USING DISCIPLINE DATA TO SOLVE PROBLEMS

Activities

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Average Referrals Per Day 2

Types of Problem Behavior3

Student Referrals 2 or more referrals

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Location5

Activity: Using Discipline Data Review the previous graphs and discuss

What patterns do you see? What questions do you have that this data

can’t answer? What other data would you like to see?

Look at equivalent data from your school and follow the same discussion. How does our data compare to the national

rate of ODRs per day/per 100 students? Do we have a problem?

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Activity: Identifying Problem I

Using your school’s behavior data from this school year, and the previous year, look for the difference between the average major ODRs per school day, per month and the average achieved during the corresponding months of the previous school year.

Is there a problem?

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Activity: Identifying Problem 2

Using your school’s behavior data, look at the average major referrals per day, per month for the current school year.

Is there a noticeable trend? Is the trend desirable? Is there a problem?

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Meeting Minutes and Problem-Solving Action Plan Form9

Meeting Minutes and Problem-Solving Action Plan Form

Today’s Meeting: Date: Time: Location: Facilitator: Minute Taker: Data Analyst: Next Meeting: Date: Time: Location: Facilitator: Minute Taker: Data Analyst: Team Members (bold are present today) Today’s Agenda Items Next Meeting Agenda Items Potential Problems Raised 1. 1. 01.

Administrative/General Information and Issues Information for Team, or Issue for Team to Address Discussion/Decision/Task (if applicable) Who? By When?

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2.

Problem-Solving Action Plan

Implementation and Evaluation Precise Problem Statement, based

on review of data (What, When, Where, Who, Why)

Solution Actions (e.g., Prevent, Teach, Prompt, Reward, Correction,

Extinction, Safety)

Who?

By When?

Goal with Timeline

Fidelity of Imp

measure

Effectiveness of Imp measure

Updates

Evaluation of Team Meeting (Mark your ratings with an “X”) Yes So-So No

1. Was today’s meeting a good use of our time? 2. In general, did we do a good job of tracking whether we’re completing the tasks we agreed on at previous meetings?

3. In general, have we done a good job of actually completing the tasks we agreed on at previous meetings? 4. In general, are the completed tasks having the desired effects on our outcomes?

Document potential problems here.

Activity: Identifying Precise Problem Statement

Which statement is more precise?

Too many ODRs 15 instances of disrespect

24 ODRs between 1:00 and 1:30

Too many ODRs in the afternoon

Too many ODRs outside the classroom

6 ODRs on the playground

25% of students have at least 2 ODRs

Many students have ODRs

Too many ODRs on the playground

Total of 12 ODRs for aggression on the playground in the last month; this number is more than last year and shows an increasing trend for this year; these incidents are occurring during the first recess, and there are different students involved each time.

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Meeting Minutes and Problem-Solving Action Plan Form

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Meeting Minutes and Problem-Solving Action Plan Form

Today’s Meeting: Date: Time: Location: Facilitator: Minute Taker: Data Analyst: Next Meeting: Date: Time: Location: Facilitator: Minute Taker: Data Analyst: Team Members (bold are present today) Today’s Agenda Items Next Meeting Agenda Items Potential Problems Raised 1. 1. 01.

Administrative/General Information and Issues Information for Team, or Issue for Team to Address Discussion/Decision/Task (if applicable) Who? By When?

1.

2.

Problem-Solving Action Plan

Implementation and Evaluation Precise Problem Statement, based

on review of data (What, When, Where, Who, Why)

Solution Actions (e.g., Prevent, Teach, Prompt, Reward, Correction,

Extinction, Safety)

Who?

By When?

Goal with Timeline

Fidelity of Imp

measure

Effectiveness of Imp measure

Updates

Evaluation of Team Meeting (Mark your ratings with an “X”) Yes So-So No

1. Was today’s meeting a good use of our time? 2. In general, did we do a good job of tracking whether we’re completing the tasks we agreed on at previous meetings?

3. In general, have we done a good job of actually completing the tasks we agreed on at previous meetings? 4. In general, are the completed tasks having the desired effects on our outcomes?

Document precise problem statement

here.

Activity: Designing Solutions Transfer your hypothesis about your own school’s

problem to the top of the Meeting Minutes and Problem-Solving Action Plan Form.

Using the goal setting guidelines, develop a goal for improvement.

Begin designing solutions using the prevent/teach/respond format.

Using the second part of the Meeting Minutes and Problem-Solving Action Plan Form to assign responsibilities for implementing the plan and set dates for follow-up.

In the follow-up sessions, review the action plan and assess progress towards goals.

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Meeting Minutes and Problem-Solving Action Plan Form

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Meeting Minutes and Problem-Solving Action Plan Form

Today’s Meeting: Date: Time: Location: Facilitator: Minute Taker: Data Analyst: Next Meeting: Date: Time: Location: Facilitator: Minute Taker: Data Analyst: Team Members (bold are present today) Today’s Agenda Items Next Meeting Agenda Items Potential Problems Raised 1. 1. 01.

Administrative/General Information and Issues Information for Team, or Issue for Team to Address Discussion/Decision/Task (if applicable) Who? By When?

1.

2.

Problem-Solving Action Plan

Implementation and Evaluation Precise Problem Statement, based

on review of data (What, When, Where, Who, Why)

Solution Actions (e.g., Prevent, Teach, Prompt, Reward, Correction,

Extinction, Safety)

Who?

By When?

Goal with Timeline

Fidelity of Imp

measure

Effectiveness of Imp measure

Updates

Evaluation of Team Meeting (Mark your ratings with an “X”) Yes So-So No

1. Was today’s meeting a good use of our time? 2. In general, did we do a good job of tracking whether we’re completing the tasks we agreed on at previous meetings?

3. In general, have we done a good job of actually completing the tasks we agreed on at previous meetings? 4. In general, are the completed tasks having the desired effects on our outcomes?