Problem of Practice by Lisa Kong https://padlet.com/lkong8/2jcehgvhz8pso2l7 Problem of practice: A large majority of teachers and other school staff in our school don't use our current referral system to document student incidents. This is a problem because we need to have data to implement interventions for students who may need it. en-us 2022-04-08 18:16:00 UTC 2022-04-16 17:45:38 UTC hello@padlet.com Some teachers are very cautious/fearful about adding something negative to a student´s record. lkong8 https://padlet.com/lkong8/2jcehgvhz8pso2l7/wish/2136783291 2022-04-08 18:29:47 UTC https://padlet.com/lkong8/2jcehgvhz8pso2l7/wish/2136783291 Teachers are stressed out and don´t have time to write referrals. lkong8 https://padlet.com/lkong8/2jcehgvhz8pso2l7/wish/2136786092 2022-04-08 18:32:15 UTC https://padlet.com/lkong8/2jcehgvhz8pso2l7/wish/2136786092 Teachers need to prioritize their time and there are other important tasks they need to tend to such as: lessing planning, attending IEP meets, or adressing other urgent matters that come up during the school day. lkong8 https://padlet.com/lkong8/2jcehgvhz8pso2l7/wish/2136787301 2022-04-08 18:33:19 UTC https://padlet.com/lkong8/2jcehgvhz8pso2l7/wish/2136787301 When students hear that they are recieving a referral, they automatically begin to go on the defense. lkong8 https://padlet.com/lkong8/2jcehgvhz8pso2l7/wish/2136794699 2022-04-08 18:40:01 UTC https://padlet.com/lkong8/2jcehgvhz8pso2l7/wish/2136794699 Students view referrals as a something negative and I have seen it being used by some teachers as a way to punish/shame students when misbehaviors occur. lkong8 https://padlet.com/lkong8/2jcehgvhz8pso2l7/wish/2136795680 2022-04-08 18:41:00 UTC https://padlet.com/lkong8/2jcehgvhz8pso2l7/wish/2136795680 Teachers are expected to call home everytime they write a referral. They simply do not have the time to do this for every referral they write. lkong8 https://padlet.com/lkong8/2jcehgvhz8pso2l7/wish/2136796608 2022-04-08 18:41:56 UTC https://padlet.com/lkong8/2jcehgvhz8pso2l7/wish/2136796608 Teachers are worried about contributing to ¨School-to-prison¨ pipeline. lkong8 https://padlet.com/lkong8/2jcehgvhz8pso2l7/wish/2136799592 2022-04-08 18:44:45 UTC https://padlet.com/lkong8/2jcehgvhz8pso2l7/wish/2136799592 Teachers know that referrals often are more harmful more than helpful. lkong8 https://padlet.com/lkong8/2jcehgvhz8pso2l7/wish/2136800623 2022-04-08 18:45:26 UTC https://padlet.com/lkong8/2jcehgvhz8pso2l7/wish/2136800623 It is very time consuming to process referrals in synergy and is a tedious process. lkong8 https://padlet.com/lkong8/2jcehgvhz8pso2l7/wish/2136801887 2022-04-08 18:46:46 UTC https://padlet.com/lkong8/2jcehgvhz8pso2l7/wish/2136801887 Some teachers would rather prefer to call home than to write an official referral. lkong8 https://padlet.com/lkong8/2jcehgvhz8pso2l7/wish/2136804720 2022-04-08 18:49:34 UTC https://padlet.com/lkong8/2jcehgvhz8pso2l7/wish/2136804720 There is a lack of collaboration with teachers, climate specialist and administrators on our referral system. lkong8 https://padlet.com/lkong8/2jcehgvhz8pso2l7/wish/2136807175 2022-04-08 18:51:58 UTC https://padlet.com/lkong8/2jcehgvhz8pso2l7/wish/2136807175 Sometimes it can take up to a week for a referral to get processed or addressed due to staffing issues. lkong8 https://padlet.com/lkong8/2jcehgvhz8pso2l7/wish/2136808460 2022-04-08 18:53:06 UTC https://padlet.com/lkong8/2jcehgvhz8pso2l7/wish/2136808460 Some teachers write a referral as a threat. For example, ¨ I am going to write you a referral if you do this....