REGISTRATION POLICY: Registration deadline is one week prior to workshop unless otherwise noted. Cancellations not received 2 business days in advance and no-shows will be billed.
Workshop SectionTransforming Discipline: Implementing the Alternate Discipline Framework ~ September 3, 2026
RegistrationRegister for This Section
DepartmentESU 10 - T&L
Primary ContactDenise O'Brien
FacilitatorsDenise O'Brien
DescriptionThis practical, hands-on workshop equips school and district leaders, teachers, counselors, behavior specialists, MTSS/PBIS teams with the research, mindset shifts, and ready-to-use toolkit needed to move away from ineffective, exclusionary suspensions toward equitable, meaningful, and sustainable alternative discipline practices.

What Participants Will Experience Throughout the Day
Building the Case & Shifting Mindsets
  • Examine the compelling research showing why traditional suspensions fail to improve behavior, widen equity gaps, and harm long-term student outcomes.
  • Complete the Discipline Belief Self-Inventory (featured in the book) to surface personal and school-wide beliefs that often drive suspension decisions.
  • Explore the core Alternative Discipline Framework—centered on practical decision-making questions such as “Is this incident one that will result in the student returning to campus?”—to guide consistent, equitable responses.
  • Address common pushback from staff, parents, and stakeholders with proven strategies for bringing policy to practice.
The Alternative Discipline Menu in Action
  • Dive deep into the Alternative Discipline Menu, which provides specific, grade-level-appropriate responses and interventions for the 13 most common suspendable offenses
From Theory to Implementation
  • Analyze authentic case studies from schools that successfully reduced suspensions using the Alternative Discipline Framework, including lessons learned and measurable outcomes.
  • Practice using the updated toolkit resources: tools, templates, processes, and the Alternative Discipline Contract—all designed for immediate classroom, office, and school-wide use.
  • Work in collaborative teams to apply the framework to scenarios from participants’ own schools or districts.
  • Develop a personalized implementation action plan, including strategies for sustainability, data monitoring, and stakeholder communication.
Virtual 2-hour sessions for additional strategies and coaching:
October 27, 2026
January 12, 2027
February 22, 2027

*All virtual sessions will be held
from 9:00 AM-11:00AM
LocationESU 10 Kearney NE - Conference Rooms B & C - North Wing  View Building Map
StatusSection StatusOpen
15 Registered  
5 Minimum; 100 Maximum; 17 Lunch Count
Section Dates
   
September 3, 20269:00 AM3:00 PM
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AudienceAudience: Administrators, K-12 Teachers, School Counselors, Mental Health Therapists, School Psychologists
Registration Fees
  
Title IIA & Title IV member schools$20.00
Other ESU 10 Schools$40.00
Outside of ESU 10$75.00
Grants
   
Title II-A 2024-2025August 6, 2025August 6, 2026
Title IV 2024-2025August 6, 2025August 6, 2026
LunchLunch will be provided.
College CreditThis section is not available for college credit.
SMART Service1102.03 SEBL
Tags
AQuESTT Tenet - Student Achievement & Growth • AQuESTT Tenet - Educator Effectiveness
Comments

  • Title IIA Consortium Schools will receive $150 sub reimbursement for each eligible teacher.


Title IV Consortium Schools will receive $150 sub reimbursement for each eligible teacher.

Note:  Subject to change based on available funds.

Registration deadline is one week prior to workshop.  Cancellations not received 2 business days in advance will be billed the workshop fee.

Participants will be billed after the first day of the training series.