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Washington Elementary reports 48.5% drop in referrals after SEL, incentive and partnership changes
Summary
Washington Elementary principal told the board the school has cut discipline referrals nearly in half since August and raised measures of student belonging and student-teacher trust after instituting relationship-focused discipline, revised incentives and new partnerships with United Way and Community Health Center.
Washington Elementary Principal Tara Banks told the Moline Coal Valley School District board on Jan. 13 that the school has recorded a 48.5% decrease in discipline referrals from the start of the school year through Jan. 10 after revamping discipline procedures, tying social-emotional learning to district goals and changing incentives to match student preferences. "You can look at this and be like, 'Oh, a 48.5% decrease in referrals. That's huge,'" Banks said, describing the change as the product of staff work beginning in August and of relationship-building with students. She credited one-on-one…
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