Sunny Heights is fully-implementing CR-PBIS Tier I classroom & IF needed, Life Skills Provide full-time behavioral expectations, consequences and rewards with fidelity; and Specialist reduced to July Tier II interventions, using a school plan for identifying students and Gallahue Life Skills 2-days x week (SpEd 2021 Specialist to offer intervention strategies, support those who do not respond to Tier I Medicaid dollars) interventions for interventions Maintaining Gallahue Mental recurring high-need Over the past five years, suspension rates at Sunny Heights have been Culture Health Counseling and behavioral mental dramatically reduced Services Therapist health needs (Dean) (school-based; As needed, students and families will be supported in their referral to insurance funded) additional supports offered through Gallahue Mental Health Counseling Services/Community Hospital, or other community resources Parents Are the Core Was not funded thru Afterschool parent workshops offer sessions to support needs and parents’ trainings support SIG grant provide families with opportunities to collaborate with staff and network needs parents’ with other parents and community services. (Principal) Sunny Heights offers sessions on The Behaviors We Want at “Discipline: School and at Parents understand school expectations, are Home.” provided with strategies for use at home, and share successful practices Family & among participants Community Student incentives, Engagement e.g., pens, pencils, book bags (School Incentives, identified by staff and students are used to recognize and Student incentives Supply Funds or reward desired student behaviors provided (through Community Partner donations) CR-PBIS school’s “CORE” Store) Financial Incentive Sunny teachers identify additional classroom resources as Heights’ Teacher incentive July provided for preferred financial incentive (e.g., dry-erase markers, easels, sticky notes, classroom supplies, 2021 teachers books/bags, etc.) e.g., dry-erase Effectiveness (Principal) Performance observations, classroom walkthroughs, achievement data, and markers, easels, sticky of staff notes, books/bags work to further Sunny goals will be criteria used to identify Heights’ (School Supply Funds eligible teachers & State Incentive Selected teachers will identify preferred classroom incentive resources Grants) (e.g., dry-erase markers; easels; sticky notes; books/bags; etc.)
Maintaining Culture Family & Community Engagement Provide full-time Gallahue Life Skills Specialist to offer interventions for recurring high-need behavioral and mental health needs (Dean) Parents Are the Core trainings support parents’ needs (Principal) Student incentives provided (through school’s CR-PBIS “CORE” Store) July 2021 Sunny Heights is fully-implementing CR-PBIS Tier I classroom & behavioral expectations, consequences and rewards with fidelity; and Tier II interventions, using a school plan for identifying students and intervention strategies, support those who do not respond to Tier I interventions Over the past five years, suspension rates at Sunny Heights have been dramatically reduced As needed, students and families will be supported in their referral to additional supports offered through Gallahue Mental Health Counseling Services/Community Hospital, or other community resources Afterschool parent workshops offer sessions to support parents’ needs and provide families with opportunities to collaborate with staff and network with other parents and community services. Sunny Heights offers sessions on “Discipline: The Behaviors We Want at School and at Home.” Parents understand school expectations, are provided with strategies for use at home, and share successful practices among participants Incentives, identified by staff and students are used to recognize and reward desired student behaviors IF needed, Life Skills Specialist reduced to 2-days x week (SpEd Medicaid dollars) Gallahue Mental Health Counseling Services Therapist (school-based; insurance funded) Was not funded thru SIG grant Student incentives, e.g., pens, pencils, book bags (School Supply Funds or Community Partner donations) Effectiveness of staff Financial Incentive provided for teachers (Principal) July 2021 Sunny Heights’ teachers identify additional classroom resources as preferred financial incentive (e.g., dry-erase markers, easels, sticky notes, books/bags, etc.) Performance observations, classroom walkthroughs, achievement data, and work to further Sunny Heights’ goals will be criteria used to identify eligible teachers Selected teachers will identify preferred classroom incentive resources (e.g., dry-erase markers; easels; sticky notes; books/bags; etc.) Teacher incentive classroom supplies, e.g., dry-erase markers, easels, sticky notes, books/bags (School Supply Funds & State Incentive Grants)
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