On Monday, 10 October 2016, Jim Wright presented a workshop, Tier 3: Tools to Manage Challenging Student Behaviors, to staff of Montague Elementary School in Montague, NJ.. Here are resources from this training:
- PowerPoint: Tier 3: Tools to Manage Challenging Student Behaviors [1]
- Handout: Tier 3: Tools to Manage Challenging Student Behaviors [2]
- Participant Worksheet: Defining Student Behaviors [3]
- ONLINE APP: Behavior Report Card Maker [4]: Tool to collect data on Tier 3 student behaviors
- ONLINE APP: Self-Check Behavior Checklist Mak [5]er. Create custom checklists to guide student self-monitoring, tracking of behaviors by adults.
On Monday, 12October 2015, Jim Wright presented a workshop, Finding the Spark: Motivating & Managing the Behaviors of the Struggling Student, to staff of Montague Elementary School in Montague, NJ.. Here are resources from this training:
- PowerPoint: Finding the Spark: Motivating & Managing the Behaviors of the Struggling Student [6]
- Workshop Handout 1: Finding the Spark: Motivating & Managing the Behaviors of the Struggling Student [7]
- Workshop Handout 2: Teacher Attention: Shifting the Focus from Misbehavior to Positive Behavior [8]
- RTI-Behavior: ‘Classwide Management’ Checklist [9]
Tool 1: RTI & Group Behavior: Classwide Management Checklist. Teachers can use this checklist to evaluate effective behavior management in their classrooms.
Group Behavior Management Ideas:
- Using a Zone Defense System in Primary Classrooms [12]
- Zone Defense System: Form in MS Word. [13]
- Good Behavior Game [14]
- Teacher-Student Learning Game [15]
- The Color Wheel: Group-Wide Classroom Management [16]
- Defensive Management: 6 Steps to Organize the Classroom [17]
Tool 2: Big Ideas in Behavior Management: These important ideas can help teachers to more effectively manage challenging student behaviors.
Tool 3: Growth Mindset: Teachers can combat 'learned helplessness‘ by structuring classroom statements to encourage optimism and motivation.
- Handout: Mindsets: The Power to Help or Hinder Student Motivation [19]
These websites contain information about high-quality Tier 2/3 programs:
- Tier 2/3 Intervention Website: What Works Clearinghouse [20]. This website reviews core instruction and intervention programs in reading & mathematics, as well as other academic areas. The site reviews existing studies and draws conclusions about whether specific intervention programs show evidence of effectiveness.
- Tier 2/3 Intervention Website: Best Evidence Encyclopedia [21]. This site provides reviews of evidence-based math and reading programs. The website is sponsored by the Johns Hopkins University School of Education's Center for Data-Driven Reform in Education (CDDRE) .
- Tier 2/3 Intervention Website: National Center on Intensive Intervention Academic Intervention Chart. [22] Sponsored by the National Center on Intensive Intervention, this page provides ratings to intervention programs in math, reading, and writing. Users can sort their search by subject and grade level.