MTSS in TSD

This is our thirty-fourth edition for this school year! We appreciate your readership!

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).

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CDE FSCP The State Advisory Council for Parent Involvement (SACPIE) in Education, in collaboration with CDE, is collecting promising partnership practices to publish in the eighth Submissions are due Friday, June 2, 2023. View the Family, School and Community Partnerships webpage for additional information and to submit a Promising Partnership Practice for publication.	Acknowledgement "May is Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month. The Library of Congress, National Archives and Records Administration, National Endowment for the Humanities, National Gallery of Art, National Park Service, Smithsonian Institution and United States Holocaust Memorial Museum join in paying tribute to the generations of Asian and Pacific Islanders who have enriched America's history and are instrumental in its future success."	National Teacher Appreciation Week is May 8-12th #ThankATeacherCO CDE has a toolkit of resources: Access social media graphics, sample posts and more on the Teacher Appreciation Week Toolkit webpage. The Colorado Rockies are offering discounted tickets for educators to games 5/12-5/17. View the deal on the Colorado Rockies website.

CDE FSCP

The State Advisory Council for Parent Involvement (SACPIE) in Education, in collaboration with CDE, is collecting promising partnership practices to publish in the eighth Submissions are due Friday, June 2, 2023.

View the Family, School and Community Partnerships webpage for additional information and to submit a Promising Partnership Practice for publication.

Acknowledgement

"May is Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month. The Library of Congress, National Archives and Records Administration, National Endowment for the Humanities, National Gallery of Art, National Park Service, Smithsonian Institution and United States Holocaust Memorial Museum join in paying tribute to the generations of Asian and Pacific Islanders who have enriched America's history and are instrumental in its future success."

National Teacher Appreciation Week is May 8-12th

#ThankATeacherCO

CDE has a toolkit of resources: Access social media graphics, sample posts and more on the Teacher Appreciation Week Toolkit webpage.

The Colorado Rockies are offering discounted tickets for educators to games 5/12-5/17. View the deal on the Colorado Rockies 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

How Efficacious are We and Our Teams?

Within the Thompson School District (TSD), the CO-MTSS framework has been adopted, and the MTSS Component of Team-Driven Shared Leadership is always "where you start" with MTSS efforts. Do you have a Leadership Team? ...PLCs? ...Family Advisory? Other committees?

Each system (i.e., school or district) has to clarify the various Teaming Structures it has (i.e., how many teams, for what purposes, with what memberships, using what data, and how measured) and the Teams' operations (e.g., the Meeting Foundations that detail: Working Agreements, decision-making methods, agendas, protocols, etc).

Consider this excerpt from a past TSD MTSS Coordinator blog post (3/25/2021):

Peter DeWitt, author and former school administrator, wrote this quick summary of Collective Leader Efficacy (July 2019). DeWitt begins with a definition of self-efficacy:

One of the most familiar researchers behind self-efficacy is Bandura (1977), who defined self-efficacy as “beliefs in one’s capabilities to organize and execute the courses of action required to produce given attainments.” Basically, self-efficacy is the confidence we have in our own abilities.

Consider how this might apply to each stakeholder in a system. We seek to support self-efficacy through ongoing capacity-building. In addition to the basic principle of self-efficacy, DeWitt continued to reference efficacy (generally) and also went on to frame what "Collective Leader Efficacy" means:

Collective leader efficacy happens when a leadership team comes together, focuses on a learning goal among their group, and does the work together to learn and achieve that goal, which will ultimately have a positive impact on students...When leadership teams do this work they:

Are better prepared to have conversations around learning with teachers
Can be more proactive than reactive when it comes to conversations around student engagement and behavior
Help coach each other to be more prepared for instructional leadership
Create a more positive school climate

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Our Thompson Educational Expectations (TEE) assume Effective Teaming {and collective efficacy} is in place so that each of the TEE Compass Points may be implemented with fidelity. Think of how important it is for high-functioning, healthy Teams for TEE:

Conditions for Learning
Learning Design
Learning Delivery
Evaluations of Learning

Feeling Stressed? MH Matters!

In recognition of May as Mental Health Month, we are reprinting TSD HR content shared (March 2023). You may access these resource options if you feel like you need support.

If you are in a 50% assignment or greater, consider the Triad Employee Assistance Plan (EAP) that provides counseling sessions (at no cost to employees).
If you are enrolled on CEBT Select 4, PPO 5 or Kaiser plan, you can call the CEBT Health and Wellness Center for support. The Loveland Center’s phone number is 970-744-2866 and Greeley’s is 970-373-4625.
All employees can access United Way regardless of their enrollment status on TSD's benefit plans. Please call 211 or visit 211.org if you are needing assistance.
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s National (SAMHSA) Helpline is a free, confidential, 24/7, 365-day-a-year treatment referral and information service in English and Spanish for individuals and families facing mental and/or substance use disorders. The phone number is 1-800-662-4357.