2026 OKMTSS
Summer Conference

The transition to high school can be challenging given the increased academic expectations and complex high school environments. This session focuses on practical Tier 1 classroom practices that help establish a predictable, positive, and well-structured learning environment, and highlights lessons teachers can implement to improve student engagement.

Providing effective services for students with disabilities requires far more than compliance with IDEA and Section 504 — it requires meaningful collaboration between general and special education staff. Topics include co-teaching and specially designed instruction, communication practices that strengthen teams, collaboration during the IEP process, shared responsibility for behavior and progress monitoring, and strategies for increasing consistency across classrooms and services. Practical examples and real-world scenarios help identify barriers to collaboration and develop systems that promote stronger alignment and clearer accountability.

Experience a hands-on, mock data meeting designed to model effective decision-making. In this interactive session you'll analyze sample student data, identify trends, and determine next steps for instruction and intervention. The session covers the entire cycle — preparation, facilitation, and documentation for continuous improvement — and attendees leave with practical tools and a replicable process to lead productive data meetings within their own teams.

RTI and MTSS continue to shape how schools identify and support struggling learners, but courts and hearing officers have made it clear that RTI cannot become a reason to delay or deny evaluations and services under IDEA. This session examines key federal court cases, state complaints, and due process decisions involving RTI, Child Find, evaluation timelines, progress monitoring, intervention fidelity, and eligibility determinations — exploring how districts have both successfully defended and lost cases involving intervention systems and referral practices.

This session defines AI literacy as the essential ability to understand, evaluate, and effectively use AI technologies while recognizing their broader impact on society. Participants will explore a four-domain framework to help students move from passive users to critical thinkers and ethical collaborators. The presentation provides practical, cross-curricular strategies and a roadmap for Oklahoma educators to integrate these future-ready skills into their classrooms immediately.

This presentation guides participants through the development of an intervention library that uses existing assessment results as the foundation for linking to specific interventions. Guided by the Instructional Hierarchy, practical examples and resources will be shared to support attendees in building an intervention library for their MTSS model.

The PRISMS Toolkit is a research-based resource designed to strengthen middle school literacy. Grounded in the What Works Clearinghouse Practice Guide: Providing Reading Interventions for Students in Grades 4–9, it includes tools to assess existing reading intervention practices, online professional learning modules, PLC resources, and administrator and leader resources to support implementation. Designed for interventionists, special educators, reading coaches, and school and district leaders supporting middle school reading improvement.

MTSS tracking often becomes a nightmare of spreadsheets. Discover how to leverage "vibe coding" — using AI to write custom Google Apps Scripts — to build automated workflows without prior programming experience. We'll transform raw data into early warning dashboards that automatically email intervention teams when a student slips from Tier 1 to Tier 2. Learn to harness AI to eliminate administrative bottlenecks, process data securely, and focus entirely on student outcomes.

Discover a streamlined workflow combining the generative power of AI with the professional typesetting capabilities of LaTeX. We'll demonstrate how interventionists can generate beautiful, standardized PDFs — from differentiated math assessments to individualized graphic organizers. Attendees will learn how to prompt AI to instantly transform raw educational content into polished, tiered interventions ready for immediate use in Tier 2 and Tier 3 pull-out sessions.

This session covers the policies that guide shortened school days and reintegration practices, equipping attendees with the knowledge and tools needed to develop reintegration plans that are both policy-compliant and student-centered.