{"id":10908,"date":"2017-10-09T21:50:52","date_gmt":"2017-10-09T21:50:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sehd.ucdenver.edu\/impact\/?p=10908"},"modified":"2017-10-09T21:52:26","modified_gmt":"2017-10-09T21:52:26","slug":"phil-strain-interviewed-by-nashville-public-radio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sehd.ucdenver.edu\/impact\/2017\/10\/09\/phil-strain-interviewed-by-nashville-public-radio\/","title":{"rendered":"Phil Strain interviewed by Nashville Public Radio"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 class=\"post-title\">Metro Schools To Expand &#8216;Pyramid&#8217; Disciplinary Model To More Pre-K Classrooms<\/h1>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-10908-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/cpa.ds.npr.org\/wpln\/audio\/2017\/10\/JM-PYRAMID.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/cpa.ds.npr.org\/wpln\/audio\/2017\/10\/JM-PYRAMID.mp3\">https:\/\/cpa.ds.npr.org\/wpln\/audio\/2017\/10\/JM-PYRAMID.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Metro Schools will be expanding a strategy to avoid bias when addressing behavioral issues in pre-k classrooms.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The program was instituted in response to statistics that revealed thousands of preschoolers around the country are suspended every year. African American students were more likely to be removed from the classroom, though other studies show that they don\u2019t act out any more than white students.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Instead of punishing a student for misbehaving, the idea is to use every opportunity as a teaching moment. It\u2019s called the Pyramid Model, and it aims to reduce unconscious bias on the part of teachers.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Phil Strain is a professor of educational psychology at the University of Colorado Denver and has been working with educators in Nashville over the last year. He says suspensions can have a long term impact on the future of students.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cWe talk about this preschool to prison pipeline, and its a real phenomenon,&#8221; Strain says. &#8220;This is the genesis of it, specifically preschool suspension and expulsion.\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The disciplinary model has already been adopted by some Metro pre-k teachers. Now, a new $7.7 million research grant from the Department of Education is helping that program expand into more classrooms.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Mary Louise Hemmeter is a professor at Vanderbilt\u2019s Peabody College. She helped develop the behavioral response guidelines.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cWe are always looking at \u2018can we support teachers to do these practices well?&#8217; So we are always testing out our coaching models,\u201d Hemmeter says. \u201cAnd if teachers implement these practices, do children\u2019s behavior and social skills get better?\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Hemmeter says after two big studies in Metro, they\u2019ve seen positive results with reduced pre-k suspensions and teachers who say they\u2019re having more positive interactions with students.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">A portion of the grant will be dedicated to developing trainers at schools so they can coach new educators long after the grant ends. The rest will be used to begin developing a model for kindergarten classrooms. It could be another year until that part is implemented.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Metro Schools To Expand &#8216;Pyramid&#8217; Disciplinary Model To More Pre-K Classrooms https:\/\/cpa.ds.npr.org\/wpln\/audio\/2017\/10\/JM-PYRAMID.mp3 Metro Schools will be expanding a strategy to avoid bias when addressing behavioral issues in pre-k classrooms. The program was instituted in response to statistics that revealed thousands of preschoolers around the country are suspended every year. 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