USING DISCIPLINE DATA TO SOLVE PROBLEMS Activities 1

Average Referrals Per Day 2

Types of Problem Behavior 3

Student Referrals 2 or more referrals 4

Location 5

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? 6

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? 7

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? 8

Meeting Minutes and Problem-Solving Action Plan Form 9 Document potential problems here.

Activity: Identifying Precise Problem Statement Which statement is more precise? Too many ODRs15 instances of disrespect 24 ODRs between 1:00 and 1:30Too many ODRs in the afternoon Too many ODRs outside the classroom6 ODRs on the playground 25% of students have at least 2 ODRsMany students have ODRs Too many ODRs on the playgroundTotal 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. 10

Meeting Minutes and Problem-Solving Action Plan Form 11 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. 12

Meeting Minutes and Problem-Solving Action Plan Form 13