EWIMS

Early Warning Intervention and Monitoring System (EWIMS)

The Early Warning Intervention and Monitoring System (EWIMS) is an evidence-based, data-driven decision-making process that can be leveraged as part of a district’s secondary Multi-Tiered System of Supports (MTSS) framework. Within the process, schools use a continuum of tiered supports for students (Tier 1, Tier 2, Tier 3), each with demonstrated evidence of effectiveness. At Tier 1, schools implement evidence-based practices to support attendance, positive social, emotional, and behavioral well-being, and high course performance for all learners. EWIMS also helps educators systematically identify students who are showing signs that they are at risk of dropping out of school. EWIMS examines the underlying causes of risk, matches student needs to interventions, and monitors student progress and the success of the interventions. Fundamentally EWIMS is an ongoing cycle of examining data and making decisions about supports and interventions to help students get back on track for graduation. 

Early Warning Signs

EWINS help educators do the following:

  • Identify students who are at risk of dropping out.
  • Match those students to interventions
  • Monitor students' progress and the success of the interventions

Early Warning Indicators include attendance, behavior, and course performance. Examples include:

Attendance

Attendance Caution: Missing 5% or more of instructional time

Attendance Failure: Missing 10% or more of instructional time

Behavior

Behavior Caution: Accumulating four or five school code of conduct violations

Behavior Failure: Accumulating six or more school code of conduct violations and/or one or more state reportable offenses

Course Performance

Grade Caution: A grade between 60-69% for language arts and/or mathematics

Grade Failure: A grade below 60% for language arts and/or mathematics

*Text provided from https://www.michigan.gov/mde/services/school-performance-supports/early-warning

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