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"This site will be used as a way to network with other PBIS teams from Cuyahoga County. This will be a place to share resources and ideas, ask questions, and connect with other educators who are implementing Positive Behavioral Interventions and Support (PBIS) in their schools."

PBIS video from Chippewa School in Brecksville-Broadview Heights

"when you look deeper, curriculum can be a foundation for the culture because it's representative of how students are interacting with learning on a daily basis. To that end, creating a positive school culture requires that students play a part in curriculum design and implementation."

"Stop. Breathe. Pay attention. "Our mental health and well-being are profoundly affected by where and how we place our attention". In this enlightening talk, Richard guides through a short mindfulness meditation, and shares his experience of teaching mindfulness in schools. He reveals some of the amazing benefits being mindful can bring to the classroom and inspires the audience with simple ways to bring more awareness to how we respond to our everyday experiences."

"I've used mindfulness practices-paying close attention to thoughts, feelings, and body sensations-for nearly 10 years. In addition to cultivating awareness of my mind and body, the practices have changed the way I relate to stress. This practice became the foundation for a pilot program I started for students at my elementary school: Mindful Moments."

"Similarly, for students uninterested in learning, financial incentives for good attendance or pizza parties for high performance may prompt them to participate, but it may result in less well-educated students."

Preview entire book online "Classroom routines are the sequence and the order that students are asked to follow, be it walking in line though the hall, or raising hands to sharpen pencils, or answering "present" when their name is called for attendance. Established routines run themselves, they are the well-oiled machines that can make a classroom function."

"Barbara Cervone and Kathleen Cushman investigate the exceptions, telling the stories of five high schools with a national reputation for infusing rigorous academics with social and emotional learning, which results in demonstrable benefits for students."

"The Black Lemonade Project is a culturally-based program that utilizes an empowerment curriculum to guide and support intentional conversations about current challenges facing urban parents."

"Supportive relationships with adults at school and in the community can play a buffering role, the study found, increasing the chances that at-risk young people will stay in school - or go back to school after dropping out - despite the challenges they face. Those conclusions are based on a nationwide survey of more than 2,800 young people, nearly half of whom had dropped out at some point, along with focus-group interviews with more than 100 young people in eight cities."

"This report examines, from the perspective of young people themselves, the roles that relationships with adults and peers play in decisions about staying in, leaving and returning to high school. Building on previous studies, including last year's Don't Call Them Dropouts, this report offers new insights about how support from adults and peers can help to close the remaining gaps between those who graduate from high school on time and those who don't."

"A free resource for educators and parents who want to foster adaptive learning mindsets"

"The PAX Good Behavior Game changes children's futures"