Practice Briefs

This brief focuses on how to promote a positive teaching and learning environment by establishing positive schoolwide expectations, or norms, that reflect the shared values of a school community (i.e., educators, students, families). Specifically, this brief provides guidance for creating and using a schoolwide teaching matrix to (a) establish positive schoolwide expectations or norms, (b) identify schoolwide settings, and (c) explicitly identify, define, and teach critical social, emotional, and behavioral (SEB) skills.