MTSS Integrated Conference '26: Full Schedule

You will be able to validate your attendance (Check-In to sessions) using your personal schedule.

10:10am PDT

One System, Not Two: Implementing Integrated Student Supports through MTSS

Wednesday July 29, 2026 10:10am - 11:10am PDT

How do MTSS and the Washington Integrated Student Supports Protocol fit together in practice? This session helps district and program leaders move from parallel efforts to a coherent system. We will clarify what MTSS is—and is not—as a systems framework, and how it supports the design and implementation of integrated student supports. Through examples and guided reflection, participants will examine how leadership teams, data systems, and building-level plans align to meet LAP requirements. We will also offer practical entry points for districts at any stage—whether beginning with MTSS or leveraging the Protocol as a driver for system alignment. Participants will leave with concrete next steps to strengthen coherence across initiatives.

Speakers

Andrea Bowman

Regional MTSS Implementation Strategist, Olympic Educational Service District 114

Andrea Bowman currently serves as a Regional Implementation Strategist at Olympic Educational Service District 114, where she partners with district and building leaders to assess their current MTSS design and support action planning for system-wide improvements. Her work centers... Read More →

Sheila Gerrish

OSPI

Annie Pennell

Wednesday July 29, 2026 10:10am - 11:10am PDT
Fountain 3

Data & Assessment

Target Audience Principals, MTSS Coach/Specialists, District Administration
Experience Foundational, Developing, Proficient
Grade Band Elementary, Secondary, District-wide

10:10am PDT

Planting the Seeds of MTSS in Rural Schools

Wednesday July 29, 2026 10:10am - 11:10am PDT

Orchard North

Feedback Survey

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.

Speakers

Katherine Blair

Special Services Director, Valley School District

Leoni Johnson

Principal, Valley School District

Wednesday July 29, 2026 10:10am - 11:10am PDT
Orchard North

Data & Assessment

Target Audience Principals, Teachers, MTSS Coach/Specialists, District Administration
Experience Foundational
Grade Band Elementary, Secondary

1:20pm PDT

ADHD and the Missing Data: What Every MTSS Team Needs to Know

Wednesday July 29, 2026 1:20pm - 2:20pm PDT

Fountain 2

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When MTSS is missing key data about what drives behaviors in students with ADHD, the costs are systemic — student disengagement, teacher burnout, and classrooms that can't function at their best. ADHD is one of the most misunderstood conditions in education, and that misunderstanding is costing us. This session examines how neuroscience should be reshaping our data collection, educator training, and family partnership — and gives MTSS leaders practical tools to change outcomes at scale.

Speakers

Jenny Bethke

Advanced ADHD Life Coach, Jenny Bethke ADHD Coaching

I'm an Advanced ADHD Life Coach (A-CALC) who came to this work to support my own neurodivergent family — and found a passion in helping the helpers at every level, from individual teachers to district leadership teams. I support parents, teachers, schools, and districts not just... Read More →

Ashia Smock

NWESD 189

Wednesday July 29, 2026 1:20pm - 2:20pm PDT
Fountain 2

Data & Assessment

Target Audience Principals, Teachers, MTSS Coach/Specialists, School Psychologists, Special Education Directors, District Administration
Experience Foundational, Developing
Grade Band District-wide

1:20pm PDT

What Actually Works: An exemplar district’s journey of Integrated MTSS and Universal Screening

Wednesday July 29, 2026 1:20pm - 2:20pm PDT

Gala 3

Feedback Survey

District MTSS coaches and university partners co-present on successful implementation of integrated MTSS and universal screening. Presenters share lessons learned, implementation strategies, and partnership structures that supported sustainable screening practices aligned to district context and need.

