VTSS: Virginia Tiered Systems of Supports (VTSS)
The
Virginia
Tiered
Systems
of
Supports
(VTSS)
is
a
data-informed
decision
making
framework
for
establishing
the
academic,
behavioral
and
social-emotional
supports
needed
for
a
school
to
be
an
effective
learning
environment
for
all
students.
The
VTSS
systemic
approach
allows
divisions,
schools
and
communities
to
provide
multiple
levels
of
supports
to
students
in
a
more
effective
and
efficient,
clearly
defined
process.
Implementing
the
VTSS
requires
the
use
of
evidence-based,
system-wide
practices
with
fidelity
to
provide
a
quick
response
to
academic,
behavioral,
social
and
emotional
needs.
The
practices
are
progress-monitored
frequently
to
enable
educators
to
make
sound,
data-based
instructional
decisions
for
students.
VTSS
is
built
with
Systems,
Data
and
Practices.
There
are
3
related
outlyers:
Supporting
Staff,
Supporting
Decision
Making,
and
Supporting
Students,
respectively.
VTSS
functions
under
the
anchor
process
of
integrating
data,
practices
and
systems
to
affect
outcomes.
The
essential
elements
of
an
effective
VTSS
framework
are:
- Aligned Organizational Structure
- Data Informed Decision-Making
- Evidence-Based Practices
- Family, School and Community Partnerships
- Monitoring Student Progress Evaluation of Outcomes and Fidelity
For more information about the Virginia Tiered Systems of Supports, please visit the VTSS website
VTSS Summer Learning Opportunities
-
Tier
1
Team
Training:
Academics
- Date: June 28, 29 and 30
- Time: 9 a.m. - 12 p.m.
- This event is for school teams and division leaders ready to focus on the system to support an effective Tier 1 academic framework. The introduction and use of the Academic Tiered Fidelity Inventory will assist teams in implementing this framework with the goal of improving student outcomes. Topics covered include teaming, instructional planning and delivery, collective teacher efficacy, family engagement, and coaching at the school level
- Register on Everbrite
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-
Data
Informed
Decision
Making
for
Schools
- Date: June 28, 29 and 30
- Time: 1 - 4 p.m.
- This interactive professional learning event focuses on developing, implementing, and sustaining a data-informed decision-making process in order to strengthen the effectiveness of Tier 1 instruction for behavior, academics, and mental wellness. Anchored to the Tiered Fidelity Inventory (TFI 1.12 - 1.15), this event is intended for school based leadership teams and the division team members who support them.
- Register on Everbrite
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-
Tier
1
Team
Training:
Behavior
- Date: July 12, 20 and 28
- Time: 1 - 4 p.m.
- This three day Tier I VTSS Training builds understanding of behavior and social emotional tiered supports, creating a behavior matrix, teaching expectations, and more. We begin with behavior because research shows when we improve behavior teachers have more time to teach and administrators less time with discipline.
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-
Advanced
Tiers
- Date: July 13 and 14
- Time: 9 a.m. - 12 p.m.
- Advanced Tiers Summer Learning is designed for division and school teams who want to increase their knowledge and capacity to build and sustain a system of advanced tiers supports.
- Register on Everbrite
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-
Effective
Classroom
Systems
- Date: July 19, 20 and 21
- Time: 9 a.m. - 12 p.m.
- Effective Classrooms Systems is designed for division and school leadership to develop a plan for the data collection, professional learning and coaching needed at the division and school level in order to promote a sustained focus on the use of effective classroom practices. Classroom practices are the strategies essential to effective instruction and include: arranging the physical environment, active supervision, classroom expectations, routines and procedures aligned with schoolwide expectations, opportunities to respond, formative assessment, scaffolding, reinforcing appropriate behavior, responding to inappropriate behavior and creating community through feedback.
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-
Tier
1
Trauma
Enhancements
- Date: July 26, 27 and 28
- Time: 1 - 4 p.m.
- Participants of this workshop will gain an understanding of the effects of trauma, learn how trauma impacts learning and behavior, recognize how a school may incorporate trauma-sensitive practices at the Tier 1 level through data, professional learning, family and community engagement, routines, and procedures as well as feedback and acknowledgment.
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