You are here; I think because you want to find more effective ways to support your students, staff, administration, and community members.
Fortunately, and unfortunately, there are so many initiatives coming at educators every day.
It is hard to find ways to navigate initiatives in a way that improves the lives of your students.
There are times you probably feel overwhelmed by the sheer number of initiatives and their accompanying acronyms. The developers of most of these initiatives never intended for people to feel overwhelmed.
I understand. I have experienced both being overwhelmed by initiatives and trying to help schools adopt new approaches.
As a former teacher, I remember what it feels like to have so many programs coming my way. I have also experienced the understandable push back from schools as a researcher trying to support improvements.
Finally, having served as an external evaluator for statewide projects, I have seen the connections and disconnect between approaches. These are the reasons I created this website.
This website will provide you with:
- User-friendly blogs that try to simplify and connect ideas, without losing the research support for approaches
- Articles and presentations, and a new book that can support your efforts in improving your school setting
- Examples from actual schools that support improving secondary schools using a three-tiered model
The resources on this site are grounded in both experience and research and can lead to practical application.
While you are here, please take a moment to sign up for updates and receive a free resource on supports in secondary schools.
Also, use the search engine (on the right side of this page) to explore topics that are relevant to you.
You also can review the PBIS/MTSS page to see if some of the examples might be of use to you and your schools.
I hope you will find practical examples on this website that can make your life a little easier when working with secondary schools.
After seeing some of these resources, I hope you will believe that improvement efforts and tiered supports are possible in secondary schools.
I know it feels like there are few placed to turn for resources related to supporting secondary schools for improvement and tiered support.
Here is one place you can find tools that are specific to supporting secondary schools for improvement and tiered intervention efforts.
Sincerely,
Hank Bohanon
Professor, Loyola University of Chicago