WEEK 5
Multi-Tiered Systems
of Support
TED 502_0125 | RHIANNON DANCASTER
What does it mean?
Multi-Tiered Systems of Support means that any student who
needs additional support will get it in different tiers based on
their individual needs. Tier One of the Systems of Support is
normal instruction, which most students tend to be successful
from. Tier Two is a step up, which provides a chunk of students
who are not fully succeeding in Tier One with a little extra
support. Tier Three is another step above that, with a smaller
amount of children who need even more support being
included in this tier. Instruction during school includes a
teacher teaching a lesson in a Tier One first, then moving along
to a different tier, or working on their own. This means that the
individual needs of students can be met with the different tier
options.
The multi-tiered systems of support involves a team of people
who are all working and collaborating to steer a student
toward ultimate success. This includes the general education
teacher, any therapist or psychologist working with the
student, other necessary faculty, and the student's parents or
guardian(s). This team is called a Student Success Team (SST),
and they work together to collect data, monitor the student's
progress, and personalize instruction based on the results.
In a lesson plan
Using Multi-Tiered Systems of Support in a lesson
plan calls for preparing material for the different
tiers, ultimately playing to the strengths and needs
of the students. This means that the lesson plan
should have multiple accommodations that can
work for each student, including things for early
finishers to work on.
In the classroom
In the classroom, Multi-Tiered Systems of Support
means that the teacher should be noting the
academic achievements of each student, and
therefore recognize which students need
additional support within the tiers. Teacher
collaboration is very important in this aspect, as
the teachers (and the entire SST team) need to
work together to determine what the additional
support materials look like for each tier. That way,
instruction can be designed around those tiers.