We are excited to share our conversation with Tiffany Studivant, who is in her 11th year with Clark County School District in Athens, Georgia. Her energy and enthusiasm for her work are contagious.

Tiffany has extensive experience in supporting students and families at the school level as well as supporting building leaders at the district -level. After nine years as an elementary Special Education Teacher and Team leader, Tiffany joined the district’s support staff in her current role. She currently serves as a District MTSS Implementation Specialist, coaching and guiding 14 building-level Elementary MTSS coordinators with the overall implementation of the MTSS framework.

Quotes:

"It's a team approach, it takes building off others' knowledge and learning from each other to figure out the needs of students."

"Shifting that mindset, no, it's not RTI, it's a component of MTSS. Yes, we will intervene as needed. But our goal is getting kids back to tier 1, exhausting everything in Tier 1 before we have these conversations, looking at all the data, the whole child."

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