On T 25 March 2025, Jim Wright presented a keynote address and two breakout workshop sessions on topics relating to MTSS for the 2025 CSE Chairs' Conference in Lake Placid, NY. Here are resources from Jim's trainings:
Morning Keynote 9:00-10:30 am:
MTSS a [1]nd the CSE: Evaluating the Integrity of Student Academic Intervention Plans
Schools with a strong MTSS (multi-tiered system of supports) process that targets struggling students can prevent inappropriate referrals to the Committee on Special Education. This keynote provides an overview of the three Tiers of MTSS for academics and shares quality indicators for each. Participants receive a streamlined checklist they can use as CSE Chairs to evaluate the adequacy of specific student MTSS intervention plans.
PowerPoint [2]
Handout [3]
Sample Intervention-Integrity Contact Log [4]
Learning Contracts [5]
Version 1: Interactive Learning Contract| [6]Example of a Completed Learning Contract [7]
Version 2: Interactive Learning Contract [8]|Example of a Completed Learning Contract [9]
Morning Workshop: 10:45-12:00 noon
Tier 1: Aca [10]demic Interventions in the Classroom
This workshop explores the general-education teacher’s role as ‘Tier 1 first responder’—to analyze student academic deficits and to create (and document) classroom intervention plans that address those problems. The training shares examples of research-based academic strategies that schools can add to their intervention libraries for instructional staff.
PowerPoint [11]
Handout [12]
Numbered Heads Together [13]: Class-wide cooperative Learning Activity
Table of Academic Interventions [14]
Afternoon Workshop: 2:00-3:00 pm
Tier 1: Be [15]havioral Interventions in the Classroom
This workshop provides simple tools that teachers can use at the Tier 1/classroom level to better understand student behavior problems and to select effective strategies to fix those challenging behaviors. Participants also receive a sampler of behavior interventions suitable for classroom use.
PowerPoint [16]
Handout [17]