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About This Book
Students thrive when educators commit to proactively meeting their behavioral as well as academic needs. This book will help teachers and school leaders transform the research on behavior, response to intervention, and professional learning communities into practical strategies they can use to create a school culture and classroom climates in which learning is primed to occur.
Benefits
• Explore specific strategies with real-life examples and current research.
• Implement behavior matrix that identifies specific settings, expected behaviors, and application strategies.
• Build data-driven dialogue within collaborative teams.
• Support schoolwide efforts with a detailed five-step approach.
Topics : Student behavior
Table Of Content
about the authors
foreword
By Wayne Hulley
introduction
This We Relieve
The Rest Kids
The Rest Adults
Teacher Impact
Community Building
Real-Estate Test
Success Is Individual
Goal Setting
Relationships
A Simple, Systematic Approach
One: Creating a Positive Learning Environment
The Pyramid of Behavior
The Green Zone
The Yellow Zone
The. Red Zone
The Seven Keys
Common Expectations
Targeted Instruction
Positive Reinforcement
Support Strategies and Interventions
Collaborative Teams
Data-Driven Dialogue
Schoolwide Systems Approach
Success Stories
Undertaking the Challenge
Two: Common Expectations
Wilson Middle School: Developing Common Expectations
Pledging Commitment
Identifying Expectations and Creating Procedures
Implementing Procedures
Revising Procedures
Providing Positive Support
Creating a Behavior Matrix
Building and Implementing the Behavior Matrix
Using the Matrix to Reinforce Common Expectations
Chapter 2 Checklist: How Do We Establish Common Expectations?
Three: Targeted Instruction and Positive Reinforcement
Creating a Curriculum of Caring
Targeted Social Skills Instruction
Instruction in Specific Settings
Instruction for Specific Problems
Positive Reinforcement of Behavior and Habits
4:1 Positives Challenge
SMILE Cards
Postcards From School
Parent Advisory Council Awards
Headliners
Names and Interests
Effective Teaching and Learning
Chapter 3 Checklist: How Do We Target Instruction?
Chapter 3 Checklist: How Do We Reinforce Positive Behavior?
Four: Support Strategies and Interventions
Positive Interventions
Analyzing Student Behavior
Behavior Analysis Flowchart
The ABCs of Behavior Assessment
Behavior Contracts
Behavior and Academics
Creating Acceptable Alternatives
Consistent Responses, Interventions, and Consequences
The Backbone School
When It's Not Working, Ask Why
Chapter 4 Checklist: How Do We Support and Intervene?
Five: Collaborative Teams and Data-Driven Dialogue
Relationships and Results
Building a Climate of Trust
Start Small
Tackle the Tough Conversations
Team Specifics
Results-Based Inquiry
Universal Screening
Developing an Action Orientation
Setting SMART Goals
Mining the Data
Maintaining a Sharp Focus
Chapter 5 Checklist: How Do We Create and Sustain Collaborative Teams?
Chapter 5 Checklist: How Do We Ensure That Data Drive Our Dialogues?
Six: A Schoolwide Systems Approach
Step 1: Collect Information
Step 2: Analyze
Step 3: Plan for Improvement
Step 4: Implement
Step 5: Review
Working Together
Putting It All Together
A Focus on Behavioral Support
A Successful Cycle A Systematic Approach
Chapter 6 Checklist: How Do We Lead a Schoolwide Systems Approach?
epilogue
references and resources
index
About the Authors
Tom Hierck:
Tom Hierck has been an educator since 1983 in a career that has spanned all grade levels and many roles in public education. His experiences as a teacher, an administrator, a district leader, a department of education project leader, and an executive director have provided a unique context for his education philosophy.
Tom is a compelling presenter, infusing his message of hope with strategies culled from the real world. He understands that educators face unprecedented challenges and knows which strategies will best serve learning communities. Tom has presented to schools and districts across North America with a message of celebration for educators seeking to make a difference in the lives of students. His dynamic presentations explore the importance of positive learning environments and the role of assessment to improve student learning. His belief that “every student is a success story waiting to be told” has led him to work with teachers and administrators to create positive school cultures and build effective relationships that facilitate learning for all students.
Charlie Coleman:
Charlie Coleman is an award-winning educator, author and consultant. Charlie has been honored by a number of organizations. Awards and accolades include: OYEA! Outstanding Young Educator Award from ASCD (Association of Supervision and Curriculum Development), Canada's Outstanding Principals from The Learning Partnership, Top 40 Schools in Canada from Today's Parent Magazine
Charlie brings his experience, enthusiasm and sense of humor to every event and situation. He has been a principal at high school, middle school and elementary school. He currently lives in the Cowichan Valley, British Columbia, Canada and does consulting across North America. Charlie has experience with inner-city and ethnically-diverse schools. Charlie also worked on a school improvement initiative with the Ministry of Education. As a busy school principal, Charlie is available for a limited number of public speaking engagements each year. As a published author, Charlie is an engaging facilitator and keynote speaker in schools and districts across North America. See the Testimonials.
Chris Weber:
Chris Weber is the mathematics coordinator in IUSD. He has been a high school and middle school math and science teacher, a middle school assistant principal, and an elementary school principal. He loves PLCs and has even written a few books on the topic.
ISBN: 9786038630983
Author: Tom Hierck, Charlie Coleman, Chris Weber
Publisher: Educational Book House
Publish Year: 2014
Size: 17*24cm
Pages number: 172
