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. OSDE anticipates that all tiers will be fully developed and implemented in 2023.
2025 OKMTSS Summer Conference
Join Us at the 2025 OKMTSS Summer Conference!
The 2025 OKMTSS Summer Conference is your chance to connect, learn, and grow in the field of Multi-Tiered Systems of Support (MTSS). Held at the Reed Center in Midwest City, OK, this exciting event spans three days, offering valuable insights and opportunities for educators and professionals.
Conference Schedule:
OKMTSS MTSS Fidelity Assessment – June 18 | 8 AM - 11 AM
Pre-Conference Sessions – June 18 | Noon - 4 PM
Main Conference – June 19 & 20 | 8:30 AM - 4 PM
In-Person Location:
- Reed Center - 5800 Will Rogers Rd, Midwest City, OK 73110
Registration:
SPARK Conference 2025 – Supporting Early Career Special Education Teachers
We are excited to welcome participants to our first annual SPARK Conference, designed to provide essential tools, collaboration opportunities, and ongoing support for approximately 260 Early Career Special Education Teachers. If you have five years or less of special education teaching experience, this event is tailored to help you build a strong foundation for the 2025-2026 school year.
Conference Schedule:
The SPARK Conference offers a week-long experience, combining virtual and in-person learning:
July 28 – Virtual | 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM
July 29 – Virtual | 8:00 AM - 1:00 PM
July 30 – In-Person @ Metro Tech, OKC | 7:30 AM - 4:00 PM
July 31 – In-Person @ Metro Tech, OKC | 7:30 AM - 4:00 PM
August 1 – In-Person @ Metro Tech, OKC | 7:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Additional Support & Resources:
Ongoing Learning through SPARK Camp Module (Asynchronous)
Monthly SPARK Communities of Practice
OSDE Partnership with CEC (Council for Exceptional Children) – By application/registration
Project 613 Funding available for hotel and travel reimbursement
What to Bring:
To make the most of this experience, please bring:
Computers, student data, caseload information, bell schedules, Ed Plan logins, writing materials, and anything else that supports your success in the upcoming school year.
In-Person Location:
- Metro Tech – District Center Auditorium 1900 Springlake Dr, Oklahoma City, OK 73111
Registration:
Tier I Universal Support for all K-3 Schools
This application is responsive to your submission. There is one application for all three tiers of support and applicants will have the opportunity to select the level of support they wish to apply for.
- Site Application Guide for Participation in the Oklahoma SSIP Part B
- Site Application for Participation in the Oklahoma SSIP Part B
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.
Tier II Strategic Leadership Coaching
This application is responsive to your submission. There is one application for all three tiers of support and applicants will have the opportunity to select the level of support they wish to apply for.
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.
Tier III Instructional Coaching for Selected Schools
This application is responsive to your submission. There is one application for all three tiers of support and applicants will have the opportunity to select the level of support they wish to apply for.
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.
