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Make Your MTSS Vision a Reality

Built for busy educators, Branching Minds brings all your MTSS work into one place—so you know who needs help, what to do, and whether it's working, across your entire district.

MTSS Platform

Trusted by Districts Nationwide

Barriers to MTSS

Built to Support Your MTSS Journey

Educators are stretched thin. Student needs are growing. And managing interventions across classrooms, schools, and systems can feel overwhelming. Most platforms overcomplicate the process—or don’t go far enough.

Challenge #1

Managing interventions across classrooms, schools, and systems can feel overwhelming.

Challenge #2

From documentation to meeting prep, the demands on educators are overwhelming.

Challenge #3

Teachers and leaders need more than just data. They need actionable insight.

Challenge #4

Educators need more time to focus on students.

Challenge #5

Student success can’t wait for a months-long rollout.

Challenge #6

Scattered MTSS data keeps teams guessing instead of supporting.

Meet Branching Minds

MTSS Software Built to Scale and Ready to Use

Our platform and services are designed with educators, for educators. We centralize your academic and behavioral data, streamline collaboration, and simplify every step of your MTSS process - from identification to impact.

Purpose-Built MTSS Software

Your Data Working Together to Reveal the Full Picture of Every Learner

Our MTSS platform is built to truly lighten the load for educators. Finally, MTSS feels possible. Seamlessly integrates with your SIS, benchmarks, screeners, and behavior tools.

  • Clarity for MTSS implementation and oversight
  • Expert support for sustainable MTSS implementation
  • Proven MTSS results across districts
  • MTSS technology with built-in support
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Branching Minds is honestly the complete package. You have all of the intervention, support, and guidance

Emma McBride

District MTSS Specialist, Beaumont ISD, TX

MTSS Software

AI in Education

Faster Insights, Smarter Decisions

Quickly, confidently, and purposefully navigate your data with AI-Powered Tools like Meeting Assistant and Dottie AI to save time and surface trends.

  • Track student progress over time
  • Identify student risk levels
  • Compile student info
  • Summarize progress
  • Create agendas
See AI tools in action

The Branching Minds Meeting Assistant has completely changed the way we approach Tier 3 meetings. It’s efficient, compliant, and finally feels like a tool built with educators in mind.

Heather Davis

Special Education Teacher, Unadilla Valley, NY

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Leadership Dashboard

Turn Insight Into Impact

Uncover trends early, monitor student outcomes across schools, and walk into board meetings with confidence—powered by real-time, system-wide insights. Gain full visibility to identify gaps, focus efforts, and measure what’s working.

  • Full-system visibility in one place
  • Daily insights without the digging
  • Spot early warning signals and act with precision
View the Leadership Dashboard

Every decision we make, we can make because of the data that Branching Minds helps us collect and analyze.

Jenn Bognar

Director of Exceptional Learning, Duneland School Corporation, IN

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Platform Implementation

Aligned Teams for Effective Interventions

When districts come focused and aligned, we keep the momentum going, launching faster than nearly any other MTSS platform. Our built-in collaboration tools break down silos and empower educators to build collective efficacy.

  • Fast MTSS implementation
  • Low-lift data maintenance
  • Award-winning support
Discover our implementation approach

This has been the most on-track platform implementation we've ever experienced with any vendor!

Donna Cross

Director of SEL and MTSS, Evanston-Skokie 65, IL

MTSS Intervention

Professional Learning

Expert Help, Every Step of the Way

Deepen educator practice and build lasting MTSS infrastructure with scalable, sustainable professional development—delivered onsite or remotely. Our expert services support learning, coaching, and implementation.

  • Drive MTSS success
  • Tailored professional development
Get expert MTSS support

Their Professional Learning continuum is excellent—webinars, Pathfinders, online resources, and remote access are all incredibly valuable.

Angela Plugge,

Director of Learning, Waverly School District, NE

Professional Learning

Districts Are Seeing Results That Matter

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MTSS Solutions for Every Role

District Administrators
School Leaders
Student Support Staff
Teachers

Your MTSS Strategy, Measurable and Defensible

See what’s working, back it with data, and scale success across every school. Track trends, surface needs, and measure MTSS impact with clarity and confidence.

  • Lead with real-time data, not guesswork
  • Custom reports that secure funding
  • Track impact and engagement at scale
Explore MTSS for District Administrators
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Lead With Visibility and Confidence

Align teams, track progress, and respond quickly to student needs—so nothing slips through the cracks. Build consistency and drive meaningful improvement across classrooms and teams.

  • Monitor MTSS progress, team activity, and student needs in one clear dashboard
  • Spot school-wide risk patterns early with built-in alerts and trend insights
  • Track communication efforts and uncover gaps in outreach across your staff
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Clarity That Powers Student Support

Access the full student story, from history and plans to progress, in one place. Act faster, intervene smarter, and collaborate seamlessly to support every student without the paperwork chase.

