Meeting student needs is crucial to their academic performance, school engagement, and social-emotional well-being. Providing individualized interventions that undergird and promote all students’ progress is therefore vital.
Presented by Sonja Davidson, Director of Student Advocacy Services, Ogden School District (UT); Jennifer McComas, Director of Special Education, Heath City School District (OH); and Guadalupe De La O, Assistant Principal of STEM and Scholar Culture, Alliance College-Ready Middle Academy 4 (CA)
Moderated by Nick Woolf, Playbook Content Director, Panorama Education
For any educator or administrator looking to build a comprehensive support system for students, the edLeader Panel, “MTSS: Taking Efficacy from Good to Great,” is a must-watch discussion. The panelists discussed how Multi-Tiered Systems of Supports (MTSS) improve school environments, academic achievement, and student behavior.
Presented by Sarah Brown, Ph.D., Senior Director, MTSS Solutions, Renaissance Learning; and Holly Windram, Ph.D., Executive Director, Hope Network’s Michigan Education Corps Reading Corps and Math Corps Programs
Presented by Miyoshi Knox, Former Principal for Chicago Public Schools and Leadership Consultant for The Leadership Perspective; and Darius Weatherspoon, Student Special Services Advocate, Chicago Public Schools’ Burnham Elementary (IL)
Moderated by Jessica Berlinski, Director of K-12 Education, Ripple Effects
Presented by Rachel Brown, Ph.D., Senior Research Associate, Illuminate Education, Inc.; and John Bielinski, Ph.D., Senior Director of Research and Development, Illuminate Education, Inc.
Presented by Megan Gruis, Ed.S., LSC, Executive Director of Customized Implementation Supports, CharacterStrong; and Janie Moseley, Director of MTSS, Owensboro Public Schools (KY)
Moderated by Paul Procopio, Senior Account Director, Panorama Education
Today’s students face an unprecedented combination of challenges and issues that can interfere with their well-being and disrupt their learning, but there are also new opportunities to provide districtwide support for their mental health while helping individual students learn to help themselves.
Presented by Stedman Graham, Chairman and CEO, S. Graham & Associates; and ShaKenya Edison, M.Ed., PPS, Director of Student Support Services, Menifee Union School District (CA)
Moderated by Jessica Berlinski, Director of K-12, Ripple Effects
Presented by Nathaniel von der Embse, Ph.D., NCSP, Associate Professor, University of South Florida; and Stephen Kilgus, Ph.D., Associate Professor of School Psychology, University of Wisconsin-Madison