Setting the Pace for Change

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Setting the Pace for Change

• Vision Data, Benchmarks, and Planning
  Interventions
• presented by
• The Duval County Public Schools Team

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Reducing Expulsions
Percent of Students Expelled
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Benchmarks Over Time
Percent of Students Expelled
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Forces that Affect Expulsion

• Individual Student
• Cultural Mannerisms
• Peers
• Peer Pressure
• School
• Bias of Administration and Teachers
• Family
• SES and Values
• Community
• Values
• Culture
• Gang Activity

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Individual Interventions

• Character Education
• Small Groups
• Bullying
• Diversity
• Self Esteem
• Code of Conduct
• Diversity
• Mentoring by Reformed Peers/Community Volunteers
• Referrals to Community Resources

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Systemic Interventions

• Character Education
• Diversity Training for Teachers
• PTSA Meeting to Disseminate Information about
  Gang Activity
• Referrals to Community Resources

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Resources and Expertise Required

• Money
• Time
• Support
• Materials
• Facilities
• Teachers Trained in Character Education
• Gang Experts from Local Law Enforcement Agencies
• Trained Mentors
• Community Resource Professionals
• Counselors Trained in Small Groups
• Multi-Cultural Diversity Experts

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Overcoming Hurdles

• Money-Grants and Business Partner Donations
• Time and Support-Incorporate plans into the
  Guidance Program and Negotiate with
  Administration and Other Stakeholders
• Stakeholder Doubts-Educate Stakeholders with the
  Use of Previous Data and Research
• Facilities-Reserve School Facilities and/or
  Borrow Them from Other Stakeholders
• Biases and Negativity-In-services, Workshops,
  Groups, and Mentoring Programs
• Untrained/Out of Field Teachers-In-services and
  Workshops

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Schedule of Implementation

• Year One
• Collaborate to Build a Consensus Among the
  Stakeholders
• Assign Specific Roles and Tasks to the
  Stakeholders
• Design a Five Year Program of Implementation
• Submit Grants and Proposals
• Years One through Five
• Implement the Program
• Collect Formative Data
• Assess the Data and Modify the Plan as Needed
• Year Five
• Present Summative Data to the Stakeholders

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