Topics for Educators
Discipline Procedures
The goal of our disciplinary practices is to make inappropriate behavior less likely to occur in the future. To achieve that goal, we need consistent enforcement and consequences that promote accountability through learning, reflection, and repair.
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Major/Minor Chart (Synergy and DIRS Alignment) - TEMPLATEMajor/Minor Chart
This chart helps staff to be on the same page about procedures for responding to behaviors of various degrees of intensity. This ensures that students don't encounter drastically different thresholds between adults in the building.
This particular template/example includes terminology that aligns with the MN Dept. of Education's DIRS report.
Behavior Referral Form (Example)Referral Form
This is an example, easily editable form that teachers/staff would use to document a referral out of the classroom.
Forms like this are often used at the elementary level, while at the secondary level teachers typically enter referral info. directly into Synergy.
Referral Processing Procedures With Embedded Tools
These customizable templates include step-by-step procedures that staff follow when working with students who have been referred out of class.
These procedures include a menu of restorative consequences that match the behavior incident. There are worksheets, social stories, essays with reflection questions, projects, contracts, and much more.
If you would like to learn more about non-exclusionary discipline (e.g., navigating staff attitudes/beliefs, troubleshooting speedbumps, logistics, etc.), you can check out 'Don't Suspend Me!: An Alternative Discipline Toolkit' from the SCRED Lending Library. You can also complete the Discipline Belief Self-Inventory to get a gauge on your own beliefs.
Behavior Processing Procedures (Template)Behavior Processing Procedures (Secondary Template)