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Board of Education Meeting Date: 2/21/2019
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| | | | | | | | Action under consideration
| | The Administration recommends that the Board of Education authorize The School District of Philadelphia, through the Superintendent or his designee, to execute and perform a contract, subject to funding, as follows:
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Temple University
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Temple University will provide professional development in conflict resolution for 600 K-5 staff during the summer; provide professional development and coaching for up to 35 central office staff for the duration of the 2018-2019 school year and the 2019-2020 school year; and provide online conflict resolution training for all school-based staff.
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| | | | | | | | | | Start date: 3/1/2019
| | | End date: 6/26/2020
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| | | | | | | | | | Compensation not to exceed: $600,000
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| | | | | | | | | | Maximum compensation authorized per option period: $600,000
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| | | | | | | | | | Description:
Temple's CRETE (conflict resolution education in teacher education) is a national program that provides teachers and non-teaching staff critical skills in conflict management and classroom management so they can be the strongest link in making our schools safer. Conflict resolution is widely effective on the constructive conflict resolution skills of the students improving interpersonal and intrapersonal competence and an indispensable part of preventing violence at schools. CRETE develops skills in positive discipline, bullying prevention, de-escalating angry and disruptive youth, developing conflict skills in students, and creating community in the classroom to deal with issues of diversity that can create destructive conflict. Since the 2013-2014 school year, CRETE has been used successfully by the District to train central office staff and school-based staff, through new teacher induction, Saturday principal training and professional development for climate and safety staff. In addition, qualitative feedback from principals who received CRETE professional development indicated that this training moved beyond information about trauma and provided needed concrete intervention ideas and supports for schools. As a result, principals requested future trainings. In addition, the work the vendor can provide, the coaching, consultation and specialized training, aligns with the design of the National Institute of Justice research grant that SDP is implementing to support the behavioral health of our students.Temple's CRETE trainers will train existing central office staff to become certified CRETE instructors; CRETE content will be developed in online format for all staff; and CRETE instructors will provide professional development during the proposed K-5 Summer Institute. Additional projects may include conflict resolution training for parents and for students. We endeavor to expand the conflict resolution training to larger audiences including school teams and additional central office staff in an effort to continue to train others in conflict resolution. With these provisions contributing to leadership development and to students from all education levels, it will be conducive to their academic success while also enabling them to acquire new life skills
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| | | | | | | | | | Funding Source(s):
FY 18-19 Title I A Set-Aside Competitive Grant
FY 19-20 Title I A Set-Aside Competitive Grant
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| | | | | | | | | | Office Originating Request: Board of Education
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