Understanding and Addressing Behavior: A Comprehensive Approach

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Audience: School leaders, Teacher leaders

This course offers a thorough exploration of behavior, its functions, and effective intervention strategies. By examining behavior through multiple lenses, including Dr. Ross Greene’s lagging skills framework and behavior analysis principles, participants gain a comprehensive understanding of why challenging behaviors occur and how to address them effectively.

Key Course Components

  1. The function and purpose of behavior
  2. A framework for discovering lagging skills and unsolved problems
  3. Principles of behavior analysis
  4. Involving students in problem-solving and solution-finding
  5. Developing effective behavior intervention strategies

Learning Outcomes

  1. Better understand the underlying causes of challenging behaviors
  2. Implement more effective approaches to behavior interventions
  3. Support students in addressing their challenging behaviors
  4. Build more positive relationships with students
  5. Improve overall behavioral support strategies in educational settings

This integrated approach combines theoretical understanding with practical applications, enabling educators and support professionals to create more supportive learning environments.

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Optimal Admissions: Embracing Diverse Learners in International Schools

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Audience: Admissions Leaders, School Leaders

This course empowers admissions officers in international schools to make more confident learning placement decisions for a diverse range of applicants. The course introduces Optimal Admissions as a framework for building an intentional learning community. The course is designed to foster collaboration and practical decision-making by following the admissions process for four student applicants and their families.

Participants engage with a cohort of fellow professionals through interactive online discussions and real-world assignments. The course provides strategies to collaborate effectively with decision-making partners and advocate for policies and shared language that apply to all learners. 

By the end of the course, attendees will have actionable tools to create coherent admissions pathways tailored to their school contexts, ensuring that all accepted students can thrive.

Learning Outcomes

  1. Understand how a clear relationship between a school’s mission, vision, and values and its admissions process can enhance the clarity, consistency, and confidence of admissions decisions.
  2. Understand the Optimal Admissions framework and gain visual tools for building a more intentional Learning Community.
  3. Understand the full array of learning profiles and their impact on student performance, and how an Optimal Learning Community enhances higher levels of learning and engagement for all students.
  4. Understand the power of transition support and the role that well-managed mobility plays in the learning and growth of new students.
  5. Develop collaborative approaches to application review and an awareness of key student indicators that might recommend shared file review with Student Support Services, Divisional, and/or Counseling professionals.
  6. Build a bank of communication strategies for engaging families in sensitive or difficult conversations that build trust, highlight student potential, and navigate challenging decisions, including denials, with empathy and balance.
  7. Understand the spectrum of learning profiles and their impact on student performance.

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Universal Supports

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Audience: School Leaders, Teacher Leaders, Student Support Leaders

This comprehensive course focuses on implementing Multi-Tiered Systems of Support (MTSS) to effectively meet the varied needs of students in academic, social-emotional, and behavioral domains. Participants gain a deep understanding of the tiered support structure model and learn how to apply it across various educational settings.

Key Course Components

    1. MTSS Framework Overview:
      1. Understanding the three tiers: universal (all students), targeted (some), and intensive (few)
      2. Exploring the integration of academic, social-emotional, and behavioral supports
    2. Data-Driven Decision Making:
      1. Implementing a continuous improvement framework
      2. Utilizing data-based problem-solving techniques across all levels of the educational system
    3. Tier-Specific Interventions and Resources:
      1. Designing and implementing universal supports for all students
      2. Developing targeted interventions for students needing additional assistance
      3. Creating intensive, individualized support plans for students with significant needs
    4. Progress Monitoring and Adjustment:
      1. Establishing effective monitoring systems
      2. Making informed decisions to adjust interventions based on student response
    5. Collaborative Practices:
      1. Engaging the school community in the MTSS process 
      2. Fostering a school-wide culture of support and continuous improvement

Learning Outcomes

  1. Implement a comprehensive MTSS framework in their educational setting
  2. Use data effectively to inform decision-making and problem-solving
  3. Design and apply appropriate interventions across all tiers of support
  4. Foster a collaborative, supportive environment that promotes student success

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