtual Not Your Typical MTSS Summit, you will hear from research and practice experts across the different domains of MTSS. What is not typical about this summit is that we are bringing experts together to talk about how to stop the siloes and integrate the work in a feasible and effective way that leads to better outcomes. The design of this summit will offer a way for school systems to approach MTSS through the lens of integration by co-constructing plans across domains and collaboratively problem-solving common issues.
