CLASSROOM CHECK-UP

Summary of the Classroom Check-Up (CCU):

Focuses on teachers’ skills and capacities, rather than individual students.
Evidenced-based classroom consultation model that utilizes motivational interviewing and includes personalized feedback to teachers on classroom behaviors.
Encourages personal responsibility for decision making while offering direct advice if solicited.
Utilizes a menu of options for interventions.
Supports teacher self-efficacy by identifying existing strengths and times when teachers have successfully changed classroom behaviors in the past.
Non-evaluative and confidential
Not an additional intervention, but rather a framework for utilizing or deciding to modify existing resources

Motivational Interviewing for Effective Classroom Management

Through Project AWARE, two behavioral health consultants are available to provide classroom consultation to teachers using an evidence-based model called The Classroom Check-Up (CCU). In order to ensure sustainability of this model, the AWARE Team also trains identified BCPS staff in the use of the CCU.

THE CLASSROOM CHECK-UP

BCPS Project AWARE