Thursday, February 6, 2020 at 8:30am-3:30pm
Hosted by Everett Public Schools & Panorama Education
What is a District Meetup? Meetups are free, in-person convenings designed to connect school and district leaders across a specific region. During meetups, districts come together to share learnings, establish best practices, and build a supportive network of education leaders working towards a common goal of improving student outcomes.
"This was a great reminder that we are all facing the same dilemma in our schools and there is no clear answer to "fix" it. The journey is different for each of us so it is beneficial to hear from other districts what is and isn't working for them." - Dallas MTSS Meetup attendee
Agenda-at-a-Glance
| Time | Session |
|---|---|
| 8:30am | Breakfast, Registration, and Opening Remarks |
| 9:30am |
We Built this City: The Roadmap, Resources, and Rough Patches Along the Way as Everett Public Schools Rolled out MTSS Across their Community Learn how Everett Public Schools is measuring social-emotional learning, tracking interventions, and using student voice to inform their work district-wide. Plus, gain insight on how the district streamlined pre-existing systems to leverage the highest impact for their students long-term success and backwards from there. |
| 10:30am |
Evolving Your Tier 1: Shifting from All to Every Student Embedding equity into systems and culture in our districts and schools is an important and ongoing process. Using a more critical lens to ensure we are supporting ALL students is both a priority and often times a question mark. How can we make sure historically disadvantaged students don’t slip through the cracks and their voices are heard? |
| 12:00pm |
Lunch |
| 1:00pm |
Student-Driven Systems: From District-Level Planning to Classroom-level Conversations In this panel, we’ll explore:
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| 2:00pm |
Sharing Areas of Strength and Creating a Plan for Growth in Your District Reflecting on the Interventions and Progress Monitoring Toolkit activity, participants will be asked to identify (1) an area of strength and (2) an area of growth within their district related to interventions and tiered systems of support. Panorama Education will break participants into roundtable discussion groups, mixing attendees who have a strength in a specific topic area (for example, creating structured meetings with intervention teams) with those looking to grow in that same topic area. Participants will then switch to a second roundtable group and flip from discussing their strength area to discussing their growth area, or vice versa. Goals of this session include:
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| 3:15pm |
Close of Workshop |
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"My mind is full from today! Thanks for creating this space for district's to learn from each other." - Boston MTSS Meetup attendee
Featured Presenters:

Becky Ballbach, Director, Student Support Services, Curriculum, Assessment and Special Programs, Everett Public Schools

Becky Barstein, Professional Learning Manager, Panorama Education

Diana Lay, Pacific Northwest Account Director, Panorama Education

Laura Phillips, Director of MTSS and Wellness, Everett Public Schools

Ryan Werb, Pacific Northwest Account Director, Panorama Education

Gabi Zerbib, Pacific Northwest Outreach Director, Panorama Education

Jonathan Maciel, Pacific Northwest Outreach Partner, Panorama Education
"Thank you for a wonderful day! The shared energy and expertise on SEL and MTSS was phenomenal. My biggest takeaway is the perseverance to continue this work. Slow and steady wins the race!" - Chicago MTSS Meetup attendee
Who should attend? District leaders tasked with intervention, prevention, and student well-being roles (e.g. student services/pupil services) working within the state/region of the event’s location. This includes:
- Assistant Superintendent of Student Services
- Assistant Superintendent of Curriculum and Instruction
- Executive Director of Student Support Services
- Director of Pupil Services
- MTSS/PBIS/RTI Coordinator
- SEL Coordinator
- Director of Research and Accountability
Since SEL and MTSS is a team effort, many districts choose to attend with a group of around 3-5 people from their district.
Where is the meetup being held? Everett Public Schools, Port Gardner Rooms A & B, 3516 Rucker Avenue, Everett, WA 98201
When is the meetup? Thursday, February 6th from 8:30am-3:30pm
“One of the biggest things I walked away with is being able to identify with other practitioners that are facing similar situations and learn from them. Learn stories, be vulnerable to other's ideas, successes, and failures. This really changed the way I think about what we’re going to be doing.” - Phoenix MTSS Meetup attendee
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