Action Item
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Curriculum and Instruction
Action Item |
| DATE: | Tuesday, July 31, 2012 |
| TO: | School Board Members |
| FROM: | MaryEllen Elia, Superintendent |
| SUBJECT / RECOMMENDATIONS | |
| Approve the Purchase of Conscious Discipline (Doing Business As (DBA) Loving Guidance, Inc.) Materials (Sole-Source Provider) (Curriculum and Instruction Division) | |
| EXECUTIVE SUMMARY | |
| Conscious Discipline is a comprehensive social and emotional intelligence classroom management program that empowers both teachers and students. The goal of the program is to provide systematic changes in schools by fostering the emotional intelligence of teachers first and children second. In the 2011/2012 school year, 200 teachers were trained on this program, combined with the teachers trained the previous year, impacting approximately 225 classrooms.
For the 2012/2013 school year, four elementary schools have been selected for implementation of the program schoolwide: Bailey, Desoto, Edison and Roosevelt. Additional districtwide training will be provided for 180 teachers. Conscious Discipline revolves around teachers utilizing seven basic skills of discipline to constructively respond to conflict in the classroom. Teachers who use these seven basic skills create a classroom that models the life values needed to enable each student to excel as a responsible citizen. Conscious Discipline leads teachers, providers, schools, and programs through a process that promotes permanent behavior changes in both teachers and children. Loving Guidance, Inc. provides the materials for the Conscious Discipline program, holds the copyright and is the publisher, therefore, is exempt from the solicitation process per Florida Department of Education rule 6A-1.012. |
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| STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES | |
| • Motivate students to become responsible learners • Promote a culture of safety, which is free from harassment, bullying, and aggression | |
| FINANCIAL IMPACT (Budgeted: Yes) | |
| Funds of $136,000 will be available from Professional Development. | |
| EVALUATION | |
| Referrals, assessment data, and teacher surveys will be used to evaluate the effectiveness of the program in the classrooms of the participants who attended the trainings last year, as well as those attending the current training series. Evaluation results from previous years: 99% of participants surveyed feel that their classroom environment has improved as a result of Conscious Discipline and 98.4% of participants would recommend the Conscious Discipline training to others. | |
| SUBMITTED BY:
Barbara B. Hancock, General Director, Elementary Education Lisa Black, Kindergarten Supervisor Kelley Beall, District Resource Teacher, VPK |
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| Wynne A. Tye | Gretchen Saunders | |
| Assistant Superintendent, Curriculum and Instruction (813) 272-4221 |
Chief Business Officer (813) 272-4270 |
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| A 5.05 | ||
| Hillsborough County Public Schools (Florida) * Mtg.#20120731_510 (Board Meeting) * Section A Item# 5.05 | ||