I consider myself a life-long learner, always looking for ways to help myself, students, and colleagues grow and achieve success. As a special educator, administrator, mother, and foster mother, I believe each of these experiences gives me insight to how best meet individuals' potential. I recently received my Doctorate in Educational Leadership, and successfully defending my dissertation regarding the impact of social emotional learning initiatives in a rural elementary school. I believe that the supports we have put in place at each level in our school and district help proved success for some of our toughest to reach kids.
Multi-Tiered System of Supports (MTSS) is more than RtI 2.0 Jennifer Mitchell digs into two crucial areas of MTSS, behavioral and emotional, in order to suppor... Read more.
MTSS is a fairly new acronym to many educators, so we rewind a few years in the educational world to discuss some familiar items and where MTSS originated. We w... Read more.