VIOLENT AND DISRUPTIVE INCIDENT REPORTING (VADIR)

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VIOLENT AND DISRUPTIVE INCIDENT REPORTING (VADIR)

• USING DATA TO
• IMPROVE SCHOOL
• CLIMATE

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Legal Requirements

• Safe Schools Against Violence in Education
  (SAVE)-SED should establish a uniform system for
  reporting of Violent and Disruptive Incidents

• ESEA Title IX (Unsafe School Choice Option)
  9532 as amended by NCLB -Students right to
  transfer, where transfer option exists, if school
  is designated as persistently dangerous or if
  student is victim of violent crime

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Safe Schools Against Violence in Education (SAVE)

• District Wide School Safety Plan
• Building Level Emergency Response Plan
• Codes of Conduct
• Dignity for All Students Act (DASA) Implications
• VADIR Report to NYSED
• Instruction in Civility, Character Ed, etc.
• School Violence Prevention Training
• Whistleblower Protection

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VADIR Reporting

• UVIR Uniform Violent Incident Reporting system
• Reporting vehicle Summary of Violent and
  Disruptive Incidents
• Modifications in Progress

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Dignity for All Students Act (DASA)

• This law amends the New York Education Law to
  prohibit harassment against students in school,
  including harassment based on real or perceived
  race, color, weight, national origin, ethnic
  group, religion, religious practice, disability,
  sexual orientation, gender (including gender
  identity and expression) and sex, and to prohibit
  discrimination based on these same
  characteristics. The prohibition would apply to
  all public schools in the state.
• Effective July 1, 2012
• Implications for Codes of Conduct
• VADIR

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• Use of Data

• Data triangulation
• Data monitoring
• Feedback Loop
• Data-driven decisions

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School Violence Index (SVI)

• Assigned Weights
• to Incident Categories
• Used to compute the School Violence Index (SVI)
  for schools.
• Weighted incidents are totaled and then divided
  by the school enrollment. (Two Category 5s 30
  30 60 60 divided by enrollment)
• School could be identified as PD for the 2010-11
  school year if, for both 2008-09 and 2009-10, it
  had either
• An SVI of 1.5 or greater
• Or
• At least 60 serious incidents and an SVI of at
  least 0.50.

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Calculating Your SVI(School Violence Index)

• SVI Calculation for
• Educationville Middle School
• Enrollment 400
• What is the SVI?
• (Category Weight)(No. of Incidents)(SVI Points
  per Category)
• Add SVI Points for all Categories.
• (Total SVI Points)/EnrollmentSVI
• Answer 1.35

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IRP Planning Tool for Positive Climate

• Proposed Action(s) State program or specific act
  to be accomplished
• Desired Result(s) Ideal outcome (i.e. 80
  reduction in bullying in comparison to last year)
• Evaluation Strategy How do you know program is
  effective? Focus groups, interviews, surveys,
  etc.
• Timeline Span of program/activity implementation
  (i.e. September 2010-June 2011)
• IRP is blueprint for all major programs/activities
  aimed at creating a safe and drug free
  atmosphere at the building level

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Suggestions for Improving School Climate

• Develop a systems approach to improving school
  climate.
• Incorporate Social and Emotional Development and
  Learning into your overall plan.
• Equitably enforce a Code of Conduct for the
  district and building (Education Law-Chapter 16,
  Title II, Article 55 2801. Codes of conduct on
  school property).
• Develop district safety plans and building
  emergency response plans to deal with serious
  situations and conduct drills, tabletops and
  functional exercises to increase the level of
  preparedness.
• Personalize the school environment.
• Analyze Violent and Disruptive Incident Reports
  (VADIR) and other conduct data to provide
  information regarding pockets of concern that
  require attention and program strengths that
  could be replicated.
• Implement programs and activities that have a
  proven track record of achieving positive
  results Evaluate programs periodically for their
  effectiveness and potential improvement.
• Actively involve and engage parents and other
  community members in addressing issues and
  concerns.
• Make sure students, teachers, parents,
  administrators, and other school staff are aware
  of warning signs of violence and the need to
  communicate that to others.

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Important Resources

• VADIR Resources (NYSED P-12 Student Support
  Services)
• http//www.p12.nysed.gov/sss/ssae/schoolsafety/vad
  ir/
• VADIR Reporting (Office of Information and
  Reporting Services)
• http//www.p12.nysed.gov/irs/vadir
• Weighted Incident Exemption Process
• http//www.p12.nysed.gov/sss/ssae/schoolsafety/vad
  ir/documents/WeightedIncidentExemptionProcess-Rela
  tedVADIR-2010.doc
• DRAFT Guidelines for Social Emotional Development
  and Learning (SEDL) in New York State
• http//www.p12.nysed.gov/sss/sedl/DRAFTguidelines.
  pdf
• SAVE Resources, including Code of Conduct
• http//www.p12.nysed.gov/sss/ssae/schoolsafety/sav
  e/

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P-12/STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES

• Laura Sahr
• lsahr_at_mail.nysed.gov
• Linda Gingold Seaman
• lseaman_at_mail.nysed.gov
• Keti Colbert
• kcolbert_at_mail.nysed.gov
• Christine Coxon
• ccoxon_at_mail.nysed.gov
• Carri Manchester
• cmanches_at_mail.nysed.gov
• 518-486-6090
• www.p12.nysed.gov/sss/

INFORMATION AND REPORTING SERVICES
518-474-7965DATAQUEST_at_mail.nysed.gov
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• Any Questions?