Empower teachers in grades K–12 to address behavior issues in the classroom before the problem escalates. Teachers will learn to:

• Plan and implement a sequence of simple classroom interventions to address an individual student’s chromic misbehavior
• Collect data to determine the scope of a problem and assess the effectiveness of interventions
• Identify and improve classroom management issues that may be contributing to student misbehavior
• Consider academic issues that may play a role in student misbehavior
• Address problem behavior in its early stages so a school’s Tier 2 and 3 resources can be focused on the most difficult problems

Teachers and other staff report the following outcomes:

• Create and maintain productive, respectful learning environments.
• Respond effectively to behavior, discipline, and motivation problems.
• Develop a repertoire of evidence-based strategies such as planned discussion, using reinforcement, responding consistently to inappropriate behavior, setting goals, and so on.
• Learn to collect data to ensure that the function of the behavior is identified and that results of intervention can be evaluated objectively.