1. Start Smart Stay Safe Long Range Planning

2. Foundations of S4 Long Range Planning Whole School Community

3. S4 Cornerstones

4. “Me + Help = Bounce” Help students to understand resilience (Me + Help + Bounce). Look at each Cornerstone to help develop resilience statements. ME = Personal strengths, attitudes, and talents. I am kind. I am a good friend. I am organized. HELP = Relationships and resources My dad can help me. A police officer can help me. I can use my words to help me. BOUNCE = I am able to meet challenges I can overcome challenges.

5. The Four Themes Safety and Significance in the Community How do responsible communities promote belonging and significance to build safety and resilience in a community? Self-Awareness and Choice How does an awareness of the stress response help us to make responsible choices to build safety and resilience in a community? Mastering Skills for Success How do communication and conflict resolution skills build safety and resilience in a community? Living in Service with Others How do members of a group live in service with others to build safety and resilience in a community?

6. Understanding the “Flow” of the S4 Themes Everyone is doing the same theme at the same time so….. Promotes the building of your schools strengths-based culture (common vision) Common language and common development of skills School plans, Teacher professional Growth Plans, and School Initiatives are aligned School/Classroom celebrations, Presentations, Fieldtrips are aligned

7. Planning and Working Together Supports Common language used for assessment and reporting Intentional building of leadership opportunities for the students, staff and parents Librarian gathers resources to support the school theme Planning of Family Celebrations and Family Learning Sessions align with the themes.

8. Planning A Presentation/Field Trip: A Strengths-Based Perspective

10. Foundations of S4 Long Range Planning Individual Classroom Programs

11. The Four Themes Safety and Significance in the Community How do responsible communities promote belonging and significance to build safety and resilience in a community? Self-Awareness and Choice How does an awareness of the stress response help us to make responsible choices to build safety and resilience in a community? Mastering Skills for Success How do communication and conflict resolution skills build safety and resilience in a community? Living in Service with Others How do members of a group live in service with others to build safety and resilience in a community?

12. Scope and Sequence Aligns with many skills/processes from Social Studies and Health curriculum.

13. Each Theme Is Divided Into 4 Sections Student Connection: Teachers are provided with adaptable lessons/tasks and notebook files that offer student choice and promote personalization. Police Connection: Officers facilitate a 1 hour lesson with the teacher’s support (teacher’s choose lesson to meet students’ needs). When available the Officers will continue to build relationships with students by stopping by for informal visits. School Connection: Students/teachers/administration together choose activities to build school community. Family Connection: Teachers send these lessons home to further enhance students’ learning. This offers opportunities to develop a common language between home and school.

14. Teachers Can Search For Lessons By: S4 Themes Levels suggested for certain grades. Teachers may choose any lesson/task at any level that will meet their students’ needs Framework for Student Learning A ll lessons/tasks have been tagged Topics Digital citizenship, healthy relationships, inclusion, safety in the community, effective communication, bullying, gangs, substance abuse, victimization, peer pressure, dealing with conflict

15. Planning A Presentation/Field Trip: A Strengths-Based Perspective

16. Formative and Summative Assessment

17. Summative Assessment Exemplars

18. Supporting Student Voice Reporting practices/IPP’s etc.

19. Start Smart Stay Safe is “A Way” of teaching which provides rich resources for teachers (the designers of learning) so that they can intentionally prepare students for their complex, ever changing world!