MTSS Integrated Conference '26

This session shares our rural school’s gradual implementation of MTSS, highlighting practical steps, challenges, and lessons learned. Participants will explore how small systems changes, staff collaboration, and data-informed decision-making led to improved student support and increased staff confidence. Attendees will leave with realistic strategies for starting or strengthening MTSS in small or resource-limited settings.

Attendance is an important element in the MTSS framework. If students are not attending school it not only has an impact on them individually, but others as well. This session will explore systems work around builiding postiive attendance habits from the beginning of the year to the end of the year. Based on NCESD's ATTEND Network and current research around attendance messaging participants will understand the importance of starting early, using language to encourage, not discourage families, and gainiing momentum throughout the year.

This session will provide participants with the steps needed to select appropriate academic progress monitoring tools, establish baselines, set goals, and apply decision-making rules. The session will provide participants with tools they can use and examples of graphs and reports to summarize student progress.

This session explores the intentional steps taken to prepare our region for the sunset of the discrepancy model and the shift toward an RTI-based diagnosis for Specific Learning Disabilities. Participants will hear our story of how we mapped out the next few years, including key resources and professional development opportunities that supported this transition. Attendees will leave with practical ideas and tools to guide their own district's internal planning ahead of the 2028 deadline.

Grounded in MTSS, inclusive practices, and trauma-informed approaches, this workshop emphasizes prevention over reaction. This session focuses on practical, evidence-based strategies that reduce student removal from instruction and increase meaningful time in the classroom. Participants will examine the root causes of exclusionary practices—ranging from unmet behavioral and academic needs to systems-level barriers—and explore how to proactively design environments that support engagement, regulation, and access for all learners. By the end of the session, participants will leave with a clearer understanding of how to sustain student presence, reduce reliance on exclusionary discipline, and create classroom conditions where students remain engaged, supported, and learning.