History of PLUS...PLUS Vision at MHHS + To empower students to be the change and to unite the...
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SDCOE School Counselor Leadership Conference May 25, 2016 Cherryl Baker, School Counselor Mission Hills High School San Marcos Unified School District 1
Transcript of History of PLUS...PLUS Vision at MHHS + To empower students to be the change and to unite the...
SDCOE School Counselor Leadership ConferenceMay 25, 2016
Cherryl Baker, School CounselorMission Hills High SchoolSan Marcos Unified School District
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History of PLUS
+ Started by John Vandenburgh in Murrieta in 2000.
+ Started at Mission Hills High School in 2006.
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PLUS Vision at MHHS + To empower students to be the change and to unite the campus.+ To help build positive connections.+ To help educate students about building a safe school.
The trained student leaders use a series of activities that enable them to:
1. Identify the critical issues on campus and the community.
2. Discover how those issues impact students on the campus.
3. Come up with solutions together to what they can do about those issues on
campus.
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Student Connections
Peer to Peer Program
Development
Data Integration
Direction Survey and Resource
Database
Program Development
Training Series
Safe School Conference
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A Need to Focus on Creating a Sense of Belonging
Where in schools are we meeting
the need to belong for our
students?
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IntensiveIntervention
(High-risk Students)Individual Interventions
(3-5%)
Early Intervention
(At-risk Students)
Classroom & Small Group Strategies
(10-20% students)
Universal (All Students)
School-wide, Culturally Relevant Systems of Support(75-85% of students)
PLUS Becomes an Extension of the PBIS Team
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PLUS Forums+ Monthly-ish forums
+ 2.5 hours long
+ About 15 PLUS Leaders
+ About 40 participants per forum
+ Ideally, leaders and participants represent all different backgrounds on campus
All students who go through forums on campus become part of the PLUS identity and have the opportunity to participate in the activities implemented by the PLUS Team throughout the school year.
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+ Yellow Ribbon Week
+ Red Ribbon Week
+ Random Acts of Kindness
+ Peace Week
+ Onward and Upward
Awareness Activities
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Uniting Students
+ Forums/t-shirts+ Awareness Weeks+ Community service projects + PLUS Forums with middle schools + Lunch time activities+ Classroom presentations (SPED, EL,...)+ Following up with students in forums+ All leadership groups have equal value
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Uniting with Staff+ Staff meeting presentation+ Leaders give each of their teachers one of their
PLUS “business cards” offering to be a helper in class (e.g., study buddy, positive peer, etc.)
+ Thank you and appreciation+ T-shirts for all staff+ Reaching out to partner with teachers and other
clubs to collaborate on events and projects. + Invite them to observe PLUS Forums
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Uniting with Administration+ LCAP
+ PBIS
+ PLUS Data
+ CHKS Data
+ Models and curriculum exist for all grade levels
+ PLUS Class and/or PLUS Club
+ Invite board members, district level staff, etc.
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Cherryl Baker, School Counselor, PLUS Advisor + Link Crew Advisor
Mission Hills High School
(760) 290-2749
http://www.smusd.org/domain/1585
Twitter: @nicegrizzlies
Instagram: @MHHS_PLUS
John Vandenburgh, Founder of PLUS
(866) 403-9484
www.plusprogram.org
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