School culture supports the social and emotional safety and well-being of students

Unpacking the Commitment

Educating the whole child means providing for their physical, emotional, and social safety. A focus on wellness extends beyond the classroom walls and is part of our focus throughout the whole campus.

Vision for 3.2:

Provide a coordinated student services program to support students and their ability to access their learning.

• Staff to provide coordinated student services at each school.

• School Counselors

• School Nurses

• Pupil Personnel Workers

• School Psychologists

• In-School Intervention Center Staff

Implement curricula focused on teaching social and emotional skill development.

• School Counseling Program curricula includes, but not limited to, Second Step, Steps to Respect, and Suicide Prevention

• Character Education

• Life Skills

Implement a multi-tiered system of behavioral interventions to support struggling students.

• Provide general supports available at all schools, including behavior plans, individual counseling, small group counseling, and student/parent conferences.

• Implement Zones of Regulation, Check and Connect, and Check In Check Out for students with challenging behaviors.

• Adopt restorative justice practices, including restorative classrooms, peer mediation, student courts, and peacemaking circles.

Coordinate the Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS) framework in selected schools.

• Assign coaches to support school teams with implementation of the framework.

• Provide professional development to enhance the implementation at each school.

• Assess annual implementation of the framework in each school to determine fidelity and future planning.

Provide health services to support student wellness.

• Staff school health centers with full-time nurses to provide on-site medical support.

• Coordinate student flu clinics, vision screening, and hearing screening.

Offer after school programs to provide individual student enrichment, extended academic supports, and social and emotional skill development.

• Provide tutoring to support academic achievement.

• Engage students in enrichment activities to support classroom learning.

• Offer adult mentoring for students through community volunteers.

• Future Leaders of the World

• School staff

• Provide services through the Evening Counseling Center.

Performance Measures

• Enrollment/participation in program

• Attendance, academic, and behavioral data

• PBIS Data

• Therapeutic pre and post assessment data