Safe SchoolsHealthy Students SSHS

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Safe Schools/Healthy Students(SS/HS)

• The Local Perspective
• Wautoma Westfield Adams/Friendship School
  Districts

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The SS/HS Initiative

• A unique collaboration
• Dept. of Education,
• Dept. of Health and Human Services
• Dept. of Justice
• Created in 1999 in response to rising concerns
  about youth violence and school safety.
• Empowers local communities to create coordinated,
  comprehensive programs that recognize the
  complexity of youth violence.

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About Our Initiative

• 3 school districts
• 10 Elementary Schools
• 3 Middle Schools
• 3 High Schools
• 18 Staff members
• Project Director (1)
• Site Managers (3)
• Early Childhood Educators (3)
• Family Liaison (3)
• Nurse (2)
• Alternative Education Teachers (3)
• School-to-Work Coordinator (1)
• Guidance Counselor (1)
• Evaluation Consultant (1)

4500 Students
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Whom We Serve
Community Organizations
Students
Coalitions
At-Risk Youth
Families
Parents
Young Children
Teachers
Teen Parents
Childcare Providers
School Staff
Employers
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Our Local Goals

• Element 1 Safe School Environment
• Element 2 Alcohol and other drugs and violence
  prevention and early intervention programs
• Element 3 School and community mental health
  preventive and treatment intervention services
• Element 4 Early Childhood Psychosocial and
  emotional development programs
• Element 5 Supporting and connecting schools and
  communities
• Element 6 Safe school policies
• Element 7 Safe Schools/Healthy Students
  performance partnership

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Element 1 Safe School Environment

• Increase safety and security in all school
  buildings.
• Security Assessment of all Schools
• School Safety Security Surveys and Training
• Crash Bars at Middle School
• Lock System at Middle School
• District Name IDs
• High School Cameras
• Cameras for buses
• Emergency Flip Charts for all Buildings
• Building Numbering and Mapping
• Crisis Prevention and Intervention Manuals and
  Training

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Element 2 ATOD and Violence

• Reduce ATOD Use and Violence within the District
• CHOICES Survey
• Restorative Practices
• Poverty and Early Warning Sign Trainings
• School To Work Programs
• Peer Advocacy/Mediation
• Provide Alternative Educational Activities for
  Youth and Adults
• Parents Who Host Lose the Most Campaign
• Spit Tobacco Speaker at Middle and High School
• CLC After School Activities (Upham Woods, Litter
  Pick-Up, Health Fitness Theme)
• Contracts for Life with Thunder Lightning Dance
• Strengthening Families
• Kids Day, Mommies Night Out, Family Fun Night
• READY Camp
• Upham Woods
• Take Back Your Power Group
• Girls Group
• Smokescreen Field Trip

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Element 3 School and Community Mental Health

• Improve Mental Wellbeing of all Students
• CHOICES Survey
• Coordinated Service Teams (CSTs)
• Office of Family Services
• Early Childhood Educator
• Nurse
• Family School Liaison
• Early Warning Signs Trainings
• Home Visitations

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Element 4 Early Childhood Development

• Improve Early Childhood Psychosocial and
  Emotional Development
• Early Childhood Educator Home Visits
• Mommies Night Out
• Raising Healthy Eaters
• Kids Day
• Family Fun Night
• LINC Program
• Childcare Provider and Early Warning Sign
  Trainings
• Pre and Post Natal Education and Assistance
• Play Groups

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Element 5 Connecting School and Community

• Increase Supportive School Culture and School
  Connections
• CHOICES Survey
• Restorative Practices
• PACE Alternative Education
• Family School Liaison Visits
• CLC After School Program
• Girls Group
• Take Back Your Power Group
• Peer Advocacy/Mediation
• Upham Woods and CWES Field Trips

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Element 6 Safe School Policies

• Increase School Safety for All Students
• Green Bay Crisis Prevention Conference
• Flip Charts
• Crisis Prevention and Intervention Protocol
• Middle School Concept
• Restorative Practice Committee

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Element 7 Strengthen Partnerships and
Collaborations

• Adams County Childrens Concern Committee (SS/HS
  Advisory Board)
• Adams County Human Services Department
• Adams County University of Wisconsin Extension
  Office (UWEX)
• WNEP
• Tobacco Free Coalition of Adams County
• Adams County Early Head Start and Head-Start
  Programs
• A-F 21st Century Community Learning Centers
• City of Adams Chief of Police
• Bridges for Youth Program
• Adams County Sheriffs Department
• Adams County Public Health Department
• Adams County Community Action for Mentoring and
  Educating Youth Committee (CAMEY)
• Renewal Unlimited
• Center for School, Youth, and Citizen
  Preparedness
• MSTC
• TATU
• UW-Milwaukee

