Effective School-Wide Discipline (ESD)

Effective Schoolwide Discipline in Virginia: A Statewide Initiative to Support Positive Academic and Behavioral Outcomes for All Students

The Effective Schoolwide Discipline (ESD) initiative uses a team-based process designed to address the unique needs of individual schools. ESD is not a packaged product that follows a predetermined script. However, there are critical components that are important for a school based team to consider which are then adapted to meet the specific needs of a school (e.g., population changes, faculty and community support, multi-tiered process, etc.).

School divisions must assign a division level coordinator, and interested schools need to submit a readiness packet and select a coach, who is the point of contact for the school. School teams are required to attend a series of training events based on the phases of the ESD model. Then, they are responsible for taking the model back to their school staff for training and implementation.

As a team, they are facilitators of a process and conduct activities that:

• Build the rationale and support for an ESD model.
• Ensure that the components of their model are research-based.

Websites:

• Effective Schoolwide Discipline in Virginia
  http://www.ttac.odu.edu/esd/
• Special Education and Student Services Site Index (select Functional Behavior Assessment) http://www.doe.virginia.gov/VDOE/sess/siteindex/
• Positive Behavioral Intervention and Supports http://www.pbis.org
• PBIS Maryland http://www.pbismaryland.org/

Contact:

Region 4: Kay Klein mklei1@gmu.edu