MTSS that works like a true operating system.
I'm Dr. Erin Chaparro. I help education leaders build a multi-tiered system of supports with clear priorities, actionable data, and adult routines that stick — designed for the realities of real schools.
Research-based solutions for busy education leaders.
Dr. Chaparro brings over 20 years experience in education, implementing tiered systems as a statewide initiative director for five years, a researcher, MTSS coach, and consultant.
The MTSS Operating Manual gives leadership teams the essential tools to build an MTSS that functions as an operating system not just the initiative du jour.
Dr. Erin worked with school leaders to develop the tools inside the workbook. You can count on receiving tools usable in real-world settings and sustainable under real constraints.
Twenty years of building systems that hold.
Where I focus my work today.
I help teams move from fragmented efforts to fully functioning MTSS systems — through practical tools, structured thinking, and direct implementation support.
- The MTSS Implementers' Network — community, courses, and live workshops
- Practical tools and protocols, including those from my upcoming book, The MTSS Operating Manual
- Targeted consulting, keynotes, and professional learning
MTSS Consulting Services
MTSS implementation is not a program. It's a system and it's a new way of doing business. If you're building doesn't feel noticeably different than either you already have it dialed in or you're not doing it right. It's a tough message but I've come to learn that most teams aren’t struggling because they don’t care or aren’t working hard. They’re struggling because the system itself isn’t designed to support clear, consistent decision-making.
“De-implementation isn’t a sign of failure. It’s an indication of leadership.”
Dr. Erin A. Chaparro
I partner with schools and districts to design and strengthen MTSS practices that are usable in real-world settings (imagine that!). This partnership typically includes a focus on clarifying team structures, defining decision rules, aligning assessment practices, and ensuring that Tier 1, Tier 2, and Tier 3 supports work together.
Whether you’re building MTSS from the ground up or trying to refine what already exists, the charge and mission is the same: create a network of high quality instruction, intervention, data use and teaming that is systemic to the point that the underlying operating system of the school community is fundamentally changed and is functioning for the better as evidence by better student outcomes and happier staff, faculty, and families.
SPEAKING
Topics that move teams from overwhelmed to aligned
De-implementation as leadership: knowing what to stop doing
Decision rules and team structures that make data usable
Aligning Tier 1, Tier 2, and Tier 3 supports into one coherent system
Sustaining MTSS through leadership changes, schedule shifts, and new initiatives
Building MTSS as a true operating system: priorities, data, and routines that stick