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All Made Possible
By Our
Wonderful SSHS Staff...
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Family School Liaison

• Christina Brooks
• Over 35 families
• Home visits
• School Visits
• One-on-One Consultations
• In-Home Parent Education Empowering Parents
• Over 60 students mostly with truancy and
  behavioral issues
• School activities and field trips
• Community Service Adopt-A-Highway
• Coordinated Services Teams (CSTs)
• CAMEY advisory board
• Toys for Tots
• Strengthening Families
• Kids Day Booth
• Bridges for Youth

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Early Childhood Educator

• Sharon Volkening-Wolfe
• Mommies Night Out
• Home visits using Parents as Teachers
  Curriculum
• Play Groups at Resource Center
• Lets Party Summer School Summer School class,
  promoting healthy eating and safety in the
  kitchen
• Raising Healthy Eaters
• Family Fun Night put on by Adams Head Start
  Center Head Families
• Womens Night Out
• Reporting Child Maltreatment Training
• 4-H Super Saturday
• WIC
• Baby Signs Training
• Kids Day
• Strengthening Families Childcare

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Nurse

• Lorie Tomsyck
• LINC support program for pregnant and parenting
  teens
• Mommys Night Out served over 25 mothers and 30
  children
• Immunizations
• Pre-natal Consultations and Education
• Discomforts of Pregnancy
• Newborn/nursery needs
• Hospital needs, prenatal tests
• Plans for return to school
• Fetal development, nutrition, vitamins, weight
  gain
• Safety Environmental Hazards
• Labor and Delivery
• Post Partum Consultations and Education
• Personal care/concerns
• Newborn care/concerns
• Community Resources

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Middle School Counselor

• Tabitha Menning
• Individual Counseling 25 students on a weekly
  basis
• Group Work
• Take Back Your Power Group (TBYP), helping with
  anger management
• Girls Group female empowerment group
• Morning Meeting Group
• Club Scrub
• Restorative Practices research, presentation,
  Barron School visits, R.P. Team
• Trained in and developed protocol for Crisis
  Prevention and Intervention
• Collaboration with Tobacco Free Coalition of
  Adams County
• Administered students on counseling needs
• Supervisor for our Middle School VISTA
  representative
• 21st Century Community Learning Center After
  School Program
• School/Newspaper Liaison
• Presentations to advisor groups
• Middle School Concept Team
• Chaperone Field Trips
• IEP and CST Teams
• Strengthening Families

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Alternative Education Teacher -- PACE

• Linda Krueger
• 16 high-need freshman PACE students
• Team teaches with PACE students teachers
• Resource Block for consultation and homework help
• Field trips
• LINC Program
• CSTs
• PASS students

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School To Work Coordinator

• Tamara Davidson
• Joined the SS/HS team in November
• Serves over 100 students
• Student Resumes and Portfolios
• Youth Workforce Development Apprenticeships
• Teacher Assistants
• Career Fairs
• Business Excursion Day
• College Preparations
• Partners in Education Local Consortium
• -Uninterrupted Power Products -Grand Marsh State
  Bank -Pfiefers Auto
• -AF Motors -Kwik Trip -Pamida
• -MI Bank -Chula Vista -County Market
• -Wisconsin River Coop -Grand Marsh
  Insurance -MSTC
• -Times Reporter -Acuity Bank -Pingel
• -Northern Bay -Terrace Homes -Electric Coop
• -Wisconsin Tool and Mold Co.

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Where Do We
Go From Here
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Future Goals

• Safe School Environment
• Restorative Practices Training and Implementation
• More Security Equipment
• ATOD and Violence
• Mock Accident
• Social Norms Campaign
• Peer Advocacy/Mediation Groups
• School and Community Mental Health
• Stronger Partnership and Coordination with Social
  Services
• Community Poverty Training
• Early Childhood Development
• Train ALL Childcare Providers and school staff in
  Early Warning Signs
• Connecting School and Community
• Train Staff in Restorative Practices
• Continue Strengthening Families Program
• Form Parent Involvement Group
• Safe School Policies
• Form a Policy Review Committee
• Implement Restorative Practices into Middle
  School Handbook

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7. Strengthening Partnerships and Collaboration
Sustainability
Collaboration
Strategic
Plan
Partnerships
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SS/HS Initiative

• For more information, contact
• Kim Cassidy Mary Jocham
• Project Director Site Manager
• 920-787-3354 X1017 [phone] ext.
  202
• cassidyk_at_wautoma.k12.wi.us jocham_m_at_af.k12.wi
  .us

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