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Download full textNeeld, Robin R. – 1999
This paper describes a program that was developed and implemented to define better the incidents used by a rural school district to report school violence to the state. The program was also designed to decrease the use of out-of-school suspension by 90 school administrators in this Florida district. Some of the strategies used for the program…
Descriptors: Discipline, Discipline Policy, Elementary Secondary Education, Program Descriptions
Novell, Ireneanne – 1994
This practicum report describes a 15-day in-room suspension strategy designed to reduce the increasing number of principal-initiated student suspensions resulting from inappropriate conduct. The program's distinguishing features entailed a central figure who predetermined the candidates by means of a pre-suspension interview, parental-student…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Change Strategies, Contingency Management, Discipline
Yanossy, William J. – 1986
A survey of teachers and students at a high school located in a small city within an argicultural district indicated the need for school administration to seek solutions and strategies for the problem of excessive discipline referrals among ninth graders. A target group of high-risk students (N=20) was identified with chronic discipline problems.…
Descriptors: Discipline Problems, Grade 9, High Risk Students, High School Freshmen
Scott, Carolyn A. – 1990
This study describes and evaluates an experimental program for reducing tardiness in a rural junior high school. The subject school housed approximately 1,500 seventh- and eighth-grade students. Under the "Lock Out Program," first-time tardy students were given a one-day work detail in the cafeteria for 15 minutes of their lunch period.…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Discipline Policy, Experimental Programs, Junior High Schools
Parkhurst, Kathleen J. – 1988
A middle school principal with 17 years of experience as a classroom teacher implemented a practicum designed to develop positive, long-lasting social skills among elementary school students in the intermediate grades. The primary goal of the intervention was to decrease the number of instances in which students used verbal or physical aggression…
Descriptors: Aggression, Conflict Resolution, Discipline Problems, Educational Improvement
Forbes, Reginald D. – 1996
A practicum project implemented a program designed to reduce negative behavior in the hallways and cafeteria of an urban middle school. The objectives of this program were to reduce by 15% the number of infractions in the cafeteria and in the hallway and to reduce by 15% the number of students suspended out of school. The target population was a…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Problems, Discipline Policy, Intermediate Grades
Richardson, Donald M. – 1986
This practicum report analyzes a driver and student training program developed at an elementary school to improve students' bus conduct. Seventy percent of students require transportation by school bus. Except for chronic bus misconduct, discipline has not been a school concern. It was hypothesized that the lack of a comprehensive program…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Change Strategies, Discipline, Driver Education
