1. Discipline in San Jose Unified School District

2. Declining Suspension Rates, 2013-2015 33,866 Students 2012-13 = 1,345 suspensions by January 2013-14 = 1193 suspensions by January 2014-15 = 905 suspensions by January Approximately 200 fewer suspensions each year

3. Intervention over Suspension Parent/Teacher Conference Parent/Administrator Conference Student Support Team (SST) Referral to Counseling Referral to Nurse Coordination of Services Team (COST)

4. Discipline Process Teacher-Student Office Referral Detention (Lunchtime, Recess, After School) Community Service (trash pick up, help clean tables) Suspension Citation/Arrest (Not an SJUSD process) @ Middle and High Schools Referral to District Disciplinary Review Committee Expulsion

5. Discipline Process: Parent Rights Must contact you as soon as possible about behavior issues Teacher Administrator Counselor

6. Discipline Process: Parent Rights Contacted as soon as possible (usually within 24 hours or sooner) Communicate with teacher, administrator to discuss issues and work out solutions Ask about alternatives to suspension or relocation

7. Suspension Records Part of a student’s discipline file Can be expunged under certain circumstances Does not prevent admission to college Unless a felony crime is committed between 9-12 th grade

8. Student Discipline Work with your School Site Administrator Keep communicating Ask about alternatives to suspension Ask about interventions

9. Rude vs. Mean vs. Bullying:Defining the Difference

10. Rude Behavior Rude = Inadvertenly saying or doing something that hurts someone else Examples: Burping in someone’s face Jumping ahead in line Bragging about acieving the highest grade Splashing water in someone’s face Incidents of rudeness are usually spontaneous, unplanned, based on thoughtlessness, poor manners and not meant to hurt someone

11. Mean Behavior Mean = Purposefully saying or doing something to hurt someone once (or maybe twice) The difference between rude behavior and mean behavior has to do with INTENTION; while rudeness is often unintentional, mean behavior very much aims to hurt. Examples: Criticizing clothing, appearance, intelligence, etc “Your fat, ugly, stupid” Mean behavior is motivated by angry feelings.

12. Bullying Bullying = intentionally aggressive behavior, repeated over time, that involves an imbalance of power. Involves 3 key elements: An intent to harm A power imbalance repeated acts or threats of aggressive behavior. Kids who bully say or do something INTENTIONALLY hurtful to others and keep doing it with no sense of remorse even when the target tells them to stop.

13. Why is it important to know the difference? If we improperly classify rudeness and mean behavior as bullying we run the risk of becoming sick and tired of hearing the word and then the true word of bullying loses its urgency! It’s important to know the difference so that we know what to pay attention to and when to intervene.

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15. Upcoming Events Family University Winter Session Saturday, February 7 th Check in starts at 7:45 and ends around 12:15 Babysitting is available for children 3-4 who are potty trained and class is available for TK-5 th grade students. Valentine’s celebrations – Friday, February 13 th Students can wear LOVE colors : red, white, purples, and anything with hearts!