Cheryl Patterson-Menckowski, MEd, provides professional learning, coaching, and technical assistance to school districts in varying stages of MTSS implementation. She has extensive experience in school improvement processes including leadership coaching, instructional coaching, best practices for teaming structures, and data-based decision making. Cheryl has over 40 years of experience in education, with more than 10 years of those focused on training and coaching school and district teams in the development and implementation of MTSS. Previously, she was a professional learning provider, a junior college instructor, and a PreK– 8th grade building principal. Cheryl is a certified Teachstone CLASS classroom observer for grades PreK–12. She earned her Master’s Degree in Educational Administration from Eastern Illinois University.