About - Branching Minds - MTSS Software

Our Approach

Branching Minds is a leading K-12 educational technology platform that was designed to support schools in doing the work of MTSS and to make personalized learning sustainable for schools and teachers.

We do the heavy lifting by bringing together all the data and giving teachers actionable insights on how to provide the necessary instruction to meet the unique learning needs, strengths, and challenges of each student in their class.

The Branching Minds platform streamlines the work of MTSS and empowers teachers with the insights and guidance they need to personalize support for students so that they have more time and energy to do the inherently personal and personalized work of building positive student-teacher relationships.

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Your MTSS Partner

We believe that — like learners — every district is unique, and we differentiate our approach to meet the unique goals, priorities, and vision of our district partners.

We support districts to simplify their biggest instructional and behavioral challenges through MTSS practice, and we measure our success by the success of the districts we serve. We know that system-level work takes time and commitment, and we work by your side every step of the way, supporting you and your team to achieve your district’s goals.

From robust professional services to dedicated data specialists to outstanding customer support, every member of our team will be your partner in this process.

Vision

The Branching Minds’ vision is to build a path to academic and personal success for every learner, ensuring Pre-K-12 education is effective, efficient, and objective. Educators are freed from administrative burdens and empowered with best practices, while caregivers and students are connected through intuitive tools and meaningful engagement.

Every decision is data-driven, every action is purposeful, every stakeholder is aligned, and every student is empowered to reach their fullest potential.

Mission

The Branching Minds' mission is to provide the insights, guidance, and tools needed to drive student achievement at both the individual and systems-level through high-fidelity MTSS. By leveraging best practices and learning science, we deliver individualized recommendations so educators, caregivers, and learners can work together to improve academic and wellness outcomes for all students.

Certified B Corporation

Branching Minds is a Certified B Corporation™, earning a B Impact Score of 137.6—the highest score across educational support companies globally and well above the 80-point threshold for certification.

Certified B Corporations (B Corps) are businesses that meet the highest standards of verified social and environmental performance, public transparency, and legal accountability to balance profit and purpose. B Corps are accelerating a global culture shift to redefine success in business and build a more inclusive and sustainable economy.

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"Branching Minds is a wonderful platform that is helping to facilitate the MTSS process in my school. I like how Branching Minds streamlines and organizes information about students in one place where everyone who works with the student has access."

Eva Dover

School Psychologist, Orange County Schools, NC

"Branching Minds provides that place for our teachers to put in those plans, create those plans, and make sure that we're monitoring student progress."

Tina Inghram

MTSS Coordinator, Crook County Schools, WY

"We tier all of our students in Branching Minds using SELweb data - it's a game changer! The process for progress monitoring and communicating is very clear and systematic. And we're all speaking the same language."

Jennifer Maichin

District Instructional Leader, Mineola UFSD, NY

"My staff love the visual aspect of Branching Minds. They love that all the data we need is fed through ClassLink, that we can connect the data, and that they only have to go to one place for all the information they need to support students."

Laurel Dickson

Director of MTSS, Richardson ISD, TX

"Branching Minds can do things like track parent communication, which gets totally lost when a kid transfers grades or buildings. We call it our one-stop shop for all your multi-tiered needs."

Ronda French

Assistant Director of Pupil Services, Medina City School District, OH

"We found that a lot of the vendors that we were talking with were trying to use their data warehouse platform in an MTSS way, but it wasn't built for MTSS processes, and that's why we ended up going with Branching Minds, because it was built from the ground up for MTSS."

Deana Moss

Director of MTSS, Lakota Public Schools, OH

"This is why I was so excited to work with Branching Minds—it gives teachers the tools they need and presents data in a clear, parent-friendly way."

Jennifer Ocana

Head of School, Island Village Montessori, FL

"Branching Minds has been instrumental to our success because it forces us to examine our practices at every level, deep dive into what's working, what's not working, and what pieces are missing."

Jenna Blank

RTI Coordinator, Livonia Central School District, NY

"Branching Minds has given classroom teachers more in-depth knowledge regarding areas in which a student struggles and the intervention tools to help meet their needs."

Kristen Beesaw

Assistant Director of Interventions and 504, Bryan Independent School District

"Just in comparison with all the other programs on the market, Branching Minds is honestly the complete package. You have all of the intervention support and guidance."

Emma McBride

Multi-Tiered Systems Specialist, Beaumont ISD, TX

"The communication and documentation tools make everything easy to find and keep us transparent and aligned, especially for students with behavior plans."

Jeanine Kidwell

Libby School District 4, MT

"The visual dashboards are highly effective in showing needs for differentiated instructional approaches."

Angela Plugge

Director of Learning, Waverly School District, NE

"We came across Branching Minds and this does much more than house data. It actually gives a platform that's interactive and can address the challenges that are coming up."

Mandy Couturier

Director of MTSS, Harwood Unified Union School District, VT

"You brand yourself as a true partnership, and my experience has been just that. It’s a partnership between us and Branching Minds."

Amanda Taxis

Somonauk Community Unit School District, IL

Meet the People Powering MTSS

At Branching Minds, we’re a diverse team of educators, designers, data experts, product builders, and mission-driven professionals who are all working together to make student support simpler, smarter, and more human.

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