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The BTAM team and the MTSS/PBIS teams all play an active role in creating and sustaining a safe and positive school climate with a culture of respect, trust, and support for students’ social-emotional well-being.

Leaders from the respective teams work collaboratively with school administrators to review data from the current school climate survey. Together, they analyze data on students’ perceptions of feeling connected to the school, supported by adults in the school, their own safety at school, and their perceptions regarding order and discipline at school.

Additionally, they analyze data from staff on their perceptions of their own safety at school and examines data on parents’ perceptions of their student’s safety at school as well as their perceptions of the degree to which their student is supported and treated fairly by adults within the school.

The group knows that a positive school climate is directly related to student willingness to share and report concerning and/or threatening behaviors.

Collectively, the group establishes an action plan designed to support all staff with building positive, trusting relationships with students and which outlines practices and resources that can foster an environment where students feel seen, heard, connected, and respected.