¨ lkong8 https://padlet.com/lkong8/2jcehgvhz8pso2l7/wish/2136813348 2022-04-08 18:57:22 UTC https://padlet.com/lkong8/2jcehgvhz8pso2l7/wish/2136813348 Teachers don´t want to write refferals because they feel that it does not change a student´s behavior. lkong8 https://padlet.com/lkong8/2jcehgvhz8pso2l7/wish/2136814371 2022-04-08 18:58:26 UTC https://padlet.com/lkong8/2jcehgvhz8pso2l7/wish/2136814371 Our students are very triggered when they here they are getting a refferal. They are percieved as a negative thing. lkong8 https://padlet.com/lkong8/2jcehgvhz8pso2l7/wish/2136815182 2022-04-08 18:59:16 UTC https://padlet.com/lkong8/2jcehgvhz8pso2l7/wish/2136815182 Referrals contribute to creating a negative space in our schools. Our students need more positve spaces where they feel welcomed lkong8 https://padlet.com/lkong8/2jcehgvhz8pso2l7/wish/2136820398 2022-04-08 19:04:41 UTC https://padlet.com/lkong8/2jcehgvhz8pso2l7/wish/2136820398 Our school´s restorative practices are not being used by every single teacher. lkong8 https://padlet.com/lkong8/2jcehgvhz8pso2l7/wish/2136821964 2022-04-08 19:06:17 UTC https://padlet.com/lkong8/2jcehgvhz8pso2l7/wish/2136821964 We are reactive and assign consequences that are unfair or too punitive, without looking at the full picture. lkong8 https://padlet.com/lkong8/2jcehgvhz8pso2l7/wish/2136823850 2022-04-08 19:08:01 UTC https://padlet.com/lkong8/2jcehgvhz8pso2l7/wish/2136823850 Some teachers, especially first year teachers, don´t know what incidents to document or have too many incidents to document that they would spend all of their planning time writing referrals. lkong8 https://padlet.com/lkong8/2jcehgvhz8pso2l7/wish/2136830927 2022-04-08 19:15:16 UTC https://padlet.com/lkong8/2jcehgvhz8pso2l7/wish/2136830927 Some teachers have been told mixed messages about referrals. They have had administrators scold them for writing too many referrals, or shame them for writing any referrals. lkong8 https://padlet.com/lkong8/2jcehgvhz8pso2l7/wish/2136832192 2022-04-08 19:16:30 UTC https://padlet.com/lkong8/2jcehgvhz8pso2l7/wish/2136832192 Teachers can be under the impression that writing a referral automatically means a punishment needs to be assigned. lkong8 https://padlet.com/lkong8/2jcehgvhz8pso2l7/wish/2136833083 2022-04-08 19:17:27 UTC https://padlet.com/lkong8/2jcehgvhz8pso2l7/wish/2136833083 Teachers and administrators can disagree that the student´s behavior/incident is worthy of a referral. which can lead to tension. lkong8 https://padlet.com/lkong8/2jcehgvhz8pso2l7/wish/2136833849 2022-04-08 19:18:12 UTC https://padlet.com/lkong8/2jcehgvhz8pso2l7/wish/2136833849 Teachers don´t know how to write referrals and we don´t teach them in the beginning of the year how to do it. We also do not provide ongoing training throughout the year on how to write referrals or to refine the system. lkong8 https://padlet.com/lkong8/2jcehgvhz8pso2l7/wish/2136844824 2022-04-08 19:29:39 UTC https://padlet.com/lkong8/2jcehgvhz8pso2l7/wish/2136844824 Our behavior classifcation feels overwhelming and sets the precredent that teachers would need to write referrals all day long. Therefore, teachers have to decide which behaviors are worth documenting. lkong8 https://padlet.com/lkong8/2jcehgvhz8pso2l7/wish/2136847203 2022-04-08 19:32:24 UTC https://padlet.com/lkong8/2jcehgvhz8pso2l7/wish/2136847203