Educational Leadership Journey

There are three effective ways of communicating to your stakeholders during times of crisis. Marshall Goldsmith speaks with Dori Clark on how leaders should respond from a moral and ethical standpoint in oder to help maintain their personal and professional integrity.

The National Center on Safe Supportive Learning Environments allows you to search and discover resourceful information on School Discipline Laws and Regulations by Category & State. Please take time to review the following website located within the link below. Link:  https://safesupportivelearning.ed.gov/school-discipline-laws-regulations-category

Communicating to students, staff, parents, families and stakeholders can be difficult during the time of a crisis. As an administrator, its important to ensure that you are well equipped to deliver honest and factual information effectively, and within a timely manner. This video link provides and overview of how to communicate during the time of a crisis. Video Link: https://animoto.com/play/sV7TT5xOl9YhNaC8SKR7sw

The following Video Link is a brief overview of Brandman University's EDAD 608: School Law, School-Wide Discipline and Safety Course. Link:  https://animoto.com/play/s1Jtu7m4ivPG33CRR7tAFQ

An emerging body of knowledge has surfaced the field of public education that addressed the importance of providing alternative routes to discipline through the implementation of evidenced-based and promising practices  paper entails a brief analysis and overview of the San Juan Unified School District level culture, and board policies as it relates to educational law, school discipline and safety. School-wide discipline data and culture, along with a review of positive behaviors and supports is provided. This is later followed by a final conclusion that summarizes the overall learning and key findings of this report.  Link to Document on School Culture & School-wide Discipline: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1kCo8ZS9OKutOdG9lkyxH0M1BpZjyFLs2/view?usp=sharing

PBIS is currently being used by 3138 high schools across 35 states in the U.S., of which 7% of those schools are high schools (Freeman, Wilkinson & Vanlone, 2017). Students who are suspended due to zero-tolerance policies are most often thrusted into the school-to-prison pipeline, which is a national phenomenon that is occurring among students of color, who are being suspended or expelled more often than their white peers (Advocacy & Communications Solutions, 2019). Rommey (2018) asserts that a growing body of research revealed that the through the successful implementation of PBIS within the state of California, school suspension rates and behavior problems have declined. In order to support your school's efforts of implementing PBIS, please see the link below to the following PBIS Resource Manual. https://docs.google.com/document/d/17jvh6O3C4xiOMG-n6EhY1HqVp9gY4ZjpNLll_JNeA_E/edit?usp=sharing