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SMART ISS. Strategies for Building a Better In School Suspension. Goals for the Day. Establish philosophical underpinnings for a SMART ISS program Discuss in depth models of ISS programs and opportunities to integrate. Discuss therapeutic intervention models to increase student success
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SMART ISS Strategies for Building a Better In School Suspension
Goals for the Day • Establish philosophical underpinnings for a SMART ISS program • Discuss in depth models of ISS programs and opportunities to integrate • Discuss therapeutic intervention models to increase student success • Have fun
Norms Take care of needs Ask clarifying questions Be on time from breaks and lunch
LowHanging Fruit
Traditional School Disciplinary Consequences • Demotion • Lowering Grades • Detention • Saturday School • Suspension • Expulsion • Classroom Consequences • Staying after school • More homework • Writing lines • Loss of recess • Parent Conference • Office Referral
What Behaviors are Students Referred For? • White students referred/suspended more for: • Smoking • Endangering • Obscene Language • Vandalism • Drugs/Alcohol • AA students referred/suspended more for: • Loitering • Disrespect • Excessive Noise • Threat • Conduct interference “The Color of Discipline”: www. Indiana.edu/-iepc
What must we do versus what can we do. Discretionary removals versus mandatory
Ten Alternative Examples that Support Disciplinary Alternatives #1- Mini-Course
Ten Alternative Examples that Support Disciplinary Alternatives #2- Parent Supervision
Ten Alternative Examples that Support Disciplinary Alternatives #3- Counseling
Ten Alternative Examples that Support Disciplinary Alternatives # 4 Community Service
Ten Alternative Examples that Support Disciplinary Alternatives # 5- Behavior Monitoring
Ten Alternative Examples that Support Disciplinary Alternatives # 6- Restitution
Ten Alternative Examples that Support Disciplinary Alternatives # 7- Problem Solving-Contracting
Ten Alternative Examples that Support Disciplinary Alternatives # 8- Alternative Programming
Ten Alternative Examples that Support Disciplinary Alternatives # 9- Appropriate ISS
Ten Alternative Examples that Support Disciplinary Alternatives # 10- Coordinated Behavior Plans
Definition and Rationale SMART ISS
Where What Who When Why
The Punitive Model Doing Time for the Crime
Individual Model The Smart ISS approach