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Elements
This three-year, $5.6
million project is funded by the United States Departments of Education, Justice
and Health and Human Services. It requires a focus on 6 different
elements.
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Element 1:
School Safety
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Crisis response
training for District including support staff and funds to state a
District-wide practice session.
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Security
lighting, security cameras, new windows, other safety improvements
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Element 2:
Prevention - Early Intervention
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1.0 FTE Student
Prevention Coordinator
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Know Your Body
curriculum for elementary schools - $249/grade for PreK - 5th grade
at all 6 schools
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Middle school
materials for existing curriculum - $3,500
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Best practice
high school curriculum - $15,000
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Parent Skill
Training: Nurturing Parents and Strengthening Families - $40,400
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Element 3:
Mental Health
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6.0 FTE
Behavioral Specialists
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4.0 FTE Social
Workers (through collaboration with the Baird Center)
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0.1 FTE
Psychiatrist (through collaboration with the Baird Center)
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0.8 FTE
Psychologist (through collaboration with the Baird Center)
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Element 4:
Early Childhood
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Prenatal and
infancy visits to high-risk families (through collaboration with
Visiting Nurse Association)
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Social work
services for children in Early Essential Education, Burlington
Schools preschool and other early education programs (through
collaboration with Visiting Nurse Association)
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Element 5:
Education Reform
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After-school
programming support
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9.0 FTE to
support alternative programs for middle and high school (3.0 FTE
special educator, 3.0 FTE outreach workers and 3.0 paraeducators -
modeled in part on the vocRehab model at High School)
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Ready, Set,
Work! summer transition program at High School and new middle school
transition program (through collaboration with Linking Learning to
Life and Burlington Community Schools Project)
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Research for
Better Teaching (3 schools/year at $38,000/year)
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Responsive
Classroom ($6,000 to train more trainers)
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Element 6:
Safe School Policies
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2.8 FTE for
continued truancy program
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Parent
education in supporting school success
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1.0 Student
data clerk
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Bullying
Prevention Program
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Search
Institute Survey
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