Educational Support Team

As part of a Multi-tiered System of Supports (MTSS), all schools will maintain an Educational Support Team (EST). 16 V.S.A. § 2902. There may be a tendency to confound the EST with a tiered system or VTmtss; VTmtss is a framework that defines an entire educational system while EST is one element of that educational system. The EST is a team that follows processes to support students and to enhance the VTmtss Framework.

With the passage of Act 173 in 2018, ESTs have become a prominent feature in implementing the Act. The AOE has created a document to outline preliminary technical guidance around the role of EST in relationship to Act 173. The AOE collects data around the usage and efficacy of EST within the VTmtss Survey, submitted annually from each school in Vermont.

Read Act 173 Technical Guidance: Educational Support Teams in School District Systems.