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School-Based Problem Solving (SBPS) describes the intervention process that is a required component of the Corey H. Settlement Agreement (1997). This agreement requires that the Chicago Public Schools implement a school-based intervention process.
The SBPS process is not a single event, but a process that is built into the educational program in the Chicago Public Schools. It is designed as a general education process, but information collected through SBPS may be used in conducting a full and individual evaluation. Classroom supports include activities that are conducted in the classroom by staff working in the problem-solving delivery system. These activities:
:: assess student performance using classroom-based materials;
:: establish and deliver the intervention in the classroom;
:: translate effective teaching strategies into the regular instruction program;
:: consult to guide the "fine tuning" of classroom strategies; and
:: involve teachers, parents, and key personnel in collaborative decision making. from the CPS Office of Specialized Services Tools
Family and Community Partnerships
The Family and Community Partnerships unit at CPS can help schools initiate external partnerships to fund or administer projects/programs. Click here for a description of how the Family and Community Partnerships Office can help you! For more information, contact Jaime Dirksen in the Office of Specialized Services at 773-553-1830.
After School Matters
After School Matters, a City of Chicago initiative, offers teens hands-on job training in the arts, sports, technology, communications, and science.
School Health Index
The School Health Index is a needs and resource assessment for your school around health and climate issues. The Office of Specialized Services will support the administration and data analysis associated with this index. For more help, call Jaime Dirksen in the Office of Specialized Services at 773-553-1830.
Illinois Social and Emotional Learning Standards
The Illinois Social and Emotional Learning Standards describe the content and skills for students in grades K-12 for social and emotional learning. The State of Illinois website above also lists additional resources and FAQs related to social and emotional learning.
Illinois Violence Prevention Authority
This is a resource for both funding and training for violence prevention initiatives and strategies.
Educators for Social Responsibility
A resource to support educators in creating safe, caring, respectful, and productive learning environments. Educators for social responsibility offers comprehensive programs, staff development, consultation, and resources for adults who teach children and young people preschool through high school, in settings including K-12 schools, early childhood centers, and after-school programs.
Youth Light
Youth Light is an education support company dedicated to providing educators with useful resources.
YRBSS: Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System
The YRBSS was developed in 1990 to monitor priority health risk behaviors that contribute markedly to the leading causes of death, disability, and social problems among youth and adults in the United States. The YRBSS has been administered every odd-numbered year since 1991; At least 60% of sampled Chicago high school students have participated each time, yielding representative data for CPS. The survey is designed to:
• Determine the prevalence of health risk behaviors.
• Assess whether health risk behaviors increase, decrease, or stay the same over time.
• Examine the co-occurrence of health risk behaviors.
• Provide comparable national, state, and local data.
• Provide comparable data among subpopulations of youth.
• Monitor progress toward achieving the Healthy People 2010 objectives and other program indicators.
The YRBSS data are relevant to student connection because they contain data on weapon carrying, physical fighting, and dating violence/rape; all of which pertain to maintaining a safe and respectful school climate.
Recommended Reading
Best Behavior, Building Positive Behavior Support in Schools
by Jeff Sprague and Annemieke Golly
"Teaching Children to Care: Classroom Management for Ethical and Academic Growth" By Ruth Sidney Charney
"Educating Minds and Hearts: Social Emotional Learning and the Passage into Adolescence" By Cohen et. al.
External Resources
The Consortium on Chicago School Research
Research on Chicago school policy and initiatives.
Military Child Initiative
The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and the Johns Hopkins Center on School, Family, and Community Partnerships have produced this web site that contains a best practices library for the areas of:
• School connectedness and academic engagement
• Resilience and social emotional learning
• School-family-community partnerships
• Mobility and transition | |
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