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PBIS/MTSS Framework

PBIS/MTSS Framework is a proactive systems approach to establishing the behavioral supports and social culture needed for all students in a school to achieve social, emotional, and academic success.  As a Response to Intervention (RtI) model, PBIS/MTSS Framework applies a three-tiered system of support, and a problem-solving process to enhance the capacity of schools to effectively educate all students.  The goals of PBIS/MTSS Framework are to:

  • Increase data-based decision-making on behavior and academic instruction and reinforce across all school settings.

  • Increase consistent use and effect of research-based behavioral and academic instructional strategies among all school staff at school wide, classroom, and individual student levels.

  • Reduce use of reactive discipline measures in schools (e.g., office discipline referrals, detentions, suspensions, expulsions) for all students.

  • Increase academic achievement levels of all students.

  • Implement effective intervention plans for students with the most comprehensive behavioral and emotional needs that support and evaluate their success across home, school, and community.

  • Increase capacity of general education settings to successfully educate students with disabilities and 
    prevent academic and/or social failures of all students.

  • Increase capacity of schools and districts to address over- and under-representation of students by ethnicity relative to discipline, disability status, and academic achievement with access to data on these outcomes.

  • Improving attendance by establishing a culture of attendance, acknowledging outstanding attendance and supporting students at-risk for chronic absenteeism.

MTSS-B Tiers of Support