1. Dr. Cheryl Atkinson, Independent Monitor May 2017
Briefing to the Board of Education Syracuse City School District AOD Priority Areas School Year
Dr. Cheryl Atkinson, Independent Monitor
May 2017

2. Updates Professional Development Impact
Behavior Intervention Centers (BIC) Implementation
Disproportionality Data
Restorative Justice Practices

3. Professional Development Impact
Year to Date Referrals Written
Number of referrals written
1 – 9
10 – 19
20 – 39
40 – 59
100+
staff members
1186
237
151 38 17 6 8
663
130 80 23 12 7
Source: EducatorsHandbook; all data is through 3/31

4. Behavior Intervention Centers (BIC) Implementation
Basic
-Visits are initiated by student behavior, punitive & few interventions
-Primary student contact with BIC TA
-High volume of students
-Level 1 restorative actions
Transitional Possesses some characteristics of both Basic and Advanced BICs
Advanced
-Restorative, proactive and/or planned visits, with interventions carried out
-Primary contact with a student’s support coach
-Low volume of students
-Level 2 and 3 restorative actions

5. Behavior Intervention Centers (BIC) – Data Glows and Grows
SY , District Designed Data System-BIC usage
SY First Full Year
Data Entry-BIC Teaching Assistant
Access Coach, Reset and Return to Class, Stay in BIC for Duration
Grows
Technical Shortcomings
Inconsistent Operational Procedures

6. Disproportionality Data – SCSD Elementary School Example
School year Disproportionality = 9%
School year Disproportionality = 22%
Although suspension incidents in disproportionality was low.
While the number of suspension incidents have decreased significantly the disproportionality is now higher.
Source: EducatorsHandbook; all data is through 3/31

7. Disproportionality Data – SCSD Elementary School
Students suspended 49 36 7 5 1
Enrollment
519
325 79 71 44 4 3
478
254 84 72 68
Source: EducatorsHandbook; all data is through 3/31

8. Restorative Justice Practices
Source: EducatorsHandbook; all data is through 3/31

9. Questions/Comments
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