The Mtss Start-Up Guide: Ensuring Equity, Access, and Inclusivity for All Students

Launch MTSS--and your students--into success

MTSS is complex. Without correct implementation and evaluation, schools struggle to do it well and students can be negatively impacted in the process. With the guidance provided in this book, however, you can start on the path to equitable access and opportunities for all students to achieve.

In this hands-on guide, authors Jessica and John Hannigan, nationally recognized MTSS experts, have laid out a clear, ten-step action plan for implementing a truly effective MTSS framework at your school. You'll understand the why, what, and how of MTSS, as well as how to audit and align your current practices, structures, and interventions in order to support all students. This guide provides:

• Directions for conducting an objective audit of your existing MTSS
• 10 essential indicators of MTSS implementation
• Practitioner tools and tips for initiating MTSS
• Instructions for using elements of continuous school improvement to ensure that what you are doing is working

With full-sized templates, tools for implementation, and reflection prompts throughout, The MTSS Start-Up Guide is designed to help you launch MTSS--and your students--into success.

Author: Jessica Hannigan, John E. Hannigan
Publisher: Corwin Publishers
Published: 08/28/2020
Pages: 112
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 10.90h x 8.40w x 0.40d
ISBN: 9781544394244

About the Author
Hannigan, Jessica: - Dr. Jessica Djabrayan Hannigan is Assistant Professor in the Educational Leadership Department at California State University, Fresno. She works with schools and districts throughout the nation on designing and implementing effective behavior systems. Her expertise include Response to Intervention (RTI) Behavior, Multi-Tiered Systems of Supports (MTSS), Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports (PBIS), Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) and more. The combination of her special education and student support services background, school and district level administration, and higher education research experiences has allowed her to develop inclusive research based best practices around systemic implementation of behavior initiatives throughout the nation. Some of her recognitions include being named California Outstanding School Psychologist of the Year, Administrator of the Year, Outstanding Faculty Publications and Service Award recipient, being recognized by the California Legislature Assembly for her work in social justice and equity, and receiving the inaugural Association of California School Administrators Exemplary Woman in Education Award in 2017 for her relentless work around equity in schools.

Hannigan, John E.: -

Dr. John Hannigan is an executive leadership coach for Fresno County Superintendent of Schools in California. He has served in education for over 15 years as a principal, assistant principal, instructional coach, and teacher. Under his leadership, his school has received numerous awards and recognitions, including California State Distinguished School, Gold Ribbon School, Title I Academic School, Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (Platinum Level), and recognized as an exemplary RTI school for both academics and behavior. His school was selected as a knowledge development site for the statewide scaling up of Multi-Tiered Systems of Support (MTSS).