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This user guide explains AERO’s MTSS resources, provides suggestions for their use and recommends the most relevant resources for teachers and leaders depending on their responsibilities.

This practice resource explains how to support students struggling with foundational literacy and numeracy skills using an MTSS approach. It’s the second part of a series of guidance created in partnership with DSF.

Staff at Parramatta Marist High School (NSW), Reece High School (Tas), Craigmore High School (SA), East Loddon P–12 (Vic), Parafield Gardens High School (SA) and Como Secondary College (WA) discuss how they involve students, their carers and the school community when implementing an MTSS framework aligned with AERO’s guidance. This work aims to reduce the risk of students feeling stigma when receiving support, which should improve engagement and impact.

Staff at Mount Rowan Secondary College (Vic), Parafield Gardens High School (SA), East Loddon P–12 College (Vic), Como Secondary College (WA) and Reece High School (Tas) discuss how they track progress of students receiving literacy and numeracy intervention within an MTSS framework aligned with AERO’s guidance.

Staff at Paramatta Marist High School (NSW), Parafield Gardens High School (SA), East Loddon P–12 College (Vic), Craigmore High School (SA), Como Secondary College (WA) and Mount Rowan Secondary College (Vic) discuss how they identify students in need of literacy and numeracy intervention within an MTSS framework aligned with AERO’s guidance.

This practice guide draws on evidence to help secondary school leaders understand assessments and strategies used to support students in an MTSS framework.

This practice guide will help teachers check that students understand and can apply new knowledge and skills, and give additional instruction, guidance or feedback where necessary.

This checklist focuses on formative assessment. It is a list of practical steps you can take to support the implementation of an evidence-based practice in your setting.

This example comes from a Year 7 English class where a formative assessment task was to gather data about students’ writing and interpretive skills.

Literacy and numeracy are critical foundations, equipping students to access learning in all other parts of the curriculum.

Numeracy is the application of mathematical concepts, with skills developing along trajectories from birth. This guide outlines practices to support numeracy in early learning settings.