MTSS Integrated Conference 25: Full Schedule

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9:00am PDT

Cutting to the core: Why transforming whole child education takes transforming district central offices and how to support their success for your success

Wednesday July 30, 2025 9:00am - 10:30am PDT

Grand Apple Ballroom

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Integrated Multi-tiered Systems of Support represent a sea-change in education toward differentiated, equitable, and strengths-based learning environments for all students--especially for students with developmental and learning differences—and depend on school district central office support for their success at scale. But what kind of support? And what does it take for central offices to provide it for every school every day?

Speakers

Meredith Honig

Professor and Director, College of Education, University of Washington

Wednesday July 30, 2025 9:00am - 10:30am PDT
Grand Apple Ballroom 121 N Wenatchee Ave, Wenatchee, WA 98801

Include Inspire Innovate

Target Audience Elementary, Secondary, District
Experience Foundational, Developing, Proficient

10:45am PDT

Leveraging Micro-Fidelity Strategies to Improve MTSS Structures

Wednesday July 30, 2025 10:45am - 12:00pm PDT

Gala 3

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Schools implementing MTSS are likely familiar with fidelity tools such as the Tiered Fidelity Inventory (TFI) for PBIS or the District Systems Fidelity Inventory (DSFI), but how are schools leveraging micro-fidelity strategies to improve MTSS structures? This presentation introduces 5 high leverage elements for anchoring an efficient and sustainable MTSS across all schools. Participants will be provided with examples of how other districts have developed these elements AND they will gain examples of the unique fidelity measures used to maintain high levels of implementation.

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Dawn Henry

Collaborative Learning Solutions

Wednesday July 30, 2025 10:45am - 12:00pm PDT
Gala 3

Innovate

Target Audience Elementary, Secondary, District
Experience Proficient

1:00pm PDT

Working Smarter: Aligning MTSS for Equitable Discipline & Academic Gains

Wednesday July 30, 2025 1:00pm - 2:15pm PDT

Orchard North

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Learn how three regional examples aligned their MTSS and reduced exclusionary discipline, improved attendance, perceptions of belonging, and reading.

We’ll share how each district approached alignment to fit their budget, goals, and timelines. We will also highlight the commonalities, and the site-based adjustments that were necessary to fit each community: large, diverse AK district, a small, rural CA district, and mid-size, suburban OR district.

Speakers

Jessica Swain-Bradway

Executive Director, Northwest PBIS Network

Dr. Jessica Swain-Bradway is the Executive Director for the Northwest Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports Network (NWPBIS). She has expertise in organizing social-emotional-behaviors supports and mental health integration at the district, school, and classroom level. In... Read More →

Wednesday July 30, 2025 1:00pm - 2:15pm PDT
Orchard North

Include

Target Audience District
Experience Developing, Proficient

1:00pm PDT

Tier 3 for ME? Yes Please!

Wednesday July 30, 2025 1:00pm - 2:15pm PDT

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Have you ever been so exhausted within your classroom that you felt in need of your own tier three interventions? Join us for a bit of fun as we share quick and easy classroom strategies that keep students thinking, put time back into your day, and a smile on your face.

Speakers

Sara Paul

Program Supervisor, OSPI

Wednesday July 30, 2025 1:00pm - 2:15pm PDT
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Innovate

Target Audience Elementary, Secondary
Experience Developing, Foundational, Proficient

1:00pm PDT

Beyond the Surface: The Deep Work of Systems Change in Education

Wednesday July 30, 2025 1:00pm - 2:15pm PDT

Gala 1

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Lasting change doesn’t come from adding new programs; it comes from changing the systems that hold persistent challenges in place. This interactive session explores how the Six Conditions for Systems Change (Kania et al., 2018) align with MTSS implementation when guided by Implementation and Improvement Science. Participants will examine the “water” beneath school systems and engage in practical strategies to shift policies, practices, power dynamics, and mental models for sustainable transformation.

