1. ESD DATA COLLECTION Making Data Work for You Richlands Middle School Charity McDaniel Sarah Taylor Kim Ringstaff Richlands Middle School Charity McDaniel Sarah Taylor Kim Ringstaff

2. Richlands Middle School Profile Richlands Blue TornadosOur ESD acronym is Responsibility, Motivation, SuccessThree elementary schools feed into Richlands Middle Students leave Richlands Middle and attend Richlands High for grades 9-12 Rural setting

3. Richlands Middle School Profile 600 students grades 6 – 812% students with a disability79 students have IEP’s49% students on Free/Reduced lunch99% students are white Past two years we were a “Pass” school, with Conditional Accreditation

4. The Questions of Data

5. What are the different types of data? Office discipline reports Attendance Suspension/Detention ObservationsSelf-assessments Surveys, focus groups Academic data (test scores, grades, etc)

6. Questions data will answer Who? Who are the students being referred? Who are the teachers referring? Who are the other students involved? Is there a large number of referrals from a small number of students? Who are the people involved in the infractions?

7. Questions data will answer When? Time of day Day of the week Months with higher referrals Periods before holidays Periods of intermittent school closures due to weather Testing periods When are the infractions occurring?

8. Questions data will answer Where? Classroom Bus Hallway Cafeteria Gym Lockers Where are the infractions occurring?

9. Questions data will answer What? Minor or major Bullying Harassment Fighting Disrespect Disruption What are the types of infractions students are being referred for?

10. Questions data will answer How many? Per day Per month Per grading period Per semester Per year Compared to pervious years How many referrals

11. Questions data will answer Why? Why are students engaging in inappropriate behavior? Why are teachers referring students? What are the motives behind the behaviors? Do our teachers and staff understand why students misbehave and the appropriate responses?

12. Questions about data collection Answering the collection questions… Who?When?How?What?How much?Why?

13. Who collects the data? Someone who has access to referrals and will keep all student information confidential. Most likely, an administrator will be entering discipline data

14. When are the data collected? Daily discipline entries Data should be entered weekly, at a minimum Data analysis should be part of each month’s ESD team meeting Data should be shared regularly with faculty

15. What data are collected and how? The Office Discipline Referral (ODR) should be aligned with the student information management system and the Student Code of Conduct Behaviors should have measurable definitions Major v. minor infractions should be clearly defined All data entered should come directly from ODR

16. Referral process Decide if infraction is major or minor If major, send student with referral (if time) to the office If minor, follow the student conduct form After three minor infractions and appropriate teacher interventions, send referral (not student)

17. “Student Conduct Form” and “Disciplinary Referral Form”

18. Student Conduct Form

19. DISCIPLINE REFERRAL FORM

20. How much data are collected? How much data is put into the student information system is a division and school decision. The more data we have the more informed decisions we can make!

21. Why? Decisions made with data (information) are more likely to be implemented and effective Data show trends and patterns in behaviors (both student and teacher) for on- going decision making Data targets areas for improvement Data tells us why we make changes Data provides for professional accountability

22. ESD Comparison Spreadsheet esd end of year comparison 2007-08.xls

23. Comparison Chart ~ Incidents

24. Yearly Comparison Totals

25. Some other types of useful data Student surveysFaculty surveysParent surveysAdd-a-Form online surveys http://www.addaform.com/c/@6IWp0fq5VAo.o/Forms/9681m_R9/9681m_R9.ht ml

26. ESD Staff Satisfaction Survey ESD Staff Satisfaction Survey 2007-08 As an ESD team, we would like to have your perceptions and suggestions about the ESD model. Please respond to the following questions and submit your survey. 1. Teachers and staff communicate behavioral expectations to students on a regular basis. Agree Disagree 2. There is satisfactory communication about ESD activities. Agree Disagree 3. Faculty members feel ownership in the ESD program. Agree Disagree 4. There is satisfactory involvement of parents/community in the ESD program. Agree Disagree 5. Students are motivated by incentive bucks and passes. Agree Disagree 6. Teachers and staff have satisfactory incentives for participating in the ESD program. Agree Disagree 7. There is satisfactory teacher participation in recognizing appropriate student behavior by giving incentive bucks. Agree Disagree 8. Friday give-aways motivate improved student behavior and attendance. Agree Disagree 9. Six week incentive activities improve student attendance and behavior. Agree Disagree

27. ESD Staff Satisfaction 10. End of the year reward trips motivate student attendance and behavior. Agree Disagree 11. There were some concerns expressed over the criteria for attendance to 6 weeks activities. Please make suggestions for improvement in the text box. 12. Teachers teach and reinforce expected behaviors. Agree Disagree 13. Teachers can identify minor v. major behavior offenses. Agree Disagree 14. Behaviors are clearly defined. Agree Disagree 15. Teachers understand and use the Discipline Referral forms effectively. Agree Disagree 16. Substitute teachers have satisfactory understanding of ESD procedures and expectations. Agree Disagree 17. Teachers need more training on classroom management skills to improve student behavior. Agree Disagree 18. Student behavior has improved in our school as a result of the ESD program. Agree Disagree 19. The ESD program has improved the climate of our school. Agree Disagree 20. I would like to suggest the following changes for next year's ESD program... 21. I would like to help on the following ESD sub-committee …..