The EmpowerED Systems Framework™

Licensed systems for sustainable behavior, access, transition, and educator capacity

What This Is

The EmpowerED Systems Framework™ is a systems-based approach designed to help schools, districts, universities, and educational organizations move beyond fragmented professional development and toward sustainable implementation. Rather than offering disconnected trainings, the framework aligns behavior, access, compliance, transition, and educator capacity into a cohesive system that leaders can implement, monitor, and sustain over time.

Why a Systems Framework

Many organizations invest in professional development, but continue to struggle with:

• Inconsistent implementation across schools

• Compliance that does not translate into practice

• Staff burnout and initiative fatigue

• Systems that rely on individuals instead of structures
  
  

The EmpowerED Systems Framework™ was designed to address these challenges by helping organizations:

• Build internal capacity

• Align practices across departments and roles

• Sustain implementation beyond a single training

• Support both students and educators
  
  

This work is grounded in IDEA-aligned practices, MTSS frameworks, and real-world implementation experience.

Framework Strands

The EmpowerED Systems Framework™ includes multiple implementation strands. Organizations may license the full framework or select strands aligned to district priorities and funding sources.

Behavior by Design™

Behavior Systems 

• Tier 1–3 behavior systems and MTSS alignment

• FBA and BIP quality and implementation

• Discipline practices and manifestation determination review (MDR)

• Data-informed decision-making and accountability
  
  

Access by Design™

IDEA-Aligned IEP Systems

• IDEA compliance and implementation

• IEP development, quality, and progress monitoring

• PLAAFP alignment to instruction and services

• Bridging compliance and classroom practice
  
  

Neurodiversity by Design™

ADHD & Autism-Informed Systems

• ADHD- and autism-informed instructional supports

• Regulation, engagement, and inclusive practices

• Strength-based approaches across learning environments

• Consistent supports beyond individual accommodations
  
  

Transition by Design™

Student-Centered Postsecondary Systems

• Transition planning and compliance

• Postsecondary readiness systems

• Student-centered goals and outcomes

• Family and stakeholder collaboration
  
  

Wellness by Design™

Educator Capacity & Sustainability

• Educator wellness and burnout prevention

• Sustainable implementation practices

• Leadership capacity-building

• Systems that support adults as well as students
  
  

Licensing & Partnership Model

The EmpowerED Systems Framework™ is available through licensing and long-term partnerships designed to support implementation—not dependency.

Licensing allows organizations to:

• Build and maintain internal capacity

• Ensure consistency across schools or programs

• Scale systems without repeating one-day trainings

• Align efforts to district priorities and funding sources
  
  

Organizations may license:

• The full framework

• A primary strand with aligned supports

• Multiple strands as part of a multi-year implementation plan
  
  

Implementation Supports

Implementation supports are optional and selected based on organizational needs. These supports serve the framework and may include:

• Behavior Bootcamp Series (implementation-focused)

• Leadership or district cohorts

• Book-anchored system alignment

• Strategic coaching and systems mapping
  
  

Ready to Explore Partnership or Licensing?

Organizations interested in building sustainable systems are invited to begin with a Systems Conversation to determine alignment and next steps.

Request a Systems Conversation