SEDL in Action - Broome County
Approaches:
- Outreach to and engagement of families and community
- Attention to school - classroom environment and relationships
- Skill acquisition through sequenced social - emotional learning opportunities and standards-based instruction
- After school, out-of-school, extra curricular and service learning and mentoring
- Alignment of district and school personnel, policies, and practices to support students
- Collaboration between school district and community-based service providers
- Staff development for administrative, instructional, student support staff and willing partners
1. Outreach to and engagement of families and community
There are no programs listed for this approach.
2. Attention to school environment and student-adult relationships
There are no programs listed for this approach.
3. Skill acquisition through sequenced social - emotional learning opportunities and standards-based instruction
There are no programs listed for this approach.
4. After school, out-of-school, extra curricular and service learning and mentoring
There are no programs listed for this approach.
5. Alignment of district and school personnel, policies, and practices to support students
There are no programs listed for this approach.
6. Collaboration between school district and community-based service providers
Inter-Systems Support for Cross-Systems Services in Broome County
The Child Protective Services / School / Agency Liaison Committee of the DSS Family Violence
Prevention Council, meets every other month throughout the school year. The meetings are coordinated
by county social services and co-chaired by a school social worker and a local district superintendent,
which allows for direct communication back to the BOCES and the school superintendents, and:
- Brings together area school social workers and representatives from Social Services, Probation, Mental Health, and other community organizations that service youth.
- Provides a forum for issues that arise between school and agency personnel working with Child
Protective Services. Community agencies introduce their program and the referral process, to
show how programs and schools work together to increase student academic success.
- e.g., local mental health clinic and schools collaborate to screen students and elicited useful feedback from school social workers on how to improve the process.
- Identifies issues and problems between schools and agencies, including reviews of student achievement trends, in order to reach workable solutions.
7. Staff development for administrative, instructional, student support staff and willing partners.
Professional Development for Pupil Personnel Services Professionals in Broome County
In October 2009 will be our fourth annual Superintendents Conference Day dedicated to Pupil Personnel
Services staff work of staff from 15 schools and all agencies are invited to send staff. It is an initiative
between the Southern Tier Chapter of the New York State Social Workers Association and the County
Family Violence Prevention. This conference fulfills professional development mandates for PPS staff and
sets us up for a day of networking. Area agencies and programs are invited to set up "vendor" tables to
advertise, inform and distribute information to the attendees. Workshops are relevant to school social
workers, counselors, psychologists, nurses, school resources officers, and agency personnel. The
conferences are held at a school; the speakers are pro-bono; and, lunch is provided for by the school
cafeteria. This keeps cost to a minimum. Johnson City School District hosted the first two; Maine-
Endwell hosted last year and in 2009-10 the conference will be held in Vestal.