Medical Lake School District focuses on building multi-tiered support system

In 2015, the Medical Lake School District received a five-year Department of Defense Education Activity grant that will help staff support the social and emotional, as well as the academic, needs of its military students.

The first year of the grant focused on building — as the district refers to it — a “multi-tiered system of support” into grades K-12.

There are three tiers of support. Tier one focuses on general education classrooms using strategies. Tier two is for students who need targeted interventions and tier three is for students who need intensive intervention and time.

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