“ School Climate and Culture Updates”

1. “School Climate and Culture Updates”

2. BOE Motions AdoptedDec. 2010 • Anti-Bullying Awareness Week • Statement from the BOE on the Serious Nature of Bullying • Included “character development” in BOE mission statement • Development of Model Social-Emotional Character Development Standards

3. BullyingAwareness in Kansas

4. Career, Standards & Assessment Services

5. Career, Standards & Assessment Services

6. Sunnyside Elementary, USD 233

7. Randolph Elementary, USD 501

8. Pledge Banner Madison HS, USD 386

9. Wichita South High “Choose Respect”

10. Winfield Intermediate, USD 465

11. Lowell Elementary, USD 465

12. Kansas Bullying Prevention Hotline • Underwritten via S3 • Contract with Kansas Children’s Service League • Support for victims, schools and parents

13. Kansas Children’s Service League • Bullying Assistance and Prevention Hotline for victims, bystanders, perpetrators and their families • Stand-alone 800 number and Web site • Staffed by certified personneltrained in evidence-based bullying prevention program • Marketing Campaign: Traditional and Social Media • Data Collection

14. Definition of Bullying in Kansas is Determined by Case Law

15. Definition of Bullying K.S.A. 72-8256 (a)(1)(A) The legal definition of bullying in Kansas requires bullying to be severe, persistent or pervasive.

16. KSA 72-8256 Requires schools to: • Adopt and implement a plan to address bullying and cyber bullying. • Adopt policies prohibiting bullying. • Adopt and implement a plan to address bullying that includes training provisions for staff and students. • Upon request, the state board shall assist in the development of grade appropriate curriculum for character development programs.

17. Career, Standards, & Assessment Services

20. USDE Study of State Bullying Lawsand Policies

21. Measured Components What’s in Our Statute? • Purpose • Scope • Prohibited behavior • Enumerated groups • District policy • Training/prevention • Transparency/monitoring • Legal remedies • District policy review • Definitions • Reporting • Investigations • Written records • Consequences • Mental health • Communications (w/parents)

22. Consider Amending Your Policy To Include: • Parental Engagement • Site Council • PTA • Address Victimization • Post Hotline Numbers in Buildings • Support Services (guidance lessons; Tier 2 and 3 interventions) • Data Drives Decision Making • Communities That Care Survey • KAN-DIS • Parent/Staff Surveys

23. Fear Power Relational Aggression Security Control Popularity Motivations of RA Relational aggression occurs when fear, security, popularity and power are used to coerce control. Relational aggression is cyclical, like many dysfunctional behaviors (i.e. abuse, violence etc.). The way to stop RA is to break the cycle.

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25. Words Hurt!!

26. Statewide Initiatives

27. Career, Standards & Assessment Services

28. Kansas Schools of CharacterAwards • Character Education Partnership (CEP) Grant • 11 Principles of Character Education • Applications are submitted and reviewed • Honored over 40 Kansas Schools this past May

29. Monroe Elementary School Career, Standards, & Assessment Services

30. Curriculum and Instruction

31. The Multi-Tiered System of Support

32. Career, Standards, & Assessment Services

34. Kansas Safe and Supportive Schools Continuum School Climate Model Career, Standards, & Assessment Services

35. KSDE Safe Schools Model • Standards driven • Comprehensive School Counseling Program • Personal-social domain • Academic domain • Career domain • Partnership in Character Education Program Grant (PCEP) • Safe and Supportive Schools Grant (S3) • Emphasizes an INTEGRATEDapproach

36. Kansas Social, Emotional, and Character Development Standards Teaching emotional literacy and emotional intelligence.

37. CORE BELIEFS Personal management and relationship skills are vital in all aspects of learning and of life. Students are most able to act in respectful and responsible ways when they have learned and practiced a range of social, emotional and character development skills. Effective social, emotional and character development skills support academic achievement in students and constructive engagement by staff, families and communities. Students learn best in a respectful, safe and civil school environment where adults are caring role models. Bullying/Harassment Prevention and safe school initiatives are most sustainable when embedded systemically in a whole school Social, Emotional, and Character Development (SECD) programming.

38. College and Career Ready Goal Students who are college and career ready must identify and demonstrate well-developed social-emotional skills and identified individual and community core principles that assure academic, vocational, and personal success.

39. Character Development • Social Awareness • Interpersonal Skills • Self -Awareness • Self-Management • Core Principles • Responsible Decision Making and Problem Solving Personal Skills Development Social Skills Development Kansas Social, Emotional, and Character EducationStandards Career, Standards, & Assessment Services

40. Common Core FormattingSocial, Emotional, Character Development Standards Strands Character Development Personal Development Social Development Anchor Standards (Big Ideas Across Grade-Levels) 1. Core Values 2. Responsible Decision Making & Problem Solving. 1. Self-Awareness 2. Self-Management 1. Social Awareness 2. Interpersonal Skills Grade-Level Standards K-2 / 3-5 / 6-8 / 9-12 K-2 / 3-5 / 6-8 / 9-12 K-2 / 3-5 / 6-8 / 9-12 Knowing Doing Knowing Doing Knowing Doing Career, Standards, & Assessment Services

41. Kansas Center for Safe and Prepared Schools Guides LEAs through development and implementation of: • Emergency Operations Plan • Practical school emergency response procedures • A multi-disciplined school crisis management team • Standardized and coordinated school safety drills • A standard threat assessment document • Partnerships with local emergency management and first responders • An understanding of the four phases of emergency management (mitigation/prevention, preparedness, response and recovery)

42. Kansas Parent Information and Resource Center • Federal Mandates for Family Engagement • PTA National Family School Partnership Standards (endorsed by KSBE) • Family Engagement Implementation Strategies • Development of Additional Family Engagement Surveys • Family Engagement Policy Development and Implementation • Guidance and Support for Development of Parent Advisory Councils • Guidance and Support for Development of Family Engagement Resource Center

43. Accountability and School Improvement

44. Career, Standards, & Assessment Services

45. Career, Standards, & Assessment Services

46. BecomeanAffective Educator • Know the policy and protocol • Use data to drive decisions • Have a plan • Utilize integrated, tiered interventions • Get involved • Build relationships • Monitor for fidelity • Reflect and revise

47. Questions? • Sue Kidd, skidd.kschared@gmail.com • Vincent Omni, vomni@ksde.org • Kent Reed, kreed@ksde.org