Click to edit Master title style “When it Takes a Village, but the Villagers Can’t be Found”

Interventions, Supports, and Resources, for building a Multi-Tiered System of Supports

Click to edit Master title style Presenter • Aaron Butler, Ed.D

– Williamsburg-James City County Public Schools Supervisor of Student Services

– Aaron.butler@wjccschools.org

Click to edit Master title style Outcomes for Today • When the Village is on Fire • Finding the Right People • Building from the Bottom Up and Top

Down • Sustaining the Village

Click to edit Master title style “The Village”

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Click to edit Master title style Results from 2014 Virginia Safe School Audit

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Click to edit Master title style Current Realities • With the people sitting around you, share

some of the challenges your school or division/district is currently facing related to student behaviors?

Click to edit Master title style Pulling the Village Together

Click to edit Master title style Right People in the Right Places

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Exploration Commit to adopting program/practices & supporting successful implementation

Installation Set-up infrastructure so successful implementation can take place & be supported

Initial Implementation Try out practices, work through problems, learn & improve before expanding

Full Implementation Whole-school program roll-out

Tiered by Readiness

Click to edit Master title style Division-wide Foundations • 2 Day Tier I Training (Summer)

2014-2015 and 2015-2016 • Bi-Monthly Building Based

Coach & Administrator Trainings/Meetings

• Refined processes for

Discipline & FBAs

Click to edit Master title style Questions • What questions do you have about the MTSS

implementation process WJCC used at Tier I?

Click to edit Master title style Then, the Village started Burning

Click to edit Master title style Building Based Teams Reported • Major Disruptive Behaviors • Mental Health Issues • Repeat violators were not

responding to Tier I • Staff frustration over “nothing

being done”

Click to edit Master title style Change in Approach

Click to edit Master title style Multi-Tiered Systems of Support

Tier III – Intensive

Tier II – Targeted

Tier I – Universal

Click to edit Master title style Which Tier II/III People did we find?

• School Resource Officers • School Security Officers • School Counselors • School Psychologists • School Social Workers • Student Advancement Coaches

(SACs) • Administrators • Special Education Leads • In school suspension coordinators • Non-traditional learning setting staff

members

Click to edit Master title style Where Did We Start? • Collaboration Meeting with all stakeholders

was held to – Clarify and define processes for working with

challenging students – Develop list of support structures both internal

and external – Discuss current challenges and identify areas of

improvement

Click to edit Master title style What came out of Collaboration Meeting • Need for “trigger” sheets for students • Need for communication flowchart concerning

student discipline interventions (who and when) • Standardization of FBA process and assignment

of tasks • List of outside agencies to student students in

crisis – Bacon Street – Colonial Behavior Heath – New Horizons (College of William and Mary) – TDT (National Counseling Group)

Click to edit Master title style What new content did we introduce?

• Three foundational shifts – Changing adult behavior – Proactive and preventative – Function

• ABC’s and Behavior Pathway

• Factors that impact behavior • How to change behavior

Click to edit Master title style What were our outcomes?

• Action Planning • Triggers Sheet • Re-structuring of our re-

entry process to include restorative practices

Click to edit Master title style Additional Steps • Administrator Professional

Development and Feedback Regarding: – Re-entry process (to include OSS,

ISS, and time out of class) – Alternatives to suspension – Introduction to Restorative

Practices

Click to edit Master title style Resource Mapping Activity • Think about your division or school. Who are the

Tier II/III people you need to work with to address challenging behaviors?

• How will you structure the meeting with these individuals?

• What dynamics or barriers exist when convening this group?

Click to edit Master title style Sustaining Implementation

Professional Development

Community of Practice

Division Leadership

Team

Stakeholder Engagement

Click to edit Master title style Professional Development • New Team Trainings (Summer) • Coach/Administrator Trainings • New Teacher Trainings • SWIS Training • Tier II Support Training • FBA Training • Division-wide function of behavior

training

Click to edit Master title style Community of Practice • Building Level Coach and

Administrator Quarterly meetings

• Input and feedback from

schools to structure trainings and supports

Click to edit Master title style Community Stakeholder Engagement • Community Groups

– Williamsburg Health Foundation – The Village – The NAACP – All Together – Special Education Advisory Committee

• School Board

• Central Office

Click to edit Master title style Changes Observed (WJCC DCV Report) Offense Category 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 Weapons Offenses 35 27 11 Offenses Against Student 35 44 49 Offenses Against Staff 19 18 17 Offenses Against Person 277 370 175 Alcohol, Tobacco, and Drugs 81 107 100 Property Offenses 24 27 10 Disorderly or Disruptive Behavior 534 807 462 Technology Offenses < 76 10 All Other Offenses 49 83 18 Total/Identifiable Categories 1,054 1,559 852

Click to edit Master title style What are our next steps?

• Continued collaboration between stakeholders

• Continued collaboration between Tier 2/3 “interventionists”

• Re-entry process training • Expansion of Restorative Practices

Click to edit Master title style Questions and Comments

Slide Number 1PresenterOutcomes for Today“The Village”Results from 2014 Virginia Safe School AuditCont…WJCC Data (PBIS Grant Rationale)WJCC Data (Offense by Category)Current RealitiesPulling the Village TogetherRight People in the Right PlacesTiered by ReadinessDivision-wide FoundationsQuestionsThen, the Village started Burning Building Based Teams ReportedChange in ApproachMulti-Tiered Systems of SupportWhich Tier II/III People did we find?Where Did We Start?What came out of Collaboration MeetingWhat new content did we introduce?What were our outcomes?Additional StepsResource Mapping ActivitySustaining ImplementationProfessional DevelopmentCommunity of PracticeCommunity Stakeholder EngagementChanges Observed (WJCC DCV Report) What are our next steps?Questions and Comments