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4.3 Proactive School Discipline Procedures There is policy, leadership, and staff support for an equitable code of discipline that supports students' understanding of rules, laws and expectations for responsible behavior that enables teaching and learning. 
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Related Resources Tools Protective Schools Assessment The Protective School Assessment is an online evaluation that educators can use to assess the culture and safety of their schools. Protective Schools Online Training Modules These modules are designed to help you enhance the protective nature of your school and target opportunities to strengthen your school. Publisher: Protective Schools Safeguarding Our Children: An Action Guide This guide consists of research-based and practical guidelines to help increase school safety. Author: Center for Effective Collaboration and Practice of the American Institutes for Research, and the Nat Publication Date: 2000 Publisher: U.S. Department of Education School-wide Positive Behavior Support: Implementers’ Blueprint and Self-Assessment The National Technical Assistance Center on Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports has created the School-wide Positive Behavior Support document to provide implementers with definitions and procedures that ensure successful implementation of school-wide support of positive behaviors. Publication Date: 2004 Publisher: OSEP Center on Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports Threat Assessment in Schools: A Guide to Managing Threatening Situations and to Creating Safe School Climates Created by the Secret Service and the US Department of Education, this document contains useful and accurate information about past incidents in schools that can help prevent future incidents from occurring. Author: Robert Fein, Bryan Vossekuil, William Pollack, Randy Borum, William Modzeleski, and Marisa Reddy Publication Date: 2002, May Publisher: U.S. Department of Education Articles A Parents’ Guide to Truancy This publication discusses truancy and provides parents with prevention and intervention strategies. Publication Date: 2009 Publisher: Hamilton Fish Institute Bullying Prevention Is Crime Prevention This report describes how new anti-aggression programs can prevent up to half of all bullying in schools, an issue which is seen to currently affect one out of three children in grades six to ten, and which can lead to violent crime and death. Publication Date: 2003 Publisher: Fight Crime: Invest in Kids Civil Schools Are Safe Schools: But Are They Attainable? The author discusses a proactive approach to school safety by trying to identify and restructure problem areas before they become problems. Author: Randy Sprick Publication Date: 2004 Publisher: Instructional Leader Creating a Climate for Learning: Effective Classroom Management Techniques This article suggests 12 steps teachers can take at the beginning of the year to promote effective classroom management. Author: Linda Starr Publication Date: 2004 Publisher: Education World Exemplary and Promising Safe, Disciplined and Drug-Free Schools Programs Created by the Safe, Disciplined, and Drug-Free Schools Expert Panel, this document identifies exemplary programs that promote safe and drug-free schools. Publication Date: 2001 Publisher: U.S. Department of Education Reducing Behavior Problems in the Elementary School Classroom This guide offers strategies to reduce problematic behavior in elementary schools. Author: Michael Epstein, Marc Atkins, Douglas Cullinan, Krista Kutash, and Robin Weaver Publication Date: 2008 Publisher: Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education What Characteristics of Bullying, Bullying Victims, and Schools are Associated with Increased Reporting of Bullying to School Officials? This study tested 51 characteristics of bullying victimization, bullying victims, and bullying victims' schools to determine which were associated with reporting to school officials. It found that 11 characteristics in two categories—bullying victimization and bullying victims—showed a statistically significant association with reporting. Author: Anthony Petrosino, Sarah Guckenburg, Jill DeVoe, Thomas Hanson Publication Date: 2010 Publisher: Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education Useful Links ADE Discipline Initiative The Discipline Initiative Program at the Arizona Department of Education focuses on helping teachers with Classroom Management and techniques on how to handle discipline in the classroom. New Classroom Management training has been developed for schools that focus on how to better help teachers manage their classroom while they supervise learning. Publisher: Arizona Department of Education Center for Disease Control The Department of Health and Human Services provides links to resources that promote the health and safety of people. Character Education and Development Unit The ADE Character Education and Development Unit provides professional development training and materials at no cost to educators and administrators statewide. Training and materials address strategies for improving school climate/culture, classroom management, and student behavior. DisciplineHelp.com This reference guide provides information on over 117 student misbehaviors. Sample solutions are also provided. Indicators of School Crime and Safety: 2009 Using information drawn from a variety of sources, this report presents an annual assessment of crime and safety indicators in schools across the country. Issues addressed include violent deaths at schools, nonfatal student and teacher victimization, gang activity, and weapons/alcohol/drug possession on school property. Publisher: National Center for Education Statistics, Bureau of Justice Statistics ©2005 WestEd. All rights reserved. |
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