REPORTS, RESEARCH  DATA AND WINS

OREGON SCHOOL DISCIPLINE ADVISORY COMMITTEE >  > June 9, 2013 >  > We have been convening since last year It is a two year Committee. > Statement of Purpose > The purpose of the School Discipline Advisory Committee (SDAC) is to > advise, consult, support, and make recommendations to ODE and > education partners on policies and practices that promote and maintain > the inclusion and engagement of each and every student in a healthy > learning environment. We strive to eliminate exclusionary discipline > practices in education and replace them with inclusive, culturally > responsive approaches that foster and ensure social-emotional > learning, educational equity, and successful outcomes for each and > every student. > Objectives > 1. Recommend policies that identify discipline disparities directly, > and make recommendations for the use of promising and evidence-based > practices that employ positive behavioral supports and are focused on > the elimination of discipline disparities. > 2. Address manifestations of institutional racism and bias that result > in disproportionate suspension, expulsion, and exclusion of youth who > have been historically disenfranchised, marginalized, or under served. > 3. Recommend professional development and training to empower and > support education professionals in fostering and implementing > culturally responsive behavior management practices. > 4. Include and empower parents and students throughout the educational > decision-making and policy-making process through holistic team-based > planning. > 5. Ensure disciplinary decisions are based on individualized student > assessment and the promotion of positive learning environments. > 6. Reduce exclusionary discipline in accordance with Oregon Department > of Education’s key performance measures. Targets will be set and > projected over the next two years and then annually thereafter with > the goal of eradicating disproportionality by 2025. > (Develop intermediate measures/goals here) > 7. Facilitate strong partnerships between schools, students and their > families, and community stakeholders to ensure all voices are heard. > 

 

 

> CHAIRS MICHAEL MOHONEY ADVISORY- ODE, Education Programs & Assessment > - Education Specialist > , JOHN ENGLISH CHAIR Director, Technical Assistance and Consulting > Services (TACS/WRRC) Department(s): Special Education and Clinical > Sciences [1] >  > AND SHEILA WARREN VICE CHAIR, PPU. >  > Thanks to our colleagues who are Chairing the SDAC. For going after > this grant >  > NASBE AWARDS GRANTS TO TWO STATES TO EXAMINE AND IMPROVE SCHOOL > DISCIPLINE POLICIES AND PRACTICES >  > Arlington, Va. — The National Association of State Boards of > Education (NASBE) has awarded grants to two state boards of education > — OREGONand VIRGINIA — to strengthen their capacity to adopt and > implement policies that promote positive school discipline and limit > punitive and exclusionary practices. The grant awards will support > work in these states through December 2014. >  > The grants, which total $10,000, are part of a NASBE project that > examines state disciplinary policies, practices, and reforms. NASBE > awarded grants to states that intend to improve school climate and > discipline in one of the following areas: School safety and law > enforcement; discriminatory discipline and disparate impact; teacher > training and preparation; and chronic absenteeism and student > engagement. >  > The state board in OREGON will receive $5,000 to convene a statewide > task force to develop a plan to help local districts identify, > prevent, and address discriminatory discipline practices and their > impact on students’ academic achievement and social and emotional > development. The state board will partner with the Oregon Department > of Education, school districts, and academic scholars to develop > data-driven strategies that integrate restorative justice practices > and principles with existing behavior management frameworks, such as > Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS). >  > State board members in VIRGINIA will use their $5,000 grant to partner > with the state department of education in developing model policies > and practices that use problem-solving and prevention methods to > address chronic absenteeism and student disengagement rather than > punitive measures. School districts across the state will use these > guidelines with best practices to address behavior problems in more > constructive ways. >  > “Too often, inflexible zero-tolerance policies have taken > disciplinary decisions out of the hands of school-based educators who > know their students best,” says NASBE Executive Director Kristen > Amundson. “This has led to far too many suspensions, expulsions, and > referrals to the criminal justice system overall — and the students > affected have been disproportionately students of color and those with > disabilities. The work of these state boards is intended to promote > best practices in disciplinary policies that are equitable and result > both in safer schools and more students staying in school.” >  > NASBE’S school discipline project and related state grants are > funded by The Atlantic Philanthropies. NASBE has also contracted with > American Institutes for Research (AIR) to provide states with > additional technical assistance for this initiative. The grants were > awarded on a competitive basis, and all applications were reviewed by > an independent review panel. Learn more about NASBE’s state grants > opportunities [2]. >  > _The National Association of State Boards of Education is the only > national organization giving voice and adding value to the nation’s > state and territorial boards of education. A nonprofit organization > founded in 1958, NASBE works to strengthen state leadership in > education policymaking; advocate equality of access to educational > opportunity; promote excellence in educating all students; and assure > responsible lay governance of education. Learn more at > __www.nasbe.org_ [3]_._ >  > _The Atlantic Philanthropies are dedicated to bringing about lasting > changes in the lives of disadvantaged and vulnerable people. Atlantic > is a limited life foundation that makes grants through its five > program areas: Aging, Children & Youth, Population Health, > Reconciliation & Human Rights, and Founding Chairman. Atlantic is > active in Bermuda, Northern Ireland, the Republic of Ireland, South > Africa, the United States and Vietnam. Learn more at > __www.atlanticphilanthropies.org_ [4]_._ >  > _THIS COMMITTEE IS NOW SUPPORTING THE MORATORIUM AND SOME WILL SHOW UP > FOR TRAINING._ >