The MTSS Intervention Toolkit for the 2022-2023 School Year

Written by

Trudy Bender

Published on

September 14, 2022

Last updated

June 26, 2025

Long story short, MTSS exists to get the right intervention to the right student. Without a great intervention at the heart of it all, the work involved in MTSS—the data collection, the meetings, the documentation—is wasted. This toolkit will help guide you and your team in selecting high-quality, research-based interventions for your students, with tips for implementing, tracking, and troubleshooting those interventions.

	1. INTRODUCTION: The MTSS Intervention Process This is a great starting point to familiarize yourself with how MTSS provides targeted interventions for struggling students and the role that each stakeholder has in the process. This resource includes an intervention process flowchart and a glossary.
	2. GUIDE: MTSS Intervention Process Flowchart After an overwhelmingly positive response to the MTSS Intervention Process Flowchart, and thousands of views, comments, and downloads, we created this guide to serve as a companion document to support your use of the Intervention Process Flowchart.
	3. RESOURCES: How To Develop a List of MTSS Interventions for the 2022-2023 School Year Knowing what to look for—and where to find it—is half the battle in getting the resources you need to support your students. This blog breaks down the process of selecting an intervention into four steps.
	4. TRACKING: Using Intervention Checklists Within MTSS to Better Understand Student Needs Intervention Checklists streamline teacher organization efforts and provide a running record of interventions used to support a given student and their effectiveness. This blog answers your question, "what is an intervention checklist and how do I use it?" and provides practical tips for selecting an effective intervention checklist.
	5. GOAL-SETTING: Aligning SMART Goals to the Just-Right MTSS Interventions Learn about the importance of goal-setting, how to create SMART goals, and how to design an effective intervention plan around those goals. This blog gives you five tips on aligning SMART goals and MTSS interventions along with practical questions to ask yourself when planning.
	6. TROUBLESHOOTING: How to Respond to an MTSS Intervention Plan Showing No Growth An intervention plan showing no progress does not mean we have failed; it’s an opportunity to take a step back and consider the process. It could be that your student needs more or different support. This resource uses real-world scenarios to show you what to do if an MTSS intervention plan is showing no progress.
	7. REAL-WORLD DISCUSSION: Webinar on Successful Intervention Planning In this webinar, leaders from the Mineola Union Free School District in New York join with the Learning Science leaders from Branching Minds to discuss best practices for intervention planning in an MTSS model.

About the author

Trudy Bender

Trudy Bender is the Sr. Manager of Thought Leadership Content at Branching Minds. She has extensive experience as a teacher, school psychologist, and district administrator. She previously served as the Coordinator of District Behavior Intervention for Waco ISD, where she led the district in reducing exclusionary discipline practices and disproportionality. She facilitated the implementation of a Multi-Tiered System of Supports for Behavior, including initiatives to improve school climate and universal behavior supports, provide effective Tier 2 and Tier 3 behavior intervention programs, and improve wraparound supports and transition services for students in disciplinary placements. She is a Nationally Certified School Psychologist.

The MTSS Intervention Toolkit for the 2022-2023 School Year

1. INTRODUCTION: The MTSS Intervention Process

2. GUIDE: MTSS Intervention Process Flowchart

3. RESOURCES: How To Develop a List of MTSS Interventions for the 2022-2023 School Year

4. TRACKING: Using Intervention Checklists Within MTSS to Better Understand Student Needs

5. GOAL-SETTING: Aligning SMART Goals to the Just-Right MTSS Interventions

6. TROUBLESHOOTING: How to Respond to an MTSS Intervention Plan Showing No Growth

7. REAL-WORLD DISCUSSION: Webinar on Successful Intervention Planning

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