Kentucky’s Multi-Tiered System of Supports (KyMTSS)

United We Learn Logo

KDE’s Vision and KyMTSS

United We Learn, sets the focus for the work of the Kentucky Department of Education (KDE) and is the vision for the future of public education in Kentucky. This vision builds around three big ideas: creating a more vibrant experience for every student, encouraging innovation in our schools and collaboration with our communities. KyMTSS is one of the key initiatives of KDEs Strategic Plan that supports the United We Learn vision.

What is KyMTSS?

KyMTSS is a multi-level prevention system designed to maximize student achievement and support students’ social and behavioral competencies through an integration of differentiated core instruction, assessment and intervention. (704 KAR 3:095)

What the elements of the KyMTSS logo represent: Equitable access and opportunity, collaborative problem solving teams, data-based decision making with a system of screening and assessment, evidence based practices, family and community partnerships, and tiered systems of intervention including emotional, behavioral, and social emotional

The Six Essential Elements of KyMTSS

KyMTSS has identified six interconnected components as essential to the implementation and sustainability of an effective MTSS framework.

Equitable Access and Opportunity

Tiered Delivery System with a Continuum of Supports

Collaborative Problem-Solving Teams

Data-Based Decision Making w/ Comprehensive Screening & Assessment

Evidence-Based Instruction, Intervention and Supports

Family, School and Community Partnerships

What the elements of the KyMTSS logo represent: Equitable access and opportunity, collaborative problem solving teams, data-based decision making with a system of screening and assessment, evidence based practices, family and community partnerships, and tiered systems of intervention including emotional, behavioral, and social emotional.

What do the components of the KyMTSS graphic represent?

The Equitable Access and Opportunity component surrounds the framework to represent the intentional commitment to equity embedded within all components of KyMTSS.

At the center of the model is the familiar triangle representing the Tiered Delivery System with a continuum of supports designed to meet the academic, behavioral and social-emotional needs of all students.

Collaborative Problem-Solving Teams, the strategic use of Data-Based Decision Making within a comprehensive screening and assessment system, Evidence-Based Instruction, Intervention and Supports, and Family, School and Community Partnerships surround the triangle to show that they are interconnected and address the needs of the whole learner at each level of the system.

KyMTSS Crosswalk Document

The purpose of the KyMTSS Crosswalk document is to provide clarity to educators (e.g., leadership teams, administrators, teachers, implementation support staff, etc.) on how Response to Intervention (RTI), Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS) and the Interconnected Systems Framework (ISF) share foundational components and are integrated under the overarching framework of Kentucky Multi-Tiered System of Supports (KyMTSS).