School-community partnerships

Implementation supports are critical to delivering effective interventions. Learn about how a district coaching model and online professional development system supported sustainability, scalability, and positive student outcomes for CW-FIT. 

Given increasing cultural diversity and disparities in outcomes, the need to evaluate the cultural responsiveness is greater than ever.

In this study, we examined the effectiveness of Tools for Getting Along (TFGA) on teachers’ reports of executive functioning (EF), social-emotional, and behavioral skills of elementary school students. TFGA is a classroom-level prevention curriculum that teaches students problem-solving steps to apply in emotionally charged situations.

Although pronouns, grammatically, may be small words that make it easier to refer to ourselves and others, they can carry large significance and meaning.

In celebration of LGBTQIA+ History Month (October) and the contributions and achievements of the LGBTQIA+ community, we encourage school communities to create and maintain a culture of safety of expression for all students.

We are conducting a cluster randomized control trial (RCT) to examine the effects of the BEST in CLASS training and coaching relative to a business-as-usual control. In addition, we are conducting coach focus groups to understand implementation of the Tier 2 training and PBC intervention strategies under routine conditions where ...

This blog post delves into these four topics and provides ready-to-use training and coaching resources to equip all school staff with the knowledge and evidence-based strategies to support students and staff who have experienced trauma.

Classroom observations are a key tool in educational research and practice, used to evaluate teaching methods, assess student engagement and behavior, and gather data on classroom interactions to inform instructional strategies and policy decisions. However, observations are not immune to implicit biases—or attitudes, behaviors, and actions that are prejudiced in ...

The Central East MHTTC in collaboration with the National Center for School Mental Health (NCSMH) offers a school mental health webinar series with a focus on advancing high quality, sustainable school mental health from a multi-tiered system of support, trauma-sensitive, culturally responsive, and equitable lens.

In the latest episode of The SRI Homeroom podcast, Senior Principal Education Researcher Carl Sumi joined host Kori Hamilton Biagas to discuss strategies, interventions, and recommendations for educators, schools, and researchers hoping to meet that need head-on.