MTSS / LAP / Title Intervention Teacher

Position Purpose

The MTSS/LAP/Title Intervention Teacher serves as the building-level coordinator and system leader for the Multi-Tiered System of Supports (MTSS). This position ensures all students receive appropriate academic and behavioral interventions through a coordinated, data-driven system aligned with state and federal requirements, including LAP, Title I, and Special Education (SLD) guidance.

This role works in close collaboration with stipended CARE Team Leads, who facilitate MTSS meetings, to ensure consistency, fidelity, and effective implementation of intervention systems.

Primary Responsibilities

MTSS System Leadership & Coordination

Serve as the building MTSS system lead, ensuring consistent implementation across all tiers
Develop and maintain:
- Intervention systems
- WIN (What I Need) scheduling structures
- Tiered support processes
Ensure alignment of MTSS practices with:
- OSPI SLD guidance
- District MTSS framework
Monitor overall system effectiveness (e.g., Tier 1 ≥ 80% benchmark)

Collaboration with CARE Team Leads

Partner with CARE Team Leads to ensure effective MTSS team functioning
Provide training, coaching, and support to CARE Team Leads on:
- MTSS problem-solving protocols
- Data analysis and interpretation
- Intervention planning aligned to district expectations
Meet regularly (e.g., weekly or biweekly) with CARE Team Leads to:
- Review student data and intervention groupings
- Ensure consistency in decision-making across teams
- Align intervention plans with district-approved practices
Ensure CARE team meetings:
- Follow established MTSS problem-solving protocols
- Include appropriate data and documentation
- Result in clear, actionable intervention plans

CARE Team Leads facilitate meetings;
MTSS Teacher ensures system alignment, consistency, and follow-through

Intervention Oversight & Instruction

Design and oversee Tier 2 and Tier 3 intervention systems
Provide direct instruction for students receiving Tier 3 interventions
Ensure interventions are:
- Evidence-based
- Matched to student need
- Implemented with fidelity
Coordinate intervention groupings during WIN time in collaboration with grade-level teams

Data Systems & Progress Monitoring

Oversee universal screening processes
Ensure consistent progress monitoring:
- Tier 2: bi-weekly
- Tier 3: weekly
Maintain and monitor:
- Intervention logs
- Progress monitoring data
- Tier movement decisions
Support staff in analyzing and using data to inform instruction and intervention

SLD Alignment & Compliance

Ensure MTSS systems meet requirements for SLD eligibility determination
Maintain documentation demonstrating:
- Evidence-based interventions
- Intervention fidelity
- Student response to intervention over time
Collaborate with school psychologists and special education staff to support referral processes

Program Coordination (LAP / Title)

Coordinate LAP and Title services within the MTSS framework
Ensure compliance with program requirements and allowable use of funds
Support identification and monitoring of students served through LAP and Title
Assist with program evaluation and reporting

Collaboration & Staff Support

Collaborate with:
- Classroom teachers
- CARE Team Leads
- Counselors
- Administrators
- School psychologists
- Para Educators working in the LAP/Title program
- District office staff to ensure compliance and program fidelity
Support teachers in:
- Differentiation strategies
- Intervention implementation
- Classroom supports aligned to MTSS

Professional Development

Provide ongoing training and support to staff on:
- MTSS systems and practices
- Intervention strategies
- Data use and progress monitoring
Build staff capacity to implement effective Tier 1, Tier 2, and Tier 3 supports

Role Clarification

To ensure a cohesive and effective MTSS system:

MTSS/LAP/Title Teacher
- Leads the system, ensures consistency, and oversees interventions
CARE Team Leads (Stipended)
- Facilitate meetings and guide team discussions using MTSS protocols
Final decisions regarding intervention design, grouping, and tier movement
- Are coordinated and aligned through the MTSS/LAP/Title Teacher

Qualifications

Valid Washington State Teaching Certificate
Experience with MTSS, RTI, or intervention systems preferred
Knowledge of:
- Evidence-based reading and math interventions
- Progress monitoring tools and data systems
- SLD eligibility requirements and MTSS alignment

Preferred Experience

Experience with LAP and/or Title programs
Experience facilitating or supporting collaborative teams
Background in literacy and/or math intervention

Acknowledgment:

Eatonville School District #404 reserves the right to modify and interpret this job description. This job description is intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this job. This job description is illustrative and in no way implies that these are the only duties, including essential duties, to be performed by the employee occupying this position. This job description is not an employment contract, implied or otherwise.

Eatonville School District does not discriminate in any programs or activities on the basis of sex, race, ethnicity, creed, religion, color, national origin, immigration or citizenship status, age, veteran or military status, sexual orientation, gender expression, gender identity, homelessness, disability, neurodivergence, or the use of a trained dog guide or service animal and provides equal access to the Boy Scouts and other designated youth groups. The following employees have been designated to handle questions and complaints of alleged discrimination:

Civil Rights Compliance Coordinator
Name and/or Title: Dracy Blue, Executive Director of Student Services
Address: 200 Lynch St. W., Eatonville, WA 98328
Telephone Number: (360)641-1809
Email: [email protected]

Section 504/ADA Coordinator
Name and/or Title: Dracy Blue, Executive Director of Student Services
Address: 200 Lynch St. W., Eatonville, WA 98328
Telephone Number: (360)641-1809
Email: [email protected]

Title IX Coordinator
Name and/or Title: Dracy Blue, Executive Director of Student Services
Address: 200 Lynch St. W., Eatonville, WA 98328
Telephone Number: (360)641-1809
Email: [email protected]