MTSS for the Whole Child: Align Systems & Elevate All Learners

Chronic absenteeism requires more than a single strategy or a single champion. It requires coordinated systems, trusted relationships, and data that drives action at every level. In this session, participants will build a shared vocabulary for discussing chronic absenteeism, examine the Early Warning Intervention and Monitoring System (EWIMS) as a practical, data informed action tool, and explore intervention strategies across the tiers of MTSS, including how family engagement and relationship building can address the barriers that data alone cannot see.
Whether you work in a building, a district office, or a regional agency, you will leave with a shared language, practical strategies, and a clearer sense of who your partners are in this work.

Too many behavior "systems" are really just a bucket of fire extinguishers — reactive, exhausting, and only used once things have already gone wrong. This session flips the script: we'll walk through how to build the unglamorous-but-essential infrastructure that prevents the fires in the first place, covering all three tiers of an MTSS behavior model. Come ready to think less about crisis response and more about the pipes running quietly behind the scenes — the systems that make calm classrooms possible.