Changing Changing the Culturethe Culture - ed

Changing the Culture Changing the Culture AACPS, PBIS, and Restorative Practices

Virginia Dolan, Ed.D., NCSP Coordinator of Behavioral Support & Interventions

Kathy Lane Executive Director of Alternative Education

Kathryn Rockefeller School Climate Specialist

Our Partners…

Center for the Prevention

of Youth Violence

Center for the Prevention

of Youth Violence

Reactionary Exclusionary

Our approach to discipline has shifted…

Proactive Preventative Positive PBIS

Center for the Prevention

of Youth Violence

Safe Schools

Consistency Structure

Partnerships Data-Driven Decisions

150 days

of Instructional time

192 days

of Administrative time

Assuming an average of 35 minutes of

instructional time lost for each referral.

Our reduction in high school Referrals saved:

Assuming an average of 45 minutes of

instructional time lost for each referral.

Over the last five years…

1

Over the last five years…

Years of School of Instructional time

Our reduction in high school Suspensions has saved:

1

2

the equivalent of

“ I feel safe at school.”

82% of High School students

87%

2014-15

2016-17

of High School students

MDS3 Climate Survey

Informal Proactive Preventative

Formal Responsive Intervention

Tertiary Prevention Specialized Individual

Students with high-risk behaviors

Secondary Prevention Specialized Group

Students with high-risk behaviors

Primary Prevention School/Classroom Wide

All students, staff, and settings

Return-to-School Circles

Response-to-Harm Circles

Response-to-Harm Circles

Five Restorative Questions

Topic Circle Series

Content Circles

Community-Building Circles

The Restorative Practices Continuum:

Part of a Multi-tiered System of Support