Schoolwide Implementation - Responsive Classroom

Once a number of teachers in a school are implementing the Responsive Classroom approach in their classrooms, a momentum builds and there is often an impetus to incorporate Responsive Classroom principles, tools, strategies, and structures on a schoolwide level.

In addition to classroom training, we support schoolwide implementation of the Responsive Classroom approach through services and resources that:

Every school’s journey toward Responsive Classroom schoolwide implementation is unique. Along the way, we offer a range of services to help schools plan and implement Responsive Classroom strategies successfully. We are happy to work with your school to figure out which services will help you move toward schoolwide implementation and when these services might be appropriate.

The cost for consulting services is $1500 per consulting teacher per day, plus expenses.

To learn more about schoolwide consultation services, please contact Allison Evans at 800-360-6332 ext. 143 or allison@responsiveclassroom.org.

We offer a one-day workshop that's designed specifically for school leaders. The Overview for Administrators is offered at one-day workshop sites at various locations each fall, winter, and spring. Learn more.

This event is a one-and-a-half-day conference focused on the schoolwide implementation of the Responsive Classroom approach. Participants learn what schoolwide implementation looks like and hear other schools’ successes and challenges — those they faced at the beginning of the process and after 10 years’ experience.

Schools use a variety of funding sources to offset the cost of Responsive Classroom training and implementation. Although grants can vary widely from state to state, the following list covers many of the broad funding areas.

Professional Development
	Teacher Quality Research grants, available from the US Department of Education (http://www.ed.gov/index.jhtml), provide national leadership in expanding fundamental knowledge and understanding of education from early childhood education through post-secondary study
Social & Emotional Learning (SEL) and Character Education
	Federal, state, and local grants which help support techers to integrate SEL and character development into their classroom work. Future Educators for Character grants, available from the Character Education Partnership (http://www.character.org), help support innovative approaches for preparing new teachers to integrate sound character development into their classroom work
Safe and Drug-Free Schools
	Safe Schools/Healthy Students grants, available from the US Department of Education (http://www.ed.gov/programs/ dvpsafeschools/index.html), support Local Education Agencies in the development of community-wide approaches to creating safe and drug-free schools and to promote safety and discipline Federal and state funded grants, which support programs that prevent violence in or near schools, illegal use of alcohol, tobacco, or drugs, and promote parental and community involvement
School Improvement
	Title I basic grants, available through the US Department of Education (http://www.ed.gov/index.jhtml), improve basic programs in local school districts with high numbers or percentages of poor children Title V Innovative Program grants, available from the US Department of Education (http://www.ed.gov/index.jhtml), support local education reform consistent with state efforts and implementation of promising educational reform and school improvement programs

Schools and districts have used other grants available at the state or local level. These include Violence Reduction grants, Best Practices grants, Special Education grants, and Restorative Justice grants.