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By: Kaitlyn, Micaela, and Vanessa
Handout!
 Agenda:
1 2 3
Overview and How consultation resources
Introduction and collaboration
work in mtss
 Maintaining a Culturally Sustaining Lens
Consultation and collaboration are both
effective tools in addressing inequities on a
school campus. With these tools we can...
Engage families and community
members as educational partners
Critically examine school data and
create action plans
Collaborate with administration to
dismantle systems disproportionately
impacting certain groups of students (Antiracist Education, 2022)

(Goodman-Scott et al., 2019)

 Consultation
a triadic relationship in which
the consultant works
closely with a consultee to
help and better serve a
student or group of students
Collaboration
a relationship between two or
more parties to reach common
goals
(Cholewa B., Laundy, K., 2019)
Consultation stages
1. Initiate consulting

relationship
2. Define the problem and

set goals
3. Select

strategy/intervention
4. Implement

strategy/intervention
5. Evaluate
(Cholewa B., Laundy, K., 2019)
6. Terminate
Collaboration
Shared Responsibility + Shared Leadership

Collaboration can look like:

Having an MTSS Creating classroom
Coordinating with lessons with the
team
stakeholders about other school
Needs family information counselors
Assessments nights

(Goodman-Scott et al., 2019)

 ASCA Ethical Standards To keep in mind
Professional Communication

Provide support, consultation and mentoring to

professionals in need of assistance when
appropriate to enhance school climate and
student outcomes (B.2.f)

Standard of Care
(Stone, 2022)
 Goals of MTSS Teams
1. Work collaboratively to promote a positive,
productive, and safe learning environment for all
students
2. Work collaboratively to define and address all
barriers and constraints that arise for students,
educators

(Goodman-Scott et al., 2019)

Let's take a look at how the MTSS
teams are broken up into tiers
 Tier 1
Members
8-10 members
school counselors, school psychologists, administrators, school social

workers, general educators, special educators, interventionists, school

family therapists

Tasks
Coordinate and support universal preventative program
Review school-level data monthly
Coordinate universal screening program
Select behavioral and social/emotional learning curriculum

(Goodman-Scott et al., 2019)

 Tier 2
Members
5-6 members
school counselors, school psychologists, administrators, school social
workers, general educators, special educators, interventionists, school
family therapists

Tasks
Meet biweekly to review student-level data and determine intervention

effectiveness
Plan and implement/oversee targeted intervention groups
Plan and implement/oversee professional development based on concrete,

identifiable needs for educators and paraeducators (ex. Executive

functioning, self-management…)
(Goodman-Scott et al., 2019)
 Tier 3
Members
number of members varies
school counselors, school psychologists, administrators, school social
workers, designated educators, interventionists, school family therapists,
outside supports (LPCC), wraparound coordinator

Tasks
Meet with wraparound service providers to review student progress and

plan intervention
provide/oversee 1:1 services as needed
Vet community services for future referral and collaboration

(Goodman-Scott et al., 2019)

 Examples by Tier
Tier 1 Tier 2 Tier 3
Collect data about Hold a reading Connect with MFT
graduation rates and intervention small who provides school-
undersatnding of group and monitor based counseling to
graduation students' reading determine student
requirements.Create proficiency to progress in grief
a classroom lesson determine progress. management. Check-
on A-G ins to support
requirements. progress made in
individual counseling.

(Goodman-Scott et al., 2019)

 Role of the School Counselor

Asca position statement

"School counselors collaboratively support the process of MTSS
universal screening for mental health (Donohue et al., 2016),
academic and behavioral supports. The school counselor may
also provide indirect student service by presenting data or
serving as a consultant to a student support team. The school
counselor engages as part of the leadership team in MTSS but
should not be the sole leader of MTSS in our buildings
(Goodman-Scott, et al., 2020, p. 33)."
(ASCA, 2022)
 Role of the School Counselor
monitor the progress lead, support,and/ or
of interventions, advocate for MTSS
particularly in Tiers 2 initiatives
and 3

seek collaborative collecting data on

opportunities with school and community
other school demographics and
professionals student needs

(Goodman-Scott et al., 2019)

 Navigating Difficulties on MTSS Teams
1. Inherent differences between disciplines
Knowing the scope of practice for each profession and how to effectively consult
and collaborate with different members of the team
Importance of cultual awareness and humility: increase in rich conversations by
recognizing the internal policies, roles, services, and relationships within schools

2. Shift from linear to systemic thinking

Members can get stuck in a strict idea of their role: "I teach math, not behavior"
Important to get to the root of any hesitancy or resistance, that way you know how
to properly support the members of the MTSS team

3. Challenge of funding
Competition for jobs is high and funding is scarce
Important to ADVOCATE for the importance of MTSS initiatives and teams
(Goodman-Scott et al., 2019)
Resources For School counselors
The Core Collaborative
They use a strategy called Impact
Teams MTSS framework. Offers
proactive, learner-centered,
strengths-based approach for closing
opportunity gaps. Counselors can go
on the website to learn more about
MTSS and its method. In addition, they
have articles about their strategies in
use at schools all over the United
States.

(The Core Collaborative, 2022)

Resources For School counselors
Branching Minds
Teaches counselors how to develop a

successful MTSS. Speaks about what are

the responsibilities in a MTSS team. In

addition, helping counselors about the

different roles at each team member holds

in the team. (The roles include

administration, MTSS team coordinator,

grade-level representative, specialists, and

teacher).

(Branching Minds, 2017)

Resources For School counselors
Panorama Education
This is a comprehensive guide on MTSS. It

discusses the key components, how to

bring it into schools, how it supports the

students, how districts use MTSS, and how

to strengthen counselors' current MTSS.

(Fredrick, 2022)
 References
Antiracist Education (2022, November 3). If you want to know who the racist adults are on your campus, ask the kids.

Branching Minds. Developing a Successful MTSS/RTI Team. (2017). https://www.branchingminds.com/blog/successful-

mtss-teams

Fredrick, L. A Comprehensive Guide to MTSS. (2022). https://www.panoramaed.com/blog/mtss-comprehensive-guide

Goodman-Scott, E., Betters-Bubon, J., Donohue, P. (2019). The School Counselor's Guide to Multi-Tiered Systems of
Support. Routledge.

The Core Collaborative. Strengthen Multi-Tiered Systems of Support with Impact Teams. (2022).
https://www.thecorecollaborative.com/mtss

The School Counselor and Multitiered System of Supports. Home - American School Counselor Association (ASCA).
(n.d.). Retrieved November 7, 2022, from https://www.schoolcounselor.org/

Stone, C. B. (2022). Ethics and law. American School Counselor Association.