Guidelines for Leadership Utilization of the

Staff Handbook to Sustain SSDS

Goal: A strong partnership and working relationship among administrators and

SSDS leadership team members.

Building Leader Support from Steering Committee Colleague Support

• Attendance at
leadership team
meetings
• Recognize
accomplishments of
leadership team.
• Strive to maintain a
balanced leadership
team. (certified / non-
certified)
• Attend all staff
development meetings
• Maintain district focus • Create a time period in
on SSDS zone administrators’
• Attend building staff meetings to discuss and
development / in share SSDS
service days implementation.
• Create an appraisal
objective to measure
program effectiveness
• Time during zone
meetings to discuss
SSDS

Goal: Consensus among all staff regarding classroom managed behaviors and
expectations of office referrals.

Building Leader Support from Steering Committee Colleague Support

• Review / fine tune office • Share what other schools • Feedback with each
referral form have done. other
• Understand the timeline • Assist with presentations
to obtain expected
behaviors
• Insure all staff included /
informed in decision
making
• “All that is fair is not
equal”
• Visits at grade level
meetings
• Thorough understanding
of expected behaviors
• Examples from other
buildings.
• Examples of classroom
and office managed
behaviors
• Understanding impact of
teacher behavior
• Individual needs and
characteristics of
students
• Take these ideas to
leadership team to
expand and role out at
staff meetings
Goal: All staff are applying the SSDS best practices to support the social, emotional
and behavioral success of all students.
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• As a team and • Assist with classified • Sharing of ideas and
administration determine staff training successes
which words in staff • Provide a resource list • Encourage attendance
handbook pages 17-19 • Continue to provide at fourth Friday
need to come from materials and steering committee
building leader resources meetings
• Shared leadership – • Spend time in • Suggestions for
principal attending but buildings working with chronic
not leading SSDS behaviors
meetings • TGIF for principals
• Focus on one or two
SSDS items per staff
meeting
• Rolling out staff
handbooks at staff /
grade level meetings and
paras at a separate
meeting

Notes:
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TO DO:

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