Effective Schoolwide Discipline (ESD) Initiative
Effective Schoolwide Discipline (ESD) is an initiative of the Virginia
Department of Education (VDOE). Responding to the need for research-validated
positive behavioral intervention practices, T/TAC provides schools
with professional development to implement a schoolwide discipline
programs in their settings. The multi-tiered ESD model includes
the following components:
1) Communicating to schools the basic tenets of a positive discipline
program;
2) Guiding the faculty to establish a common vision and schoolwide
expectations for student behavior;
3) Establishing consistent practices to encourage students to exhibit
appropriate behavior throughout the school;
4) Collecting, summarizing, and interpreting school discipline data
that are meaningful and consistent with each school’s code
of conduct;
5) Defining characteristics of student behaviors and identifying
positive behavioral strategies for implementation in the schools;
and
6) Evaluating behavioral interventions in the schools using discipline
data.
Effective Schoolwide Discipline begins with the formation of a school-based
ESD team. Members of the team learn about components of the ESD
model during on-going regional workshops. Based on what they learned,
the team guides its school through the process. Team members learn
to become facilitators of the process and conduct activities that
(a) demonstrate the need for an ESD model in their school, and (b)
ensure that the components of the model are research-based and implemented
with integrity. Teams follow steps outlined in an ESD resource manual
which provides critical features of systemic change within schools
as well as pragmatic steps needed for full implementation of the
ESD model.
VDOE provides support for this professional development initiative.
For more information about the ESD initiative in this area, contact
T/TAC William and Mary specialists Denyse Doerries, Ph.D. (757-253-4889
or dbdoer@wm.edu), or Tina Spencer (757-253-4884 or clspen@wm.edu),
or T-TAC Old Dominion University specialist Kim Yanek (757-683-4934
or kyanek@odu.edu).
Click here to view Effective Schoolwide
Discipline Resources
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