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Building Capacity by Linking University Faculty with Exemplary Educators

Mentor Demonstration Sites for Intensive Interventions are learning partnerships where we build capacity by linking UCF-based, federally-funded, personnel preparation projects with exemplary schools.

Graduate-level Scholars receiving specialized preparation in intensive interventions for students with high-intensity needs can demonstrate their knowledge and skills related to: 

  • High-Quality MTSS programming
  • Specialized Instruction and Intervention
  • Evidence-Based Practices
  • Inclusive Practices
  • Data-Based Decision Making

The purpose of MDS is to highlight, celebrate, and share the implementation of the selected resources and evidence-based practices of these outstanding educators within their classrooms and schools in Central Florida.

Venn Diagram of two overlapping circles. Circle on the left reads "UCF based federally funded personnel preparation projects." The circle on the right reads "community based schools and classrooms engaged in exemplary practices in intervention." The section in the middle where the circles overlaps has an icon of a school building and reads "Mento Demonstration Sites." Below the venn diagrom is the text "promotes a reciprocal relationship where best practices are shared and partners learn from one another in authentic settings.

Personnel Preparation Projects Include:

Project Bridges 2.0            Project SPEECH & Project SPEECH 2.0           Project CENTRAL

Outcomes

Benefits

  • Schools selected as MDS sites are able to highlight their successes and challenges in enhancing and implementing a responsive MTSS framework; 
  • Neighboring schools and districts are provided with specific evidence, resources, and methods for creating similar initiatives within their schools; and, 
  • Teachers are provided with access to scholars with specialized knowledge and skills who can provide consultation as teacher leaders to enact systems changes that directly improve student outcomes. 
  • Provide a model of evidence-based practices at the classroom and school-level for educators and schools across the district and nation of MTSS and data-based individualization
  • Builds educator capacity for interprofessional collaboration to support students with high-intensity needs
  • Extends professional learning communities
  • Connects theoretical knowledge with practical application
  • Increases educator self-efficacy
  • Transforms theory into practice
  • Promotes a reciprocal relationship where best practices are shared, and members learn from one-another in authentic settings.