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RTO Reduction Plan
Date: 5-18-2022
District: Hillsboro Community Unit School District #3
RTO Reduction Goal: The plan’s objective shall be a 25% reduction in the use of PR, TO, and ITO over a 12-month period for students experiencing five-plus instances in a 30 day period.
Provide details of a plan to support a vision for cultural change that reinforces the following:
Oversight Committee Member Position/Title
Zach Frailey Principal, Beckemeyer Elementary School
Lyn Becker Assistant Director, Mid-State Special Ed/BCBA
Kathy Baker Special Education Teacher, High School
Bobbi Reynolds School Nurse, Jr and Sr High School
Mindi Armbruster Assistant, ECE
Nancy Reynolds Assistant, Beckemeyer
Rick Cina School Social Worker (ECE-12)
Laura Lessman 1st grade teacher, Beckemeyer
Brandy Buske Program Coordinator (ECE-12)
Required Components
Steps to Complete
Action Item
Action Item
Timeline
Responsible Party
A. Adopt positive
behavioral interventions
and supports
-Each building in the district utilizes
positive behavioral systems and
responses.
-positive classroom and building
behavioral expectations
-Student interventionist
(Beckemeyer), Counselor (Jr.
High), Counselor (Sr. High), School
Social Worker (ECE-12) and (6-12),
School Psychologist (ECE-12).
-Social skill intervention small
groups (k-8), individual 9-12
-Bi-monthly K-1 social groups
-SEL curriculum ECE-12
-Wrap around plans with outside
agencies to encourage consistency
in behavioral support/responses
between home, school, and outside
agencies.
-Sources for Strength Program at
Jr. and Sr. High
Continue to review
-BASC-3/ BESS (3-12)
needs of students
-SEL/Character Education with
and ensure current
incentive plans (Compassion in
interventions and
Action)
supports are
-Star Student
meeting the needs
of the students.
Annually
Admin
RTO Committee
B. Best practices to
deescalate situation
-Staff training in CPI de-esculation
-Crisis teams trained in full CPI
program
-Staff trained in trauma informed
Schedule trainings
care and restorative practices
to being in the fall
each year
Annually
CPI Trainers
C. Utilization of crisis
intervention techniques
CPI is utilized as an intervention
technique when necessary (focus
is to have a hands off approach). 8
-Crisis teams in
hours of training is provided
each building will
annually to crisis teams in each
maintain required
building (CPI, Trauma Informed
trainings
Care, and Restorative Practices).
-Train new staff
-Jr and Sr High participates in
members in
Sources of Strength trainings
de-esculation
annually
CPI Trainers
D. Utilize debriefing
meetings to analyze
what/why RTO
occurred and ways to
prevent
E. Process for keeping
staff informed of
abuse/mental health
history
-Students use restorative
conversations
-Students and Staff use the
-Practice in social
COPING strategy.
groups
-Team meetings to determine if
-develop restorative
additional supports, links to outside
questions reference
agencies are needed.
card/tips for staff
-Ensure
transportation staff
-Handle with Care information
are aware of
sheets are provided to staff at the
students who require
elementary level.
positive behavioral
-Team meetings are held at the
responses; trauma
Jr/Sr high level
information care/
-BASC-3/ BESS Student self report
restorative practices,
results are used to identify
information to
struggling students and the results
ensure students
are shared with those working with
safety.
the students
-Confidentiality
-Communication between
Training
buildings; student transition
-Data reviewed each
information
trimester
Annually
on-going
Social Worker
School Psychologist Counselors
Student interventionist Admin
Staff
Admin
School Nurse
School Social Worker School Counselors
F. Steps to develop
individualized student
plan apart form IEP/504
A positive behavioral support plan
template will be provided to grade
Develop the support
level and department teams.
plan template(s) that
Meetings will be scheduled to
will be appropriate
complete the positive behavioral
for HS, JHS, and
support plan template as a team.
Elementary
August
2022 &
Review by December 2022 to
ensure the forms are
meeting the need
Lyn Becker
Admin
G. Make information
available to parents
Required information
(RTO Plan, RTO
Rules, and ISBE
Complaint form) will
be posted on the
Website
district webpage.
Annually
Technology Dept.
The need to meet
more than annually
will be reviewed
each quarter based
H. Describe the
modification process
Yearly Oversight Committee meeting
upon student RTO
data. Annually Brandy Buske
Submit to: rtoreductionplan@isbe.net by June 30, 2022