Multi-Tiered System of Supports (MTSS)
The PC Manchester Regional High School District utilizes a MTSS within the areas of student academic, social/emotional, and behavioral growth in an effort to provide necessary Response to Intervention, Intervention & Referral Services, and Special Education, including Gifted & Talented services, within a continuum of course offerings and programmatic placements.
Tier 1 Services:
Restorative Justice Practices: Careful Conversations, Restorative Circles, ISS Counselor Meets, Restorative Discipline Toolkit
- Renaissance Rewards/Positive Academic and Behavioral Supports Program
SAC Programming (e.g. Substance Abuse Prevention, Mental Health Awareness, Aspire Anti-Vaping Program, etc.) - Common Teacher Supports: extra help, parent/teacher meetings, communication with counselors, communication with family (call, email, parent square) Special Education: IEP Meetings, Transition Meetings (8th grade - 9th grade with sending districts) CST Transition Curriculum
- Attendance Notifications: Attendance Letters/Autocalls, Loss of Credit Letters
- Freshman Orientation
- Guest Speakers/Assemblies
- Theme Months (e.g. Attendance Awareness Month, Attendance Wars, Anti-bullying Month, etc.)
- Grade Level and ELA/Physical Education Class Push In Programming
- Teen SOSA
- Falcon's Lounge SBYSP Summer Programming
- Peer Leaders
- Educational Additions: 8th Graders Taking High Level Math Class, PCCC College Prep Classes, Rutgers Business/Medical Program, Work Study Program, HPS Internship (teaching)
- Faculty Support for Student Success (PLC's, Teacher/Mentor Program, Teacher Observation Program, Department Meetings, Pineappling, Guidance PD's, Faculty Meeting)
- Falcons Lounge Supports: individual counseling, family counseling, college visits, monthly themes and workshops, awareness days/weeks
- National Honor Society Tutoring Program
- Student Support Programs: Clubs and Athletics
- Student Climate and Culture Activities (e.g. Pep Rallies, Annual BonFire, etc.)
- After Hours Innovation Center
- Morning Movement (Open Gym)
- Guidance Curriculum: individual meetings, small group meetings, classroom presentations about transition/college
- Full 1:1 Chromebook and TI-84 Calculator Initiatives
- Blended Learning/Computer Adaptive Learning Software, AI (e.g. CommonLit, ALEKS, Revision Assistant, Linkit, Edpuzzle, Socrative, Orbit, Magic School etc.)
- Student Ambassadors
- Parent Nights/Organizations: FAFSA Nights, ESL Parent Night, Naviance Night, BTSN, SEPAC
- Wellness Newsletter
- Harassment, Intimidation and Bullying (HIB)- Hibster, two HIB Specialists, one HIB Coordinator
- Municipal Alliances for Haledon, Paterson
- Paterson Rotary/Interact Club
- Wellness Support Services and Resources: Google Classroom: Goal Setting Activities, Daily Inspiration Quote, Weekly Challenges, Medication/Mindfulness Activities, SU/MH Awareness, SAC Bulletin Boards
- Dual Credit Opportunities (e.g. St. Thomas Aquinas College )
- SAT Preparation Courses
- Office Hours with Guidance and CST
- Coach/Advisor Conferences
- Artificial Intelligence (AI Committee)
- Traditional Discipline: Reprimand, Conferences, Detention, In School Suspension, Out of School Suspension, Code of Conduct Enforcement, etc.
- Family Liaison
Tier 2 Services:
- Full Time Media Specialist
- Full Time Student Assistance Counselor (SAC)
- Full Time Learning Disabilities Teacher Consultant (LDTC)
- Strategies for Success Program -ELA and Mathematics
- Academic Component- Athletics
- Peer Mediation
- School Safety and Climate Team
- School Improvement Panel (ScIP)
- Pandemic Response Team
- Anti-Vaping Task Force
- Flacon's Lounge - Individual and Family Counseling, Peer Mediation Team
- Wellness and Response Services Team
- Referral Services: NJ Children's System of Care - Mobile Response and Perform Care, CMO, M&S Counseling, DCP&P, 2nd Floor, Resource Lists, Lakeland Sites, Emergency Resources Sheet
- Teen Student Opposed to Substance Abuse
- CDS Screening and Intervention
- Residency/Truancy Officer
- Law Enforcement Proactive Conference/Program
- APEX Learning Recovery
- I&RS: I&RS Team Meeting, Buddy System, Teacher Supports, I&RS Plans
- 504 Officer and Committee: 504 Plans
- CST Evaluation and Classification with IEP Supports
- Partial Hospitalization Referrals
- SAC - Individual Counseling
- Crisis Team
- Rapid Response Team
- The Mental Health Clinic of Passaic - Psychiatric Evaluations
- HPD Junior Police Academy
Tier 3 Services:
- Special Programs for Credit Recovery and/or Intensive Academic Support (e.g. Falcon Jam Sessions, Learning Loss Academy, etc.)
- APEX Learning Recovery
- Home Instruction
- Bedside/Hospitalization Instruction
- Educere Online Courses
- Law Enforcement Intervention (e.g. Station House Adjustment)
- DCCP Intervention
- Division of Family Guidance Intervention
- Truancy Court Proceedings
- Referral Services with Specialists
- Out of district placement (OOD)
- Behavioral Threat Assessment Team