Stephanie Stollar Consulting

10/30/2025

10/30/2025

Who has eaten all of their Halloween candy and has to go out tonight to buy more?

And I don’t even LIKE candy!

Phew! It’s been a rough week.

Happy Halloween, everyone!

10/30/2025

Read below for the As to your Qs:

1️⃣ This is the #1 misconception about the 3-tiered model. The best way to increase your students' reading outcomes is to maximize the time they spend in skill-based groups, even in Tier 1.

2️⃣Use screening data to give you a general sense of how to group students based on essential early literacy skills (i.e., working on letter sounds, multi-syllable words, or fluency), use diagnostic data to refine those groups, and use progress monitoring data to adjust the groups over time.

3️⃣ If you can, group students throughout the grade level and call in all your resource educators to support differentiation and maximize instructional minutes.

If you can’t do that, other students can be practicing. They can work in centers, with partners, or in small groups without a teacher. They are not learning new skills during this time, but practicing skills you have seen them perform accurately.

4️⃣ Pre-teach or reteach the core program if it is effective and matched to students’ skills. Otherwise, supplement with an effective intervention program.

Want some more support to implement MTSS?

Comment "☀️" below, and I’ll send you my free Tier 1 Grouping Worksheets to help you get started.

10/29/2025

We show up as our full selves in the private Reading Science Academy Facebook group.

Bring your personal experiences, your big feelings, and even your typos!

Prepare to be welcomed with open arms.

Comment "😍" to learn how to join us.

10/28/2025

You were never meant to do this on your own.

Reading Science Academy is here to help you figure it all out.

We’re talking all day, every day, about what to do in your classroom and how to apply the research to get better outcomes for your students.

Better outcomes for your students ➡️ Better sleep for you at night.

Comment "more please" to join us.

10/24/2025

Join us!

📢📢📢 Announcing: The MTSS Collective

For doers. By doers. 💪

As educators, we have seen MTSS stall.

Workshop content is often forgotten.

Pressing student issues take priority.

Educators come to us every day because they are struggling to get results.

👉 We’ve built educators something different.

The MTSS Collective is the next evolution of the MTSS Innovations Conference you’ve loved for the last 30 years. We’re proud to respond to your call for ongoing, evidence-based MTSS implementation support.

Every month, as a member of the MTSS Collective, you’ll get:

➡️ Expert insights

➡️ Concise research briefs

➡️ Practical tools

➡️ A supportive community

The educators who brought you the Innovations in Education Conference are here to guide you with long-term, steady programming to make systems stick.

Programming starts November 13. Join today and start leading MTSS with confidence. 🌟🌟🌟

https://www.mtss-innovations.com/mtss-collective

10/22/2025

It's October, which means it’s Dyslexia Awareness Month. 🍂

This audience has grown a lot since I first shared this video, and since it’s a great primer on identifying and supporting students with dyslexia, I wanted to share it again.

Ask your questions and share your experience with dyslexia below.

Be sure to tag an educator who would love to get in on this discussion!

10/21/2025

🚨 New Book Alert!

I’m thrilled to share that my latest book, Promoting Effective MTSS Implementation, is now officially available for pre-order! 🎉

🧑‍🏫 Each chapter is a concise, firsthand account from the perspective of school psychologists, counselors, and consultants working in real schools with real challenges.

They’re walking you through how MTSS was actually implemented, including the messiness of keeping MTSS alive through:

🔁 Leadership changes

📢 Competing initiatives

🤯 Day-to-day reality of school

This book is a testament to the value of teamwork in getting lasting outcomes for students with MTSS.

This book is for you if:

➡️ You support MTSS implementation

➡️ You want examples of what MTSS looks like in action

➡️ You can’t believe any school actually does this

(I know a lot of you fall into that disbelief camp, and I know you’re going to love this book.)

💬 Comment “17 STORIES” for the link to pre-order Promoting Effective MTSS Implementation.

10/16/2025

Tips for intensification.

3 Ways to Intensify Tier 1 Instruction

1️⃣ Increase the Dose

Increase the dosage of instruction by providing more opportunities for students to respond and engage with the material, as well as increasing the time spent instructing.

2️⃣ Individuate

Offer opportunities for individualization by using each student’s assessment data.

3️⃣ Enhance Support

Enhance behavior and academic support by teaching self-regulation and social skills, minimizing misbehavior, and aligning academic and behavioral supports.

We’re here to help!

This is one small part of the many resources available to MTSS Collective members.

Join us at the link below!

https://www.mtss-innovations.com/mtss-collective

10/15/2025

Educators, this one’s for you.

📍 Naperville, IL

📅 December 12

🕣 8:30 AM–4:00 PM

Join me and Sarah Brown for a full-day, hands-on workshop all about MTSS for Reading Improvement!

We’ll delve into real data, plan system-level support, and learn how to make reading growth happen for every student, not just one at a time.

You’ll leave with actionable strategies to strengthen Tier 1, intensify interventions, and a copy of our book MTSS for Reading Improvement to guide your next steps.

✈️ Easy travel from O’Hare + Midway

📚 Perfect for teams ready to align instruction

💬 CE certificate included

Spots are limited. Bring your team and comment NAPERVILLE to register today!

10/14/2025

A free learning opportunity!

It’s not very often that I teach outside of Reading Science Academy or private events.

I’m so grateful to Center for the Collaborative Classroom for creating this access for all educators.

Join us, and bring a friend!

Grab the link in the comments to register.

10/10/2025

I can’t wait to support your MTSS implementation through our new membership - MTSS Collective!

Join the MTSS Collective now for 1:1 access to our experts.

Meet our co-founders who will be answering your questions. ➡️

Stephanie Stollar

🌟 Founder of Stephanie Stollar Consulting and the Reading Science Academy with over 1300 members
🌟 30+ years as a professor, school psychologist, consultant, and literacy leader.

Dawn Miller

🌟 Associate Director at the SWIFT Education Center
🌟 Nationally recognized leader in designing and scaling integrated and inclusive Multi-Tiered System of Support across state, district, and school levels.

Judy Elliott

🌟 Former Chief Academic Officer of Los Angeles Unified School District
🌟 Nationally-recognized leader in MTSS and systems change

Margaret McGlinchey

🌟 Over 30 years of supporting MTSS implementation
🌟 Background as a leader of MTSS implementation, building a system of technical assistance statewide

Pamela Radford

🌟 Over 25 years as a school psychologist and administrator
🌟 Nationally-recognized leader in statewide MTSS implementation

Join the MTSS Collective by November 3rd and get access to a 1:1 email with an expert.

This bonus is only available to the first cohort of members.

https://www.mtss-innovations.com/mtss-collective