1. Ripple Effects Reduce Disproportionality Webinar
Robert L. Kirton Ed.D. Chief Educational Officer, CEO

2. Understand and Define your Disproportionate Issues
What does Disproportionality Look Like in your System?
Black Males
Black Females
Hispanic Males
Who is Overrepresented
Referrals
Suspension/Expulsions
Special Ed
Who is Underrepresented
Academic Celebrations
Community Service
Graduation

3. Understand and Define your DNA
What are your Distinguishing Practices/Strengths?
Comprehensive PBIS/MTSS
Parental/Community Involvement
Students/Staff
What are your Needs and Challenges?
Achievement
Behavior
Climate
What Action Steps can you taken to reduce Disproportionality?
Enhance ISS
Audit Policies and Practices
Develop Programs that Engage

4. Understand the Contributing Factors
Student Risk Factors
Adverse childhood experiences
Learning disabilities
Exposure to negative peer pressure
Parent/Family Risk Factors
Poor family-school relationships
Mobility
Housing
Educator/School Risk Factors
Leadership and Team Building
Teacher preparedness/qualifications
School condition/environment
Community Risk Factors
Poverty
Violence
Apathy

5. Take a Comprehensive Approach
Student Approach:
Help Students to take ownership
Build on Strengths
Address Underlying Issues
Parent Approach:
Treat parents as partners
Provide opportunities for parents to be involved
Provide resources for parents at home
Educator Approach:
Get educators out of the box
Build On Strengths
Provide Training, Tools and Resources
Community Approach:
Collaboration
Involvement
Community Building

6. Focus Your Efforts for Success
Build on Leadership and Team Building
Needs Assessments/Policy Audits
Conflict Resolution
Team Trust
Implement Innovative Programs
ISS Program
Near Peer Mentoring
Research and Evidenced Based
Improve Facilities and Technology
Curb Appeal
Safety and Security
Technology Integration
Target Your Resources
Grant Writing
Strategic Abandonment
Look for Sustainable Resources

7. Successful ISS Programs
Must be made a priority by Administration
Must be appropriately staffed with qualified educator
Must have set policies and procedures that students are aware of and that staff consistently follow
Must include a plan to involve teachers in the academic and behavioral process
Must incorporate a behavioral intervention component that can be efficiently implemented and individualized to student needs
(Cooper, 2014)

8. Addressing Causes of Disproportionate Referrals
True behavior differences often related to skill deficits
Policies are too vague
Unconscious bias: differences in expectations and perception
Discriminatory treatment: data is clear – it happens, same behavior is treated differently

9. Strategies to Improve your ABC’s Achievement-Behavior-Climate
Community Service Learning
Informal peer panels/hearings
Leadership and Team Building
Victim-offender mediation
Mentoring (peer and adult)
Restitution
In school detention and suspension
Intensive in-school supervision
Alternative dispute/conflict resolution
Community service can be in school or in the community (good way to engage community leaders and businesses)
peer panels allows students to be apart of and to inform the disciplinary process which gives them ownership

10. Strategies to Improve your ABC’s
Structured and data driven decision making
Less punitive and more equitable practices
Youth/family informed and focused policies and practices
Cross departmental/agency collaboration and partnerships
Financial incentives
Top-down, bottom-up commitment Cultural competency training for school staff
Classroom behavior management training
Culturally appropriate services and supports
Counseling/therapy for students and parents

11. Chief Educational Officer, CEO
QUESTIONS?
Robert L. Kirton Ed.D.
Chief Educational Officer, CEO