You see the need for an MTSS platform to streamline and support your work with students, but how do you bring others on board, especially when you’re not “the boss?” First, don’t discount your influence with the decision-makers in your school district! As someone directly involved in providing instruction and intervention for struggling students, your perspective and experience can be a compelling agent for change, but only if you speak up and carefully make your case.
Harness the Flow and Let the Information Go
The original blog post below was created in 2021. Although most aspects of it are still valid and important to apply in the context of communicating about MTSS, I could not republish this without an update that would take into consideration our new ways of learning and communicating since the pandemic, and the speed with which we have embraced new technologies, change, and ways of pivoting quickly. So here is what I would love for each reader to consider as you read this article:
Meetings are meant to be an engine of productivity in the workplace, but let’s face it—you must have been in one of these meeting situations at least once:
- Wondering why you are in a particular meeting and checking your inbox or doing work while checked out entirely from the conversation;
- Struggling to keep your eyes open as the conversation droned on and on in the room about something so unrelated to your work;
- Found yourself stuck in a meeting where it wasn’t clear what was being decided;
- The meeting gets off on a side tangent, and you spend the entire time talking about something that doesn’t move the work forward;
- You have something to say but are unsure whether it’s the right time or place;
- All of the above!
No, it's not 'teacher appreciation week,' but it is the season of love. ❤️
Teachers have a tremendous impact on their students' learning and lives. Although showing them love and appreciation for all the fantastic work they do should not be limited to a season or a day of celebration, it is still worth the spotlight in February when the topic is ever present.