Students come to EVA with a wide variety of experiences and development, and they sometimes need additional support to help them be successful. To ensure our students get that additional help, EVA uses a Multi-Tiered System of Supports (MTSS) framework to address students’ needs. This is a research-based model that meets students where they are and builds on their strengths to improve learning and behavior.
Every student at EVA qualifies for this support, and school teams meet regularly to look at data and decide how they can best meet the needs of their students. This may mean, for example, that students receive an additional small group reading or math class or teachers provide extra support within a student’s existing schedule. Whatever the case, we are doing everything we can to provide the right support at the right time for each student.
At a Glance
- MTSS is a research-based framework many schools use to provide targeted support to struggling students
- The goal of MTSS is to intervene early so students can catch up with their peers
- MTSS screens all students and aims to address academic, social, emotional, and behavioral challenges
- Every student at EVA is eligible to receive the support they need
What is MTSS?
The National Center on Intensive Intervention defines MTSS as:A prevention framework that organizes building-level resources to address each individual student’s academic and/or behavioral needs within intervention tiers that vary in intensity. MTSS allows for the early identification of learning and behavioral challenges and timely intervention for students who are at risk for poor learning outcomes. The increasingly intense tiers (i.e., Tier 1, Tier 2, Tier 3), sometimes referred to as levels of prevention (i.e., primary, secondary, intensive prevention levels), represent a continuum of supports. https://youtu.be/IjyzTNfwdCU
Retentions and Promotions
A parent may request to have a student promoted from one grade to the next or retained in the same grade level for the following year based on academic, social, and emotional development. The decision to retain or promote a student more than one year will be made after prior notification and involvement of the student’s parents in the decision-making meeting. However, the final decisions will rest with the school authorities.Retention/Promotion Request Timeline
Decisions are made each spring for the following school year along the following timeline:- April – Requests must be made by the parent to the homeroom teacher by the end of April for the following school year
- May — Promotional conferences with the teacher, learning coach, MTSS (Multi-Tiered Systems of Support), and Administrator begin in May