Speakers

Brandon Riddle

Assistant Director of Student Support, Educational Service District 105

Brandon is committed to advancing educational equity by coaching and training evidence-based strategies and frameworks. With a solid background in Multi-Tiered System of Support (MTSS), Interconnected Systems Framework (ISF), Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS... Read More →

Wednesday July 30, 2025 1:00pm - 2:15pm PDT
Gala 1

Inspire

Target Audience District
Experience Proficient

2:30pm PDT

Mathematical Fluency: Building Bridges not Barriers!

Wednesday July 30, 2025 2:30pm - 3:30pm PDT

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In this session participants will learn what fluency is (and is not) in mathematics through carefully curated fluency routines, games and robust discourse. If you are interested in walking away with resources to put into use in K-5 classrooms that will support students growing their fluency in mathematics, this is the session for you!

Speakers

Debra Kowalkowski

Regional Mathematics Coordinator, NorthEast Washington Educational Service District 101

An enthusiastic math educator and learner, Debra coordinates and facilitates math learning for administrators, teachers, parents, community members, and PK-MS students. Her work as a Regional Math Coordinator for Northeast Washington Educational Service District (NEWESD 101) focuses... Read More →

Wednesday July 30, 2025 2:30pm - 3:30pm PDT
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Include

Target Audience Elementary
Experience Developing, Foundational, Proficient

2:30pm PDT

Proactive vs. Reactive: Remagining Tier 1 through Universal Screening and a Holistic Wellness Lens

Wednesday July 30, 2025 2:30pm - 3:30pm PDT

Orchard South

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Traditional MTSS approaches rely heavily on academic, attendance, and discipline data—focusing supports around crisis and points of failure, rarely incorporating meaningful mental health data. This session highlights a partnership between King County and the Tahoma School District implementing universal mental health and substance use screening as part of a wider holistic wellness strategy in middle and high school, transforming a reactive, deficit-based model into one rooted in proactive wellness, student strengths, and authentic engagement.

Speakers

Sarah Michelle Leonard

School Based SBIRT Training Coordinator, King County DCHS

Gwendolyn Huete

Student Wellness Advocate

Wednesday July 30, 2025 2:30pm - 3:30pm PDT
Orchard South

Innovate

Target Audience Secondary, District
Experience Developing, Proficient

2:30pm PDT

Return Repair Reconnect: Building Meaningful Reintegration Pathways within MTSS

Wednesday July 30, 2025 2:30pm - 3:30pm PDT

Gala 3

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What happens after a suspension, threat assessment, or crisis? This session focuses on student reintegration as a Tier 2/Tier 3 suppot within MTSS. Paticipants will explore how schools can create trauma-informed equity-driven reintegation practices that prioritize safety, belonging, and long-term success. Learn how to structure reintegration meetings, collaborate across roles, and build plans that repaire relationships and reconnect students to learning.

Speakers

Emily Bushouse

Behavior Inclusion Coach, North Central Educational Service District 171

Emily is originally from Michigan where she earned her Educational Specialist degree in school psychology. She has worked in Michigan, Oregon, Arizona, and Washington in public school, university, and residential settings, serving students with special needs from preK through university... Read More →

Hunter McLeod

Threat Assessment Coordinator, North Central Educational Service District 171

Wednesday July 30, 2025 2:30pm - 3:30pm PDT
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Innovate

Target Audience Elementary, Secondary
Experience Foundational, Proficient

2:30pm PDT

Screening, Detection & Diagnostics for Tier 2 and Tier 3 MTSS

Wednesday July 30, 2025 2:30pm - 3:30pm PDT

Gala 2

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This session will help schools and districts to build a system for screening and detection of students who may be in need of Tier 2 and Tier 3 supports. We will also discuss diagnostic tools to help pinpoint the exact nature of students' needs once a need is detected. Attendees will see examples of how other schools and districts have built and carry out these processes.

Speakers

Dr. Lori Lynass

Senior Director for MTSS, Character Strong

Wednesday July 30, 2025 2:30pm - 3:30pm PDT
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Innovate Include

Target Audience District, Elementary, Secondary
Experience Developing, Foundational, Proficient

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