1. Reduce 70 to 90 Percent of Office Referrals
JEANNINE TATE, PHD
Principal Leadership – Discover ’17
89th Annual Virginia Middle and High School
Principals Conference and Exposition

2. A Few Questions How much of your time is spent on discipline issues?
How many behavior issues could have been handled in the classroom before they turned into office referrals?
Do your teachers have practical and specific strategies to intervene before things escalate?

3. Strategies for: Teaching specific behavioral expectations
Specific early intervention steps
What to do when those steps don’t work

4. Positive Relationships Are Essential
“A good teacher takes time out to see if all the kids have what they’re talking about . . .and cares about how they’re doing and will see if they need help.” Anonymous High School Student
Bruce L.Wilson & H. Dickson Corbett. Listening to Urban Kids:
School Reform and the Teachers They Want )

5. Contact Information: Jeannine Tate, PhD