Speakers

Stacy Artz

Kara Lamb

Mari Meador

School Mental Healther Coordinator, University of Washington

Rayann Silva

School Mental Health Training and Technical Assistance Coordinator, University of Washington

Wednesday July 29, 2026 1:20pm - 2:20pm PDT
Gala 3

Data & Assessment

Target Audience Principals, Teachers, MTSS Coach/Specialists, School Psychologists, Special Education Directors, District Administration
Experience Developing, Proficient
Grade Band District-wide

2:30pm PDT

Beyond Spreadsheets: Building MTSS Dashboards That Drive Action

Wednesday July 29, 2026 2:30pm - 3:30pm PDT

Fountain 1

Feedback Survey

Effective MTSS depends on clear and usable data, but many Washington districts struggle with fragmented information and inconsistent implementations. In this session, a Washington district shares how they use integrated MTSS dashboards to bring academic, behavioral, and attendance data into one place. Participants will explore practical strategies that support actionable team conversations based on real-time data, align with state priorities like assessment/SLD criteria, and improving early warning systems all to make more informed decisions across schools.

Speakers

Chelsea Lane

Renaissance Learning

Nick Pinzke

Renaissance Learning

Wednesday July 29, 2026 2:30pm - 3:30pm PDT
Fountain 1

Data & Assessment

Target Audience Principals, MTSS Coach/Specialists, School Psychologists, Special Education Directors, District Administration
Experience Foundational, Developing, Proficient
Grade Band District-wide

2:30pm PDT

Building Balanced Assessment Systems Within MTSS

Wednesday July 29, 2026 2:30pm - 3:30pm PDT

Gala 1

Feedback Survey

This session guides educators through building a balanced assessment system that strengthens instructional decision-making across all MTSS tiers. Participants explore the Balanced Assessment Framework, examine alignment of formative, diagnostic, and summative assessments through an equity lens, and analyze their own assessment maps to identify gaps and redundancies. Interactive mapping and real-time polling connect assessment practices directly to daily planning and improved outcomes.

Speakers

Trish Geraghty

Collaborative Learning Solutions

With over two decades in K-12 and higher education, Trish helps schools turn research and frameworks into actual practice. Her expertise spans MTSS, Universal Design for Learning, instructional coaching, and strengths-based leadership approaches she's used to help schools remove barriers... Read More →

Wednesday July 29, 2026 2:30pm - 3:30pm PDT
Gala 1

Data & Assessment

Target Audience Principals, Teachers, MTSS Coach/Specialists, School Psychologists, Special Education Directors, District Administration
Experience Developing
Grade Band District-wide

3:40pm PDT

Acceleration by Design: Progress Monitoring Across the MTSS Tiers

Wednesday July 29, 2026 3:40pm - 4:40pm PDT

Orchard South

Feedback Survey

Learn how purposeful progress monitoring can turn MTSS into a true learning accelerator. This session clarifies what progress monitoring looks like in Tier 1, Tier 2, and Tier 3 and how learning progressions help teams use the right data to guide instruction and support catch-up growth. Participants will explore practical tools and “quarter-turn” improvements that strengthen Tier 2, clarify educator roles, and build a coherent, sustainable MTSS system that supports both intervention and core instruction.

Speakers

Joan Fleming

Educator, Ephrata School District

Wednesday July 29, 2026 3:40pm - 4:40pm PDT
Orchard South

Data & Assessment

Target Audience Principals, Teachers, MTSS Coach/Specialists, Special Education Directors, District Administration
Experience Foundational, Developing
Grade Band District-wide

10:40am PDT

Let Data Drive You Where You Want to Go: Build an Assessment Roadmap!

Thursday July 30, 2026 10:40am - 11:40am PDT

Fountain 3

Feedback Survey

Drowning in data but starving for clarity? This session introduces the Assessment Roadmap pathway—an action-oriented approach to aligning assessments with purpose, teaming structures, and decision-making across MTSS. Participants will explore ready-to-use tools and templates and engage with modeled examples of what is possible, inspired by district practice, to see how the right data can reach the right teams at the right time to drive meaningful action.

