PD FOR STATE LEADERS

Professional Development Series for State Leaders: Leveraging MTSS for Continuous Improvement

The MTSS Leadership Collaborative (mtss.org), in partnership with the Center on PBIS, Council for Exceptional Children and the National Association of State Directors of Special Education, is excited to launch this professional development (PD) series, with sessions to enhance your state’s implementation of a multi-tiered system of support (MTSS) framework to continuously improve (a) workforce and system capacity; (b) educator, student, and family experiences; and (c) student outcomes, including academic, attendance, behavior, health and wellness, and safety outcomes. See details below.

Each session will include explicit introduction of content, opportunities for collaborative discussion among participants, and guidance for action planning, with opportunities for ongoing conversation via an MTSS community of practice.

PD Series Kickoff

This series kicks off with a panel on MTSS at the NASDSE 2026 Conference. The series includes eight scheduled webinars, which generally occur from 2:30-3:30PM Eastern on the third Friday of each month. All session recordings and materials will be free to access at CEC and mtss.org.

If you are interested in participating, register here: https://learn.exceptionalchildren.org/p/MTSSPDSeries

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Session Schedule

Session 1: MTSS 101

Audience:          All State Leaders
Schedule:          Oct 16, 2026, 2:30-3:30 Eastern

Session 2: Infrastructure for Improvement

Audience:          All State Leaders
Schedule:          Nov 20, 2026, 2:30-3:30 Eastern

Session 3. Context for Coherence

Audience:          State Directors, Assistant Directors, and MTSS Leads
Schedule:          Jan 15, 2027, 2:30-3:30 Eastern

Session 4. Evaluation for Enhancement

Audience:          Data Managers and MTSS Leads
Schedule:           Feb 19, 2027, 2:30-3:30 Eastern

Session 5. Early Childhood to Transition

Audience:          Early Childhood & Transition Coordinators and MTSS Leads
Schedule:           Mar 19, 2027, 2:30-3:30 Eastern

Session 6. Policy to Support MTSS

Audience:          All State Leaders
Schedule:           Apr 16, 2027, 2:30-3:30 Eastern

Session 7. Aligning Funding for MTSS

Audience:          State Directors
Schedule:          May 21, 2027, 2:30-3:30 Eastern

Session 8. Sustaining and Scaling MTSS

Audience:          All State Leaders
Schedule:          Jun 18, 2027, 2:30-3:30 Eastern