State Systemic Improvement Plan
The State Systemic Improvement Plan (SSIP) is a comprehensive, ambitious, yet achievable multi-year plan for improving results for children with disabilities. Every state must develop its own SSIP to improve a student outcome selected by local stakeholders.
Oklahoma has selected early literacy (kindergarten through third) as the state’s target area. The Office of Special Education Services is working with several OSDE offices and grants to improve early literacy at struggling school sites by implementing a tiered intervention framework (modeled as a multi-tiered system of support). The three tiers in the framework will provide different types of evidence-based interventions to site personnel who will implement those practices in their classes to benefit all students.
The goal is to provide extra support to sites in the most straight-forward way possible, meeting the specific needs of each site. The SSIP has been defined with stakeholder input over the past year, and state personnel have started building the framework.
Tier I Universal Support for all K-3 Schools
The purpose of this support is to provide resources to support educators with their K-3 early literacy instruction. Participants may include educators of K-3 students such as general educators, special education educators, reading interventionists, paraprofessionals, library media specialists, instructional coaches, site administrators, and others based on their professional connection to K-3 students.
The outcomes sought from the implementation of this plan are intended to positively impact student achievement in early reading at participating school sites.
The application will reopen in April 2027 for the next cohort. To review the opportunity please see the guidance document below.
Site Application Guide for Participation in the Oklahoma SSIP Part B
Access to the Universal Supports can be found below:
- Academic Intervention Library- free accessible intervention strategies for K-12 students
- Behavior Intervention Library- free accessible intervention strategies for K-12 students
- SSIP Site K-3 Modules- free accessible professional learning series for K-5 elementary sites to be facilitated and conducted at the site level. (See the scope of the series in the application guide)
- SSIP Module Facilitation Guide- free facilitator's guide to support the usage of the modules
Free Trainings
OKMTSS System Data Retreats: Registration
Participants will engage with academic and behavior data from a system perspective. Focusing on grade level, site level, and district level trends. Working to learn new data analysis strategies, behavior data collection, and evidence-based improvement strategies. NEW! Behavior data collection *participants should bring a team of at least 2 people and computer devices.
- September 10-11, Woodward, OK
- September 14-15, Tulsa, OK
- September 17-18, El Reno, OK
- September 22-23, Talihina, OK
SSIP LIVE #1: 10/5/2026 3:00-4:15 PM
All Oklahoma Schools (K-3); SSIP Year 1
Universal Design for Learning & Accommodations & Modifications: Join this virtual session to engage in educator and administrative specific learning. Intended for K-3 but can be expanded to K-5. SSIP Modules are recommended but not a prerequisite.
SSIP LIVE #2 11/30/2026 3:00-4:15PM
All Oklahoma Schools (K-3); SSIP Year 1
MTSS Framework & Implementing Interventions: Join this virtual session to engage in educator and administrative specific learning. Intended for K-3 but can be expanded to K-5. SSIP Modules are recommended but not a prerequisite.
SSIP LIVE #3 3/1/2027 3:00-4:15PM
All Oklahoma Schools (K-3); SSIP Year 1
Oral Language & Phonology Instruction: Join this virtual session to engage in educator and administrative specific learning. Intended for K-3 but can be expanded to K-5. SSIP Modules are recommended but not a prerequisite.
SSIP LIVE #4 4/26/2027 3:00-4:15PM
All Oklahoma Schools (K-3); SSIP Year 1
Phonics & Word Study Instruction: Join this virtual session to engage in educator and administrative specific learning. Intended for K-3 but can be expanded to K-5. SSIP Modules are recommended but not a prerequisite.
SSIP LIVE #5 10/7/2026 3:00-4:15PM
All Oklahoma Schools (K-3); SSIP Year 2
Recap & Fluency Instruction: Join this virtual session to engage in educator and administrative specific learning. Intended for K-3 but can be expanded to K-5. SSIP Modules are recommended but not a prerequisite.
