Support Systems Matrix Elementary Edition (K–5)

Build a complete, tiered support system for your elementary school — across attendance, behavior, literacy, and math.

Most schools don't have a support system problem. They have a documentation problem — every team knowing different things, every grade level doing something slightly different, nobody sure what the actual plan is when a student needs more.

The Support Systems Matrix — Elementary Edition gives your K–5 leadership team one place to build, document, and reference your complete tiered support system. Across attendance, SEL and behavior, literacy, and math — you'll define who gets what support, how they get identified, what the intervention looks like, how you monitor progress, and when and how they exit. Built once. Referenced all year.

And unlike most tiered support tools, this one starts where it should: with the system. Before a student is identified for additional support, your team checks the curriculum, the instruction, and the environment first. Because the answer isn't always more intervention.

What's Included

•       Tab 1: How to Use This Matrix — framing, three-tier explanation, step-by-step guide

•       Tab 2: Confirmed Data Sources Reference — your finalized assessment system at a glance

•       Tab 3: Attendance Matrix — tiered response from prevention to intensive support

•       Tab 4: SEL & Behavior Matrix — proactive, equity-centered behavioral support system

•       Tab 5: Literacy Matrix — foundational skills through comprehension, K–5

•       Tab 6: Math Matrix — number sense through application, K–5

•       Tab 7: Blank Matrix Template — for any additional area your school needs

•       Tab 8: Quarterly Planning Matrix — map the systems work across the full school year

Every matrix tab includes: a system check (curriculum, instruction, environment), data sources, entry criteria, intervention practices, progress monitoring, exit criteria, and family engagement — organized by Core, Supplemental, and Intensive tiers.

Who This Is For

→  Elementary principals, APs, and instructional coaches building a school support system

→  Leadership teams who need one shared reference document for student support decisions

→  Charter and non-traditional elementary schools building or rebuilding their tiered support structure

→  Schools that have frameworks but need them documented, organized, and consistently applied