Building Effective Schools Together (BEST) Through Positive Behavior Supports

The Kern County Superintendent of Schools Office has a California State Improvement Grant to support an opportunity for research-proven staff development and coaching in positive school discipline and behavioral supports. The BEST training was developed by researchers from the Institute on Violence and Destructive Behavior (IVDB) at the University of Oregon and is aimed at improving discipline in schools and classrooms.

Who should attend?

    Teams from school sites with a commitment to developing and implementing the following:

  • Positive reinforcement systems
  • Data-informed decision making at the school level
  • Effective classroom management and curriculum adaptation
  • Functional behavioral assessment
  • Positive behavioral intervention
  • School rules and rule teaching

Recommended BEST Practices team members:
  • The building administrator (required)
  • General and special education teachers
  • District/site level personnel who support positive school discipline (counselors, school psychologists)
  • A parent from the school
  • A classified staff representative
  • Minimum of four participants per team

The training:

BEST-1

  • The first level of training involves one two-day workshop, followed by a daylong workshop in February 2004.
  • At the workshop, site teams identify critical outcomes, such as defining school rules and evaluating their efforts; they describe how proposed plans will be communicated to staff and key stakeholders in the building; and they plan their response to comments from school personnel who are not part of the appointed team.
  • Teams are asked to meet at least once a month between training dates to integrate the information and adjust the school plan. This approach allows school personnel to integrate the content of the training into their daily practices; and it improves the likelihood of the staff maintaining their use of the interventions over time.

BEST-2

  • The advanced training involves one two-day workshop that addresses issues and topics beyond the first level, such as assessing school safety, building behavioral support plans and responding to escalating behavior.
Evaluation and monitoring progress

Easy-to-use measures evaluate the success of the initiative and provide school teams with critical, performance-based feedback about their efforts. IVDB will coordinate the analysis and interpretation of data submitted by school sites. Giving data based feedback to schools is an essential component of the intervention and keeps motivation high.

Registration Fees: NONE

Continental breakfast, lunch and materials are funded through the CalSTAT grant.

NOTE: Teacher substitute expenses will be reimbursed through the CalSTAT grant.

SPACE IS LIMITED TO 50 PEOPLE (10 teams of 5 people)
Training location and dates:

Not currently on the 2007-2008 scheduled.  Check the Prevention Workshop Calendar.  Flyers will be sent to all principals

Contact:

Daryl Thiesen, Prevention Programs Coordinator, (661) 636-4329 or email:  dathiesen@kern.org

No CSUB Extended Credits Available

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Prevention Training Program Course Descriptions

"Kern County Substance Abuse Prevention Education (KCSAPE) Parntership"


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