Behavioral resources that can claim these successes:

• Reduction in the number of behavioral disruptions.
• Increase in the number of students reporting a safer, calmer, more positive environment.
• Reduction in the number of disciplinary referrals.
• Increase in staff satisfaction with school policy and procedure.
• Improved school attendance.

Each year, Randy Sprick and his coauthors train more than 10,000 teachers and administrators throughout the United States and Canada in the following:

CHAMPs: A Proactive and Positive Approach to Classroom Management
Learn how to translate the research on effective classrooms and behavior management into easy-to-implement steps. Participants learn essential classroom management competencies, such as structuring classrooms to prompt responsible student behavior, designing effective schedules, interacting positively with students, and establishing appropriate consequences for misbehavior. Participants leave with a wealth of knowledge on effective classroom management that results in dramatic changes in the classroom and in their students.

Foundations: Establishing Positive Discipline Policies
Learn how to institute schoolwide policies and procedures that create safe and civil climates. This step-by-step approach aims to build staff consistency and cohesion in all behavioral interactions and to construct schools that achieve at all levels. Participants learn how to:

• Design clear, consistent discipline policies.
• Create orderly and productive common areas (cafeterias, hallways, outside areas).
• Guide fellow staff members in being proactive, positive, and consistent.
• Promote student success and responsibility.
• Provide research-based solutions.
• Use data to evaluate current practice.
• Build a culture that is safe, organized, and caring.

Behavior Management for Administrators
This training utilizes the wealth of strategies contained in the Administrator's Desk Reference of Behavior Management. Participants learn how to positively use their leadership role to guide and empower staff toward building productive classrooms. Techniques to handle behavioral infractions in the classroom lead to a reduced number of office referrals, thereby freeing administrators to focus on more severe cases. Administrators also receive descriptions of over 100 school-based jobs and learn how to implement a 'Meaningful Work Program.'

Keynote Sessions
Dr. Randy Sprick, beloved and respected leader in positive behavior interventions and supports and schoolwide discipline, inspires and motivates participants to create schools that are safe, civil, and that promote academic achievement. His dynamic sessions highlight the essential components of environments that inherently employ positive, proactive, and instructional approaches to behavior management. Dr. Sprick dispels the myths and misconceptions about discipline and motivation and gives his audiences practical strategies that promote student responsibility and success.

Click on the pull-down menu for a list of current workshops and trainings. Check back often, as dates are added regularly.

For more information please contact: Sopris West Training Department at (800) 929-3599 or profdevelopment@sopriswest.com.