…vides information on three highly effective practices to start in your face-to-face, hybrid, or virtual classroom right away. Participants will be guided to develop a plan to build a habit of effective practice using one of the three suggested positive classroom practices. Northeast PBIS — Classroom Management Observation Tool (CMOT) :The CMOT includes two components: (a) observation items, which have been validated for informing decisions about r…

…ing (sight words, phonics, comprehension, and fluency), math, writing, self-management, as well as tips for general academic instruction Other Resources: Using Internet Academic “Drill & Practice” Activities to Build Fragile Student Skills: Guidelines – Skills Inventory Checklists: Writing Skills Inventory Checklist  Reading Comprehension Skills Inventory Checklist  A Sampler of Quick & Easy Academic Intervention Ideas for Reading, Writing, and Ma…

…t numbers per grade level The number of instructional staff in your building (principals, teachers, support staff, counselors, paraprofessionals, etc.) Email address of the person who will be the building coordinator for the survey. The survey administration window will be April-May 2022. More info & support to come. Questions can be delivered to Sarah Hearn at skhearn@udel.edu In 2021, did you know 94.5% of students and 94.9% of teachers surveyed…

…nitive, and Social Emotional Learning Techniques; and Social and Emotional Competencies. Newark, DE: Center for Disabilities Studies. Fast facts about using the Delaware School Surveys: The surveys are available for use and are free, but please reference the tool whenever it is used. Please contact George Bear (gbear@udel.edu) or Sarah Hearn (skhearn@udel.edu) with requests to use the surveys. There are 3 versions of the Delaware School Surveys: S…

…on on this page about the interventions is based on the book, Prevent-Teach-Reinforce: The School-Based Model of Individualized Positive Behavior Support, Second Edition by G. Dunlap, R. Iovannone, D. Kincaid, K. Wilson, K. Christiansen, and P. S. Strain.  What is the strategy? Why does it work? Transition supports assist the student to change activities, settings or routines. Supports can be verbal, visual, and/or auditory. The transition cue can…

…educators with: An overview of the module topic and why it is important Recommended research-based strategies to improve specific topic area in schools Resources and tools (available to download) to support the positive development of the topic areas Research-based module narratives (except for the Team Leader Series) that serve as the basis for the PowerPoint sessions and focus on each topic in detail Potential uses of the modules include: In ho…

…e, create a feeling of exclusion for students, and contribute to the school-to-prison pipeline. Topic Area Research Referrals, Suspensions, and Expulsion Rates Black students who are economically disadvantaged as well as special education students are disproportionately suspended and have longer durations of lost school days (Balfanz et al., 2014) A National Investigation study found African American students were 2 times more likely to be referre…

…more content focused on individual supports.  The project utilized a train-the-trainer model with representative district level teams. However, after a couple of years the focus shifted to supporting schools in creating a positive school system so that there will be fewer students who need individual supports and that these individual supports will be more effective because they are implemented in a large system of School-wide support.  Staff pro…