ERIC Number: EJ1238931
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2019
Pages: 12
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: EISSN-1938-1611
EISSN: N/A
Available Date: N/A
Multi-Tiered System of Supports as Collective Work: A (Re)structuring Option for Middle Schools
Hollingsworth, Sonja M.
Current Issues in Middle Level Education, v24 n2 Article 4 2019
Multi-tiered systems of support (MTSS) is the overarching referent for frameworks designed to target behavioral and academic challenges with a focus on a tiered continuum of evidence-based practices within the context of prevention science and implementation research (Freeman, Sugai, Simonsen, & Everett, 2017). Extensive literature indicates that MTSS programs can be effective in helping teachers address academic and behavioral challenges. However, from the onset of the RtI movement and through its transition into the MTSS paradigm, many middle level schools have faced significant organizational and systemic challenges which hamstring their ability to utilize MTSS programming with fidelity. This essay proposes an alternative framework for the implementation of MTSS programming at the middle level predicated in the theoretical construct of collective teacher efficacy. After reviewing the tenets of collective efficacy, a provision for framework of MTSS implementation is offered followed by discussion of both behaviors inherent to successful implementation and hallmarks of MTSS programming sustainability.
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Middle School Students, Middle School Teachers, Self Efficacy, Response to Intervention, Low Achievement, Evidence Based Practice, Guidelines, Sustainability, Prevention, Fidelity, Program Implementation, Systems Approach, Educational Change
National Association of Professors of Middle Level Education. Web site: https://www.napomle.com/cimle; Web site: https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/cimle/
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Junior High Schools; Middle Schools; Secondary Education
Audience: N/A
Language: English
Sponsor: N/A
Authoring Institution: N/A
Grant or Contract Numbers: N/A
Author Affiliations: N/A