Discipline Escalation Decider
Teachers are constantly inundated with paperwork and policy adjustments. It can be difficult to keep track of policy changes and adjustments along with all of the other responsibilities of the job. When my school overhauled their discipline escalation, administration distributed a complicated flowchart to help teachers decide how to manage behavioral disruptions. The reactions to the flowchart were not positive, so I offered to create a program to help with decision making. My decision maker was an instant hit and greatly appreciated by both my fellow teachers and my administrators.
Skills used:
- Articulate Storyline
- Complete project development
- Adult Learning Principles
- ADDIE
Process:
- I pioneered the development of this project individually upon seeing the reactions of my coworkers to the complicated discipline escalation flowchart as well as the frustration that our administrators were feeling due to the less than receptive response.
- First, I had to consider that my audience was overwhelmed teachers with a lot on their plate. Teachers often do not have a lot of extra time to devote to things like discipline escalation, so I wanted to create something that was incredibly user-friendly, quick, and something that did not involve extra paperwork to complete.
- Next, I had to design the project. The color scheme was pulled directly from the school colors since it was developed specifically for the discipline escalation at that particular school. The learning objective on this was simple: to lead teachers to the correct form of discipline escalation within our PBIS code.
- The performance measure for this course would be the discipline data pulled from the PBIS database from our school, which I could evaluate to determine whether teachers were more accurately following the discipline steps as compared to time prior to the rollout of this project.
- Developing the project came next. Since I had a flowchart to work from as a resource, I had to make sure that I could recreate the proper flow within Articulate Storyline. This was my first Articulate project, so I spent time making sure that the triggers were accurate and corresponded with the source flowchart.
- Implementing the chart came next. We embedded the chart into a page on our website that teachers could bookmark and use easily either from their laptops or their personal devices.
- Teachers submitted valuable feedback during faculty meetings so that I could update and make corrections. Additionally, I reviewed PBIS data with an administrator each semester to track the accuracy of discipline escalation within the PBIS database to ensure that my program was leading to more accurate discipline referrals.