School Counseling Services

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 Center on PBIS | What is PBIS? 

 Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS) is an evidence-based, tiered framework for supporting students’ behavioral, academic, social, emotional, and mental health. When implemented with fidelity, PBIS improves social emotional competence, academic success, and school climate. It also improves teacher health and wellbeing. It is a way to create positive, predictable, equitable and safe learning environments where everyone thrives. We use ‘students’ to refer to all children and youth in any educational or therapeutic setting (e.g., K-12 school, early childhood program, treatment program, juvenile justice program). Learn more about PBIS in schools, classrooms, early childhood programs and juvenile justice programs on those topic pages. 

Our Restorative Mindset 

 Restorative Practices - Restorative Practices - Hiawatha Academies 

• Relationships and trust are at the center of all healthy school communities. Students who feel connected to school are more likely to succeed, have better school attendance, show more engagement in learning, and achieve high academic levels.
• All members of the school community are responsible for one another. 
• Multiple perspectives are always welcome and all voices are considered equal.
• All students need a chance to learn from their mistakes and make them right. Conflict resolution is an important social-emotional skill that students will need throughout their lives.
• Conflict is best resolved through honest dialogue and community problem-solving that addresses the root causes and needs of all those involved.
• Wrongdoers should both be held accountable and supported to take an active role in repairing the harm caused. This collaborative process is essential to maintaining a healthy school community. 

 Black Student Achievement Plan / BSAP - Home 

 Black Student Achievement Plan Definition of Success
We believe that successful Black Student Achievement is defined by high academic performance, strong social-emotional awareness and management, and positive cultural identity. Furthermore, strategies and methods utilized to cultivate these things shall be directly responsive to the unique needs of Black students due in large to the historic and ongoing social and economic conditions experienced by Black people. .

 MTSS: Multi-Tiered System of Supports (Questions and Answers) 

Since MTSS is not a specific curriculum, states and districts have flexibility. As long as they are using a tiered approach, data-based decision-making, along with evidence-based practices and interventions, they are following MTSS.