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In this session, Karina Stocker shares new research exploring what it actually takes to build and sustain MTSS in Victorian schools. Drawing on her recent and emerging work, Karina examines the real-world conditions that enable coherent, school-wide implementation, and the pressures that can quietly undermine it over time.

This session moves beyond theory to focus on implementation: what makes change stick, what makes it fragile, and what leaders and teachers need to consider if MTSS is to deliver on its promise of equity and improved student outcomes. Participants will leave with a clearer lens for diagnosing implementation challenges, strengthening internal systems, and leading sustainable, evidence-informed reform in their schools.

Karina Stocker

Karina Stocker is an experienced school leader, researcher, and education consultant specialising in the implementation of Multi-Tiered System of Support (MTSS) frameworks across literacy, mathematics, and behaviour.

Her work focuses on strengthening data-based decision-making, evidence-based instruction, and tiered intervention to support diverse learners. Karina holds a Master’s degree in Behaviour Science from Monash University and is currently completing her PhD, which examines the implementation of evidence-based practices and MTSS frameworks in Australian schools.

Karina also works at Monash University, where she leads research–practice initiatives focused on evidence-based academic intervention and assessment practices, and MTSS implementation.