Monitor and Adjust During Implementation

Two communities describe how they monitored the implementation of their programs. Based on observations they were able to tweak their programs or retrain staff. 

3 Bold Steps in Action - Preventing Substance Abuse in Albemarle County

June Jenkins of Albemarle County, Virginia, describes the successful collaboration between the National Social Norms Institute and her own school district—specifically around the topic of alcohol abuse.

3 Bold Steps - Act

Sandra Vanderhyde of Muskegon County, Michigan, discusses how her school has addressed students’ mental health needs by implementing assessments services and referrals to a community family resource center.  In doing so, the school hopes to reduce recidivism and promote youth citizenship.

3 Bold Steps in Action - Preventing Substance Abuse in Amarillo, TX

This video highlights the efforts of one school to work with both law enforcement and a local university to confront problems of substance amongst the students of Amarillo, Texas.

3 Bold Steps - A Process that Works

Stephen Jella of Grossmont, California, reflects on the benefits of providing wraparound services in order to best serve members of the community.

3 Bold Steps in Action - Early childhood development programs in Lancaster, PA 

Wanda Suárez, a principal in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, describes how her school’s social-emotional learning  programs strive to meet the needs of early childhood development.

3 Bold Steps: Partner

In this video, the Project Director of a Safe Schools / Healthy Students initiative describes how community leaders--from law enforcement, probation, welfare, and nonprofits--united as a team to help the students of Grossmont Union high school.

3 Bold Steps in Action - Early Social and Emotional Learning in Lancaster, PA

Pam Smith of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, discusses her school district’s successful integration of social and emotional learning into early childhood outreach initiatives.

3 Bold Steps: Partner 

Pam Smith of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, explains how a range of community organizations came together to determine how best to meet their students’ needs.

3 Bold Steps in Action – Early Social Emotional Learning in Albemarle County

Jim Henderson, Assistant Superintendent of Charlottesville City Schools, explains how the school district took action to increase early learning opportunities for young children.  Collectively, these efforts can decrease the likelihood of students dropping out of school.

3 Bold Steps: Partner

Sandra Vanderhyde of Muskegon County, Michigan, discusses how various players—agency leaders, courts, and mental health providers—have partnered to improve information sharing and other policies to improve the lives of local families.

3 Bold Steps in Action - Student Mental Health in Pueblo, CO

Denis Maes, Retired District Court Judge of Pueblo, Colorado, reflects on the connection between mental health, truancy, and juvenile delinquency.  In this video he outlines how his court partnered with other agencies to collectively advocate on behalf of local students.

3 Bold Steps: Plan

Randy Evetts of Pueblo, Colorado describes how the implementation of Positive Behavior Intervention System (PBIS) helped improve the social and emotional climate of a school.

3 Bold Steps in Action - Student Mental Health in Lancaster, PA

This video highlights how the school district of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, implemented school-based mental services through grant funding.  These service school-based services offered a resource for students to help manage and cope with their personal challenges in school and beyond.

3 Bold Steps: Partner - Build Your Team

The Project Director of SS/HS in Muskegon County, Michigan, describes collaborative efforts of several community agents to improve communication and identify common goal and outcomes.

3 Bold Steps in Action - Student Mental Health in Lancaster, PA

Wanda Suárez of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, discusses the integration of school-based mental health services as a practice that can better address the needs of students and their families.   Managing expectations and building trust also contributes to the success of the initiative.

Resource Mapping and Assessing Needs

Project directors from four different communities discuss how data collection and resource mapping helped them to assess the needs of their communities and to maximize resources.

3 Bold Steps: Plan - Draw Your Roadmap

Gary Houseman of Muskegon County, Michigan, recounts the process of how local community partners came together to create a logic model, which served as a roadmap for their family resource center concept, in order to effectively implement their shared goals.

3 Bold Steps in Action - Student Mental Health in Muskegon, MI

Gary Houseman describes how his school district built a strong system for sharing information amongst community agencies.  This infrastructure ultimately strengthens the network of partners working to help families.

Establishing Relationships

Project Director of Madison County School District, Florida, emphasizes the importance of establishing relationships with people from different sectors of the community in order to figure out common interests and ways to resolve issues together.

3 Bold Steps: Plan - Create Infrastructure to Support Implementation

Gary Houseman elaborates how the school district of Muskegon County, Michigan, built one platform to streamline community efforts to create a family resource center.

3 Bold Steps to Implement a Positive School Environment in Pueblo, CO

Sharla Markus, PBIS Coach of Pueblo City Schools, Colorado, attributes the positive changes in her school’s environment to Positive School Discipline practices.

The Importance of Evaluation

This video describes how an evaluation plan will help a group stay focused on goals and objectives of a program and measure its success. 

3 Bold Steps: Plan - Create Infrastructure to Support Implementation

Jeneé Litrell describes how the school district of Grossmont, California, created an infrastructure system to support the implementation of various partner agencies’ services.

3 Bold Steps: Act - Implement Your Plan

Jim Henderson, Assistant Superintendent of Charlottesville City Schools, discusses the importance of research, follow-through, and the ability to adopt—and adapt—best practices to the needs of an individual community.

Creating a Shared Vision

Community members from Pueblo, Colorado describe how they brought together a variety of perspectives and goals to create a big picture vision.

3 Bold Steps: Act - Focus on Sustainability

In this video Wanda Suárez, Principal of Lafayette Elementary School in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, highlights the importance of identifying strong partners who share a vision of sustainability so that programs may continue even after the funding is gone.

Setting Up for Successful Implementation

In this video, a project director describes how to set up programs for successful implementation by training personnel, and setting up monitoring systems to provide feedback about whether the programs were properly implemented and working. 

3 Bold Steps in Action - Preventing Bullying in Albemarle County

This video spotlights the efforts of a school district in Virginia to address bullying as a community. By providing students with opportunities to identify classmates who were being bullied—as well as a series of other responses and strategies—the district significantly reduced cases of bullying.

Creating Agreements for Working Together

Community members from Michigan and Arkansas discuss the importance of setting up agreements for how team members will work together and share leadership.

3 Bold Steps in Action - Preventing Bullying in Lancaster, PA

Wanda Suárez of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, describes how the implementation of the research-based Olweus program—as well as the corresponding data—has reduced bullying and increased student morale.  School staff and administrators work to identify “hot spots,” or places such as the playground or lunchroom where bullying occurs, to better address the problem.

Getting Partners on Board

Project directors from two different communities describe how to connect to partners by listening and understanding their perspectives.

3 Bold Steps in Action - Preventing Substance Abuse in Pueblo, CO

Troy Davenport, Deputy Chief of Police of Pueblo, Colorado, reflects on the power of one community’s teamwork to holistically address the problem of substance abuse.

Making a Difference

Project Director of Madison County School District, Florida, discusses collaboration as a primary factor in utilizing community resources and creating a positive safe environment in and out of school.