Start Smart Stay Safe

Long Range Planning

Foundations of S4

Long Range PlanningWhole School Community

S4 Cornerstones

“Me + Help = Bounce” Help students to understand resilience (Me + Help + Bounce). Look at each Cornerstone to help develop resilience statements.

ME = Personal strengths, attitudes, and talents.

I am kind. I am a good friend. I am organized.

HELP = Relationships and resources

My dad can help me. A police officer can help me. I can use my words to help me.

BOUNCE = I am able to meet challenges

I can overcome challenges.

The Four Themes• Safety and Significance in the Community

How do responsible communities promote belonging and significance to build safety and resilience in a community?• Self-Awareness and Choice

How does an awareness of the stress response help us to make responsible choices to build safety and resilience in a community?• Mastering Skills for Success

How do communication and conflict resolution skills build safety and resilience in a community?• Living in Service with Others

How do members of a group live in service with others to build safety and resilience in a community?

Understanding the “Flow” of the S4 ThemesEveryone is doing the same theme at the same

time so….. Promotes the building of your schools strengths-based culture

(common vision)

Common language and common development of skills

School plans, Teacher professional Growth Plans, and School Initiatives are aligned

School/Classroom celebrations, Presentations, Fieldtrips are aligned

Planning and Working Together Supports

Common language used for assessment and reporting

Intentional building of leadership opportunities for the students, staff and parents

Librarian gathers resources to support the school theme

Planning of Family Celebrations and Family Learning Sessions align with the themes.

Planning A Presentation/Field Trip: A Strengths-Based Perspective

Foundations of S4

Long Range PlanningIndividual Classroom Programs

The Four Themes• Safety and Significance in the Community

How do responsible communities promote belonging and significance to build safety and resilience in a community?• Self-Awareness and Choice

How does an awareness of the stress response help us to make responsible choices to build safety and resilience in a community?• Mastering Skills for Success

How do communication and conflict resolution skills build safety and resilience in a community?• Living in Service with Others

How do members of a group live in service with others to build safety and resilience in a community?

Scope and Sequence Aligns with many skills/processes from Social Studies and Health curriculum.

Each Theme Is Divided Into 4 Sections Student Connection: Teachers are provided with adaptable lessons/tasks and notebook files that offer student choice and promote personalization.

Police Connection: Officers facilitate a 1 hour lesson with the teacher’s support (teacher’s choose lesson to meet students’ needs). When available the Officers will continue to build relationships with students by stopping by for informal visits.

School Connection: Students/teachers/administration together choose activities to build school community.

Family Connection: Teachers send these lessons home to further enhance students’ learning. This offers opportunities to develop a common language between home and school.

Teachers Can Search For Lessons By: S4 Themes

Levels suggested for certain grades. Teachers may choose any lesson/task at any level that will meet their students’ needs

Framework for Student Learning All lessons/tasks have been tagged

Topics Digital citizenship, healthy relationships, inclusion, safety in the community, effective communication, bullying, gangs, substance abuse, victimization, peer pressure, dealing with conflict

Planning A Presentation/Field Trip: A Strengths-Based Perspective

Formative and Summative Assessment

Summative Assessment Exemplars

Supporting Student VoiceReporting practices/IPP’s etc.

Start Smart Stay Safe is “A Way” of teaching which provides rich resources for teachers (the designers of learning) so that they can intentionally prepare students for their complex, ever changing world!