  • MTSS plans that aren’t just paperwork
  • MTSS-specific AI that thoughtfully connects the dots
  • The only risk-aware MTSS case management platform
Explore MTSS for Student Support Staff
Support Every Student

Teach More, Manage Less

Prep in minutes, access student plans, and connect with families, all in one place. Simple tools built for classrooms help you spend less time managing MTSS and more time supporting students.

  • Built-in task management
  • Family communication made simple
  • Single-click student profiles
Explore MTSS for Teachers
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"The streamlined workflows, intuitive menus, and ability to select interventions and assign tasks simplifies the creation of support plans, ensuring educators can efficiently tailor strategies."

Dr. Laura Blessing

Superintendent, Miamisburg City Schools, OH

"This has been the most on-track platform implementation we've ever experienced with any vendor!"

Donna Cross

Executive Director of Research Accountability and Data, Evanston-Skokie 65, IL

"In the last year, we’ve grown significantly in our ability to be more responsive to students' needs. We can make every decision we make because of the data that Branching Minds helps us collect and analyze."

Jenn Bognar

Director of Exceptional Learning, Duneland School, IN

"I've been doing this work for 36 years, and I've never come across a tool that encompasses so many things districts truly need and that my staff actually use daily."

Dr. William Crankshaw

Superintendent , Greater Johnstown School District , NY

"Branching Minds helps us catch issues early and keep students on track with grade-level content—so support is based on data, not just labels."

Dr. Julie Thompson

Superintendent, Roanoke Rapids Graded School District, NC

"For any questions I have had with implementation, I used the Branching Minds help feature and the chat. I have had all positive experiences and heard positive feedback from staff about this customer support."

Tina Inghram

MTSS Coordinator, Crook County Schools, WY

"Branching Minds is giving us a way to streamline looking at data that's important for decision-making from the student level to the class level to the grade level to the school level."

Mandy Couturier

Director of MTSS, Harwood Unified School District, VT

"Working with Branching Minds truly feels like a partnership. When I bring a challenge to the team, they don’t just solve it and send it back — they involve me in the process and make me feel like part of the solution."

Sarah Cannon

MTSS/Intervention Data Specialist, Lake Norman Charter School, NC

"We're now discussing the reasons behind placing students in specific tiers and how we can create stronger entry and exit ramps for these services. This approach allows students to achieve the growth they need and exit using interventions tailored to the data input into Branching Minds."

Amanda Allison

Assistant Superintendent Of Pupil Personnel Services, Onteora Central School District, NY

"Branching Minds transformed the way we do MTSS completely. We would not be where we are today without it. We would not have had the good conversation. It has really transformed our district."

Pennie Graeber

RTI and At-Risk Coordinator, Waco Independent School District, TX

"Branching Minds is a place where any person serving that child can either document information or glean further information to help serve that child. That's been the biggest success with information that doesn't get lost in translation, because we start a new school year."

Jeanine Kidwell

Principal, Libby School District 4, MT

"Branching Minds has given classroom teachers more in-depth knowledge regarding areas in which a student struggles and the intervention tools to help meet their needs."

Kristen Beesaw

Assistant Director of Interventions and 504, Bryan Independent School District

"This is why I was so excited to work with Branching Minds—it gives teachers the tools they need and presents data in a clear, parent-friendly way."

Jennifer Ocana

Head of School, Island Village Montessori, FL

"Just in comparison with all the other programs on the market, Branching Minds is honestly the complete package. You have all of the intervention support and guidance."

Emma McBride

Multi-Tiered Systems Specialist, Beaumont ISD, TX

"Even before we had our accounts up and running, I was reading and reading all the different articles and the helpful resources that you offer, but along with that, the people make a difference with Branching Minds."

Laurie Gregory

Director of Educational Services, Eden Central School District, NY

"All my staff had to do was show up with a smile on their face and their device. To get the quality you get from Branching Minds Meeting Assistant would take you at least an hour. This keeps us focused on the data."

Heather Davis

Special Education Teacher, Unadilla Valley, NY

"The implementation process led us to really evaluate our practice and create new policies- in that way, Branching Minds has already influenced systemic change!"

Melissa Sanchez

VP of Student Support Services, Compass Rose, TX

"The streamlined workflows, intuitive menus, and ability to select interventions and assign tasks simplifies the creation of support plans, ensuring educators can efficiently tailor strategies."

Dr. Laura Blessing

Superintendent, Miamisburg City Schools, OH

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Ready to Make Student Support Simpler and Stronger?

See how Branching Minds can help your district streamline MTSS, empower educators, and improve student outcomes—starting today.

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