Speakers

Andrea Bowman

Regional MTSS Implementation Strategist, Olympic Educational Service District 114

Kjersti Clayton

ESD 105

Thursday July 30, 2026 10:40am - 11:40am PDT
Fountain 3

Data & Assessment

Target Audience Special Education Directors, District Administration
Experience Developing, Proficient
Grade Band District-wide

10:40am PDT

Making MTSS Work: Building a System That Supports Every Student

Thursday July 30, 2026 10:40am - 11:40am PDT

Fountain 1

Feedback Survey

Learn how a district operationalized MTSS to create consistent, high-quality instruction and targeted supports across all schools. This session highlights practical structures, including use of the AIR MTSS Fidelity Rubric, building-level interviews, and data-informed decision-making to strengthen Tier 1 and align teams. Participants will leave equipped with actionable tools and strategies to critically examine their systems, surface strengths, address gaps, and take purposeful next steps to accelerate their MTSS implementation.

Speakers

Glenn Johnson

Superintendent, Cashmere School District

Linda McKay

Deputy Superintendent, NCESD 171

Each of Washington’s nine Educational Service Districts (ESDs) provides essential local services, responsive to their region’s communities. Together, they form a network that leverages each other’s strengths, and supports all students and schools statewide.

OSPI and ESD superintendents represented within the Association of Educational Service Districts (AESD) have agreed to commit to establishing and maintaining the OSPI/AESD partnership. They are working together to realize an open and coordinated system focused on shared statewide... Read More →

Thursday July 30, 2026 10:40am - 11:40am PDT
Fountain 1

Data & Assessment

Target Audience MTSS Coach/Specialists, Special Education Directors, District Administration
Experience Developing, Proficient
Grade Band District-wide

10:40am PDT

Track Your Data!

Thursday July 30, 2026 10:40am - 11:40am PDT

Orchard South

Feedback Survey

Need to track student data? Not sure where to start? Come check out how to easily track data on your students using Google Sheets and other tools. This hands-on tutorial presentation will show you how to track the data you have on your students and make it easy to share with your intervention team, administration, and other specialists. Please bring a laptop with you to this session.

Speakers

Susan Schuh

K-8 MTSS Coordinator, Bridgeport School District

Thursday July 30, 2026 10:40am - 11:40am PDT
Orchard South

Data & Assessment

Target Audience Principals, Teachers, MTSS Coach/Specialists, School Psychologists, Special Education Directors, District Administration
Experience Foundational, Developing
Grade Band Elementary, Secondary, District-wide

12:40pm PDT

Every Student is a Tier One Student: Our MTSS Journey Using the Ci3t Framework

Thursday July 30, 2026 12:40pm - 1:40pm PDT

Fuji 1

Feedback Survey

Sedro-Woolley School District is in year seven implementing Ci3T as our district-wide MTSS framework. Leadership teams plan and develop professional learning based on input from stakeholders, and systematic data collection, for staff to meet academic, behavioral, and social needs of all learners in our district. Building Implementation Plans are developed and refined to provide clear expectations for stakeholders.
Districts in early stages of MTSS will see one journey for building and implementing MTSS through Ci3T.

Speakers

Lacy Lahr

School Psychologist, MTSS District Co-Lead, Sedro-Woolley School District

Heather Swenson

Librarian, MTSS District Co-Lead, Sedro-Woolley School District

Thursday July 30, 2026 12:40pm - 1:40pm PDT
Fuji 1

Data & Assessment

Target Audience Principals, Teachers, MTSS Coach/Specialists
Experience Foundational, Developing
Grade Band District-wide

1:50pm PDT

Elevating Student Voice to Transform MTSS Systems

Thursday July 30, 2026 1:50pm - 2:50pm PDT

Orchard North

Feedback Survey

This session centers student voice as a critical driver of effective, equitable MTSS. Participants explore how student perspectives can strengthen universal instruction and targeted supports, practice tools such as empathy interviews and student-led data reviews, and examine implications for Tier 1 redesign. Through reflection and collaborative planning, teams identify concrete ways to elevate student agency and embed student feedback into MTSS systems and decision-making.

Speakers