Form a District-Community Leadership Team and develop a shared knowledge of MTSS-B. Establish a common mission for MTSS-B implementation and formalize agreements with community partners that support student social-emotional and behavioral health needs.
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(1a) Assess current teams to determine optimal team structure moving forward.
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Develop your district-level planning team to set priorities and guide your MTSS-B implementation
(1b) Determine team membership through a review of current partnerships and service agreements with community partners; ensure executive-level leadership from each relevant organization; secure letters of commitment.
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Learn how to assess existing and potential community-based partnerships to address student behavioral health needs
Map out your existing and potential future community-based partnerships to support MTSS-B
Develop a letter of commitment for community partners joining your District-Community Leadership Team
Organize and record membership for your District-Community Leadership Team
(1c) Establish team operating procedures including monthly meeting frequency, team roles, agenda-forming and decision-making processes, etc.
Develop your district-level planning team to set priorities and guide your MTSS-B implementation
(2a) Develop fluency with MTSS-B core features and implementation drivers/science.
Explore the values, core features, and overarching strategies of the MTSS-B framework
Review the literature supporting the contributions of MTSS-B to positive student and school outcomes
(2b) Develop knowledge and understanding of specific MTSS-B routines/procedures including: universal screening, request for assistance, purpose/design of teams, facilitated referral pathways, selection of evidence-based practices (EBPs), monitoring fidelity of implementation and outcomes, and consent protocols.
Review key MTSS-B tasks at exploration, district-level, and school-level implementation phases
Determine MTSS-B staffing needs and align roles and responsibilities, recruitment strategies, and job descriptions with MTSS-B priorities
Explore how your partnership with local community mental health agencies can support an integrated approach to MTSS-B
Explore the Interconnected Systems Framework primer on school mental health-PBIS integration
Familiarize yourself with key MTSS-B strategies and routines
Review considerations to support development of district policies and practices for data sharing/privacy and consent for services.
3a) Review existing mission statements, comparing them to the values, core features, and strategies of MTSS-B; prioritize areas of need/emphasis; adopt an existing or develop a new mission statement.
Brainstorm a shared district-community MTSS-B mission statement
(4a) Review the inventory of community partnerships to prioritize the assets, gaps and barriers in services to be addressed through formal collaborations with community partners.
Map out your existing and potential future community-based partnerships to support MTSS-B
(4b) Establish a detailed MOU with one or more partnering community mental health agencies; establish and/or review and revise current service contracts with community partners.
Develop a memorandum of understanding with a partnering community mental health agency to support MTSS-B
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