Sentences with phrase «use alternatives to suspension»

Provides principals and superintendents more discretion to use alternatives to suspension or expulsion, including positive behavior interventions, participation in a program like restorative justice, or a conference with the student's parents, teachers, and school administrators.

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Many districts, including Syracuse city schools, have shifted from relying heavily on suspensions to using alternatives like «restorative justice,» which aims to keep students in the academic environment.

In May, the Los Angeles school board voted to ban suspensions of students for «willful defiance» and directed school officials to use alternative disciplinary practices.

This guidance has led many districts to reduce their use of suspensions and expulsion and implement alternative discipline approaches.

Schools are using lunchtime detentions, Saturday schools, alternative schools, and other forms of in - school suspension to keep students on the academic track.

The commissioner may also place under preliminary registration review any school that has conditions that threaten the health, safety and / or educational welfare of students or has been the subject of persistent complaints to the department by parents or persons in parental relation to the student, and has been identified by the commissioner as a poor learning environment based upon a combination of factors affecting student learning, including but not limited to: high rates of student absenteeism, high levels of school violence, excessive rates of student suspensions, violation of applicable building health and safety standards, high rates of teacher and administrator turnover, excessive rates of referral of students to or participation in special education or excessive rates of participation of students with disabilities in the alternate assessment, excessive transfers of students to alternative high school and high school equivalency programs and excessive use of uncertified teachers or teachers in subject areas other than those for which they possess certification.

Schools use modules for health credits, restorative practices, alternatives to suspension and expulsion, detention, group dialogues, behavioral interventions and stabilization, IEP planning, and family cohesion.

Rather than use suspension, which excludes students from classroom instruction, schools should use alternatives that allow students to continue to learn.

Among Losen's recommendations for the district are more regular monitoring of disaggregated data on identification, placement, and disciplinary action; training of adults in multi-cultural competence; and the use of intermediate interventions before special education placement and of alternatives to suspension (e.g., restorative practices).

Mario from California wants to know, what alternatives to out of school suspensions and what are some reasons schools aren't using those alternatives.

Ensure that the school's written discipline policy explicitly limits the use of out - of - school suspensions, expulsions, and alternative placements to the most severe disciplinary infractions that threaten school safety or to those circumstances where mandated by Federal or State law.

Many state - wide educational discipline policies strongly recommend using a multi-tiered system of supports (MTSS), such as Positive Behavior Intervention and Supports (PBIS) or Positive Behavioral Supports (PBS), to set school - wide behavioral expectations and clearly defined alternatives to suspension.

If schools simply comply with the bans on out - of - school suspension without adequate supports to shift mindsets, it is possible that in - school suspensions will be used as the closest alternative to remove students from classrooms.

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The fixed suspension uses Sachs mono - tube shock absorbers with steel springs, which some may skewer as a cheaper alternative to adaptive suspensions found on the M5, Audi RS 7 and CTS - V.

Youth Court initiatives are exercises in restorative justice, using positive peer pressure to reshape student behavior and interrupt the school - to - prison pipeline by providing an alternative to suspension for students who commit minor offenses.

Dignity in Schools Campaign, 10/28/15 — CJSF ally Dignity in Schools Campaign, whose members include several of CJSF's grantee partners, released a statement about the South Carolina student assault and calls on districts across the country to use alternatives that promote positive school climates instead of suspensions, expulsions and arrests.

Lee said it was heartening to learn that a number of districts attribute drops in suspension rates to their use of alternatives to traditional discipline, including Positive Behavior Intervention and Supports (PBIS), which focuses on modeling positive behaviors, and restorative justice, which emphasizes mediation and face - to - face conflict resolution over punitive discipline.