SSIP LIVE #6 12/2/2026 3:00-4:15PM
All Oklahoma Schools (K-3); SSIP Year 2
Vocabulary & Comprehension Instruction: Join this virtual session to engage in educator and administrative specific learning. Intended for K-3 but can be expanded to K-5. SSIP Modules are recommended but not a prerequisite
SSIP LIVE #7 3/3/2027 3:00-4:15PM
All Oklahoma Schools (K-3); SSIP Year 2
Implementation & PLCs: Join this virtual session to engage in educator and administrative specific learning. Intended for K-3 but can be expanded to K-5. SSIP Modules are recommended but not a prerequisite.
SSIP LIVE #8 4/28/2027 3:00-4:15PM
All Oklahoma Schools (K-3); SSIP Year 2
Data Analysis & Unpacking Standards: Join this virtual session to engage in educator and administrative specific learning. Intended for K-3 but can be expanded to K-5. SSIP Modules are recommended but not a prerequisite.
SSIP LIVE #9 10/14/2026 3:00-4:15PM
All Oklahoma Schools (K-3); SSIP Year 3
Sustainable Leadership, Engaging Families, & Data-Driven Decision Making AND Classroom Management, Instructional Playbook, Grouping Students: Join this virtual session to engage in educator and administrative specific learning. Intended for K-3 but can be expanded to K-5. SSIP Modules are recommended but not a prerequisite.
SSIP LIVE #10 3/24/2027 3:00-4:15PM
All Oklahoma Schools (K-3); SSIP Year 3
A Plan of Improvement and A Whole School System AND Questioning & Early Writing Instruction: Join this virtual session to engage in educator and administrative specific learning. Intended for K-3 but can be expanded to K-5. SSIP Modules are recommended but not a prerequisite.
Tier II Strategic Leadership Coaching
The purpose of this support is to identify and select approximately 20 school sites that would most benefit from the services and resources provided by the SSIP support for Strategic Leadership Coaching. Participating schools will create an MTSS site team consisting of educators of K-3 students such as general educators, special education educators, site administrators, and others based on their professional connection to K-3 students. SSIP staff will provide access to universal supports, sequenced self-paced professional development, paired synchronous professional development support, and in-person data literacy training through the use of a full-day professional retreat.
The outcomes sought from the implementation of this plan are intended to positively impact student achievement in early reading at participating school sites. School sites should consider the educators who support K-3 students and base their application on a K-3 site where all educators supporting students participate in the program. The program is sequenced and designed to encourage teams to work together to create a comprehensive system to support students.
This application is open to all school sites that educate students K-3, within the State of Oklahoma, and have scored 0% proficiency for the third-grade reading for students with IEPs. The application will reopen in April 2027 for the next cohort. To review the opportunity please see the guidance document below.
Free Tools
System-level Coaching Workbook- This workbook is to support Site MTSS teams to align the modules into action items leading to the improvement of their elementary ELA MTSS.
Tier III Instructional Coaching for Selected Schools
The purpose of this level of support is to identify and select up to ten participants from approximately one to three school sites who would most benefit from the services and resources provided by the SSIP supports for implementation. Participants may include educators of K-3 students such as: general educators, special education educators, reading interventionists, instructional coaches, and others based on their professional connection to K-3 students. SSIP staff will provide access to universal supports, sequenced self-paced professional development, paired synchronous professional development support, in-person data literacy training, Strategic Leadership Coaching (MTSS Site Team coaching), and five semesters of instructional coaching.
The outcomes sought from the implementation of this plan are intended to positively impact student achievement in early reading at participating school sites. School sites should consider the educators who support K-3 students and base their application on a K-3 site where all educators supporting students participate in the program. The program is sequenced and designed to encourage teams to work together to create a comprehensive system to support students.
This application is open to all school sites that educate students K-3, within the State of Oklahoma, and have scored 0% proficiency for the third-grade reading for students with IEPs. The application will reopen in April 2027 for the next cohort. To review the opportunity please see the guidance document below.
