FREE Virtual MTSS Mini Summit Behavior at the Core

Wednesday, June 3, 2026 🍎
*Subject to change

Student behavior is often treated as separate from the core work of schools, with behavior systems focused on reacting to discipline problems. In reality, “behavior” affects nearly every outcome districts care about.

Drawing on decades of experience helping districts scale MTSS and PBIS, Dr. Brian Gaunt will reframe behavior support as a proactive, worthwhile investment rather than an unavoidable cost. Learn how integrated academic and behavioral supports can help your district drive stronger engagement, attendance, and long-term student success.

Improve your climate, improve your outcomes. A positive school climate sets the stage for more effective teaching and learning, higher attendance, improved behavior, increased graduation rates, and increased teacher retention. And, a focused effort to improve school climate and connectedness bears dividends in all areas of life, not just within the school but across the communities that our schools serve.

In this session, we will discuss how to use data to accurately assess school climate and to guide interventions at the universal, targeted, and individual level.

• How to collect and interpret multiple sources of data related to school climate
• The single biggest factor in creating a positive learning environment
• Universal, targeted, and individualized interventions addressing school climate and connectedness
• Readily available tools and resources

Attendance is core to student success in every area, yet chronic absenteeism is often treated as an isolated compliance issue rather than a signal for support.

In this closing panel, current educators achieving success with attendance interventions will share how they identified root causes, built momentum across schools, and implemented integrated behavior and attendance strategies that improve outcomes over time.

Note: This event is NOT eligible for CEUs/PDUs/CPDU/CLE credit. We will, however, provide certificates of attendance to registered live attendees. As with all professional development hours delivered, we recommend that you verify ahead of the workshop that the content will qualify for professional development in your school, district, county, or state with your supervisor, human resources department, and/or principal or superintendent’s office. Unfortunately, we cannot issue certificates of participation to those who watch the recordings on-demand (i.e., after the live event).