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Alignment with COMTSS
The How of Implementing the Landscape of Wellbeing and Belonging
As with academics, the features and elements of the Landscape of Wellbeing and Belonging are best implemented through Colorado's Multi-Tiered System of Supports (COMTSS), which provides a systematic framework for implementing prevention and intervention efforts that address school climate, student behavior, safety, mental health, student engagement, and more.
COMTSS is a prevention-based framework using team-driven leadership and data-based problem-solving to improve the outcomes of every student through family, school, and community partnerships, comprehensive screening and assessment, and a layered continuum of supports. Implementation science and universal design for learning are employed to create one integrated system that focuses on increasing academic and behavioral outcomes to equitably support the varying needs of all students.
The Landscape is Supported Through the Five Components of COMTSS
For each of the five components of COMTSS (noted below), the Landscape provides you guidance and tools that help you and your team to prioritize the inclusion of wellbeing and belonging in your Multi-Tiered System of Supports (MTSS). Below the 5 components of COMTSS are expanded to include these concepts.
- Team-Driven Shared Leadership in the Landscape
- Family, School, and Community Partnership in the Landscape
- Comprehensive Screening and Assessment Systems in the Landscape
- Data-Based Problem Solving and Decision Making in the Landscape
- Layered Continuum of Supports in the Landscape
Team-Driven Shared Leadership in the Landscape
This ensures that teams consider the wellbeing and belonging of students, staff, and families when making decisions about prevention and intervention efforts.Family, School, and Community Partnership in the Landscape
This encourages schools to effectively partner with families and community organizations to improve the wellbeing and belonging of students and their caregivers to ensure positive educational outcomes.Comprehensive Screening and Assessment Systems in the Landscape
Data-Based Problem Solving and Decision Making in the Landscape
This requires the inclusion of non-assessment data such as perception surveys, universal screenings, discipline, chronic absenteeism, etc. to be considered when using data to make decisions.Layered Continuum of Supports in the Landscape
This defines the supports that should be implemented at Tier 1, Tier 2, and Tier 3 to improve wellbeing and belonging, with an emphasis on prevention in the universal tier, followed by coordinated student-centered supports in Tier 2 and 3.Find additional resources to support your work in the five components of COMTSS by visiting the Colorado Multi-Tiered System of Supports Resources.
A Landscape Edition is available for some COMTSS tools:
An Integrated Approach to COMTSS and the Landscape
