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District reports early improvement in classroom behavior after CHAMPS rollout; suspensions and referrals drop
Summary
USD 453 presented first-semester results from its CHAMPS/Safe and Civil Schools implementation. The district reported 73% classroom implementation in semester one, a 32.9% decrease in office referrals and a 53% decrease in suspension days compared with the same period last year.
At its Jan. 13 meeting, the USD 453 Board of Education received a first-semester update on the district’s behavior-management work tied to the strategic plan. Dr. Rebecca Varvel, who led the CHAMPS and Safe and Civil Schools rollout, told the board the district is seeing measurable improvement in classroom practices and disciplinary outcomes.
Varvel said a 31-member task force (mostly classroom teachers) selected unified, evidence-based practices—CHAMPS for elementary and intermediate and Disciplinary Secondary Classroom strategies for older students—and trained staff this year. Based on 157 administrative walk-throughs in semester one, the district measured 73.2% implementation of the…
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