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ERIC Number: ED608351
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2020-Jun
Pages: 14
Abstractor: ERIC
ISBN: N/A
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ISD 287's Student Safety Coaches: Summary of Literature and Staff Survey, School Year 2019-2020
Turner, Lindsay
Wilder Research
Intermediate School District 287 (ISD 287) provides intensive educational supports to its students. Like many school districts across the nation and in Minnesota, IDS 287 has contracted with police departments to station police officers (called "School Resource Officers") in school buildings. However, ISD 287 ended these contracts and, beginning in school year 2017-2018, have used district employees titled "Student Safety Coaches" to build positive relationships with students and staff, intervene in difficult moments, and promote safety in district buildings. This evaluation combines multiple means of data collection. Researchers first met with relevant staff and reviewed district job descriptions and training documents to complete a logic model for the Student Safety Coach program. Next, researchers conducted a brief search of the literature to determine what, if any, best practices exist for school-based behavior responders. Finding very little literature, as the move away from police officers in school and toward other means of behavior intervention is relatively new, researchers reviewed literature examining why schools may decide to stop using police officers in school, and what promising practices may be emerging for school-based behavior interventionists. Finally, researchers developed and disseminated an online survey to district staff to understand staff perceptions of impact and possible areas for improvement to the Student Safety Coach program.
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Publication Type: Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: Wilder Research
Identifiers - Location: Minnesota
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