McFarland Unified School District is committed to providing students with a multi-tiered system that supports school-wide initiatives focusing on academic, attendance, college/career, and social/emotional student needs. The following three components are set in place to identify, support and monitor student needs.
Screening
SIPP (Student Intervention Planning Program) Process
- Teacher/staff Referrals to Counseling
- Academics Measures (Annual CAASPP, Quarterly STAR Math and Language Arts Assessment Data, Department Benchmark Assessments)
- Attendance Rates
- Social Emotional Concerns
Multi-tier System
Tier I
- Suicide Awareness/Mental Health
- Self-Awareness
- Coping Strategies
- Making Wise Choices
- Internet Safety (Digital Citizenship)
- Anti-Bullying
- Controlling Difficult Feelings
- Red Ribbon Campaign
- Anxiety and Depression
- Resiliency
- Conflict Resolution
- Gratitude
- Diversity
- Random Acts of Kindness
- Appropriate Self-Care
- Character Building Curriculum
- SEL lessons
- AERIES Accounts (Academics & Attendance Progress building Autonomy)
- Counseling Department Google Classroom: Monthly Lessons
- Transitioning to MJHS or MHS
- Schoolwide Activities (Promoting Attendance and Academics)
Tier II
- Group Social-emotional Counseling.
- School Social Worker Student Support Check-In-Check Out
- SIPP
- Social-emotional Consultations
- Attendance Outreach
- Collaboration with teachers on student
- Restorative Practices (PBIS)
- School Resource Officer and/or Student Affairs Specialist Home Visits
Tier III
- Individualized social-emotional Counseling.
- Group Counseling
- Crisis Response
- School Social Worker/Counselor Student Support Check-In-Check Out
- Referral to outside Mental Health Agencies
- Individualized Academic Counseling
- Attendance Supports
- Referral to Academic Resources
- School Resource Officer and/or Student Affairs Specialist Home Visits
Progress Monitoring
- Follow-up SIPP Meeting
- Revisit Teacher/Staff Input
- Progress with Academics Measures (CAASPP, STAR Assessment Data)
- Progress with Attendance Rates
- Revisit Social Emotional Concerns