Checklist Seven Steps Indicators of Troubled Schools & Classrooms Bullying Prevention Alternatives to Suspension Zero Tolerance Policies Peer Warning Program

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INDICATORS OF TROUBLED SCHOOLS

Environment
• There is a noticeable lack of care toward the physical appearance of the classrooms.
• Student work is not displayed.
• The room is often cluttered, and there is a lack of organization.
• Excessive lists of rules are expressed negatively.
• There is a lack of evidence of positive behavioral goals; positive, posted class rules are not evident.
• There is no evidence of student creativity – art, creative writing, and cultural creations.
Student Behavior
• Many students are not attending school.
• Students are not working productively.
• Students display disruptive behaviors.
• Many students work in isolated areas of the room.
• Students are bored.
• Students do not appear to understand the routine, or there is no routine.
• Students do passive seat work.

Teacher Behavior

• The teacher sits behind the desk while children are doing individual seatwork even though some are confused.
• The teacher is yelling or screaming.
• The teacher does not know the IEP goals of students.
• The teacher verbalizes frustration.
• The teacher has no conceptual framework to direct instruction or manage the classroom.
• The teacher resorts to punitive actions due to lack of involvement rather than trying to engage the student positively.
• Lessons do not engage all of the students, and the teacher makes little effort to interest students in the task.
• Lesson planning does not appear obvious.
• Time spent on behavioral control is greater than time spent on instruction.
• Little or no individualized instruction exists. Students are grouped in classical three groups of learners.
• There is no evidence of cooperative learning
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