2025 Kansas MTSS & Alignment Symposium

2025 Kansas MTSS & Alignment Symposium

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7:00am CDT

Breakfast & Check-In Wednesday

7:00am CDT

Internet for Upper Level (Redbud, Cypress, Birch)- Connect to KSMTSS Enter Password: 2025MTSS

7:00am CDT

Internet Lower Level (Ballrooms and Trails)- Select Wireless Network: HYATT-Meeting Access Code: 2025MTSS

8:00am CDT

Building Resilient Learners: Schoolwide implementation of Kansans Can Competencies

8:00am CDT

START on Time! A Schoolwide Strategy for Safe Transitions and Reduced Tardies: Mobilize teams to improve hallway climate, supervision, and student engagement between classes.

8:00am CDT

Fluency Across Grades: Enhancing Speed, Accuracy, and Motivation in Learning

8:00am CDT

No More Guesswork: Navigating What Works in Mathematics Instruction

8:00am CDT

Quick Checks, Big Gains: Using Targeted District Assessments to Inform Classroom Practice

8:00am CDT

Enhanced Alphabet Knowledge (EAK): Practical Instruction to Teach Letters and Sounds

8:00am CDT

Strive-for-Five Conversations: An Introduction

8:00am CDT

Progress Monitoring with Purpose for K-12: Turning Data into Action

8:00am CDT

Writing with Purpose: Implementing Standards-Based Rubrics to Deepen Comprehension and Elevate Instruction

8:00am CDT

Are They Compliant or Engaged? - Moving Beyond Compliance to True Student Engagement

8:00am CDT

Results NOW I: The Importance of Priority (starting with Curriculum)

9:10am CDT

AM Break Wednesday, September 10

9:30am CDT

Behavioral Risk Indicator Data and Social-Emotional Assessment Tools: Enhancing Student Well-Being

9:30am CDT

Why Do Babies Cry? Making Sense of Any Student Behavior in Any Setting: Demystifying behavior as a puzzle to be solved, not a threat to be eliminated.

9:30am CDT

Making Math Vocabulary Matter: Practical Strategies for Daily Integration

9:30am CDT

Progress Monitoring: Effective Screening and Data-Driven Decision

9:30am CDT

Building Oral Language and Content Knowledge through Strive-for-Five Conversations

9:30am CDT

Little Hands Big Growth! MTSS in the Preschool Setting

9:30am CDT

Inclusive Tech: Using Multimedia to Support Diverse Learners in the Classroom

9:30am CDT

Reading by Design: K-5 Grouping and Sorting for MTSS Success

9:30am CDT

Wallace County - 0-60 in 3 Years!

9:30am CDT

Results Now II: Effective Instruction—Guaranteed.

9:30am CDT

Team Up & Tune In: Supercharge Your Collaborative Work with the Inquiry Cycle

10:40am CDT

AM Break Wednesday, September 10

11:00am CDT

No More Silos: Leading a System to Unify Staff Through Positive and Proactive Behavior Supports

11:00am CDT

Promoting Student Success

11:00am CDT

Explicit Instruction in Math: Engaging Students Through Opportunities to Respond

11:00am CDT

Math by Matthew Burns

11:00am CDT

Counting is as Easy as 1, 2, 3... Or Is It?

11:00am CDT

Writing Into Literacy: Supporting Early Writing in Preschool and Kindergarten

11:00am CDT

Fidelity of Implementation in Multi-Tier Systems of Support: What, Why, and How

11:00am CDT

Ordering from the Menu of Vocabulary Practices: What Are Your Students Hungry For?

11:00am CDT

Assessments that Improve Learning

11:00am CDT

Leadership Moves That Matter- Elevating Your PLC Teams

11:00am CDT

Results NOW III: Demystifying K-12 Literacy

12:10pm CDT

Lunch Wednesday

1:30pm CDT

Implementing Interventions & Progress Monitoring for Behavior and Social-Emotional Learning

1:30pm CDT

The Foundation of School Climate

1:30pm CDT

Math Session by Matthew Burns

1:30pm CDT

The Kansas Math Project: Empowering Teachers | Facilitating Growth

1:30pm CDT

Centers with a Prupose

1:30pm CDT

Shape, Space, and Seeing the World Mathematically

1:30pm CDT

The Identification and Treatment of Dyslexia: Separating Evidence-Based Practices from Myths and Misconceptions (Session 1 of 2)

1:30pm CDT

Using Lessons from Cognitive Load Theory to Inform Vocabulary Instruction (and Everything We Do as Teachers and Learners)

1:30pm CDT

Developing Consistency in Grading Practices

1:30pm CDT

From Silos to Systems: Strengthening Fidelity and Coherence in MTSS Implementation

1:30pm CDT

From Theory to Action: Driving Meaningful Change Through Collaborative Inquiry

2:40pm CDT

PM Break Wednesday, September 10

3:00pm CDT

Cultivating Resilient Students and Staff

3:00pm CDT

Designing the Perfect Intervention

3:00pm CDT

Navigating Classroom Behavior- Charting a Course for a Calm Classroom

3:00pm CDT

Math Session by Matthew Burns

3:00pm CDT

Targeted Math Interventions in Secondary Schools

3:00pm CDT

Mathematize Your Classroom: Powerful Routines for Playful Thinking

3:00pm CDT

The Identification and Treatment of Dyslexia: Separating Evidence-Based Practices from Myths and Misconceptions (Session 2 of 2)

3:00pm CDT

Tugging at the Upper Strands: Rethinking Comprehension for Grades 4–12

3:00pm CDT

Effective Professional Learning

3:00pm CDT

From Vision to Impact: Syracuse’s Journey of Systemic Improvement Through Partnership

3:00pm CDT

It’s Time for a Tune-Up: Fine-Tuning MTSS for Sustainable Success!

4:10pm CDT

Symposium Day 1 Adjourn