A positive school culture impacts students’ academic success and supports their social and emotional learning (SEL). The behavior management system Kickboard, now known as PowerSchool Behavior Support since its acquisition by PowerSchool, helps schools evaluate and transform their learning cultures to optimize student potential.
A study from the Education Resource Alliance (ERA) at Tulane University found that schools that use the behavior management platform can reduce suspension rates up to 72% per student and reduce suspension days by 52%, helping both schools and students by saving in-class learning time, boosting educational achievement, improving attendance, and rewarding positive behavior.
Get your copy of the Evidence-Based Toolkit for Purposeful Suspension Reduction to discover best practices for evaluating a school’s behavioral climate, creating goals for improvement, and taking actionable steps that yield critical data to inform discipline reduction strategies. This whitepaper provides insight into a process that can be used to reduce even minor disruptive behaviors, including:
- Following the Behavior Support Historical Data Dig Protocol to look at several years of trends in behavior infractions
- Choosing from 2 paths to focus on schoolwide goals or individual behavior goals
- Monitoring progress with Behavior Support’s Culture Data Cycle that can be easily adjusted to reflect shifts in trends