Technical Reports

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Teacher Wellbeing

National Report on Teacher Stress and Coping

This report syn­the­sizes a set of stud­ies on teacher stress, cop­ing, pro­fes­sion­al com­pe­tence, school cli­mate, lead­er­ship, and inter­ven­tion out­comes con­duct­ed by the Mis­souri Pre­ven­tion Sci­ence Insti­tute over the past decade. It is orga­nized around the Coping–Competence–Context (3C) frame­work and is writ­ten as a pol­i­cy-rel­e­vant research. The aim is to pro­vide a strong and action­able direc­tion to sup­port teacher wellbeing.

Responsive Practices

Responsive Practices in Schools: A Multi‑Stakeholder Qualitative Synthesis 

The present report syn­the­sizes find­ings from four qual­i­ta­tive stud­ies exam­in­ing CRPs from the per­spec­tives of teach­ers, stu­dents, par­ents, and dis­trict admin­is­tra­tors. Togeth­er, these stud­ies pro­vide insight into how CRPs are con­cep­tu­al­ized, enact­ed, and expe­ri­enced across mul­ti­ple lev­els of the school system.

Toward a Science of Responsive Educational Practice: A Technical Report on the Responsive Practices to Outcomes (RPO) Model

This report syn­the­sizes a series of recent stud­ies from the Mis­souri Pre­ven­tion Sci­ence Insti­tute exam­in­ing how stu­dents, fam­i­lies, teach­ers, and school lead­ers define and expe­ri­ence respon­sive edu­ca­tion­al practices.

School Leadership

Evaluation of the Safe and Civil Schools Leadership Program: A Technical Report

This report presents find­ings from a group-ran­dom­ized eval­u­a­tion of Safe & Civ­il School Lead­er­ship plus Start on Time, a lead­er­ship train­ing and coach­ing inter­ven­tion designed to improve school safe­ty, dis­ci­pli­nary struc­ture, stu­dent behav­ior, and school climate.

Evaluation of Safe & Civil School Leadership Plus Start on Time: Effects on School Climate, Safety, and Student Behavior

This report presents find­ings from a group-ran­dom­ized eval­u­a­tion of Safe & Civ­il School Lead­er­ship plus Start on Time, a lead­er­ship train­ing and coach­ing inter­ven­tion designed to improve school safe­ty, dis­ci­pli­nary struc­ture, stu­dent behav­ior, and school climate.

Integrated Technical Report: Randomized Evaluations of Safe & Civil School Leadership and Safe & Civil School Leadership Plus Start on Time

This inte­grat­ed tech­ni­cal report sum­ma­rizes find­ings from two ran­dom­ized eval­u­a­tions of Safe & Civ­il School Lead­er­ship (SCSL), a lead­er­ship train­ing and coach­ing mod­el designed to help school lead­ers improve school safe­ty, stu­dent behav­ior, dis­ci­pli­nary sys­tems, and school climate.