Mini: Effective Sanctioning

Abstract
Student conduct processes risk losing their educational purpose when sanctions prioritize checking boxes, procedural compliance, and consistency over meaningful student learning, behavioral change, and long-term development. This is not because staff don't care, but because conduct processes often are not designed to educate and change behavior. This mini-track will move beyond one-size-fits-all resolution processes and sanctions and implement structured, student-driven conduct resolution pathways and outcomes focused on accountability, reflection, educational outcomes, and behavior change. Through real cases and practical tools, you’ll leave with a clear framework to design conduct resolution pathways and outcomes that work and a process that supports both consistency and student growth.

Learning Outcomes

Participants will:

Develop new skills in creating and implementing educational outcomes focused on education, development, accountability, and behavioral change through the use of case studies, discussion, practical tool use, and practice.
Integrate consistency and learning outcome use in the creation of new outcomes.
Practice and evaluate multiple case resolution pathways through applied exercises and case studies, and develop the ability to strategically implement those pathways to support student success, learning, and behavioral change.

Knowledge & Skills

Area 3: Case Resolution Management

3.2: Policy Application: Intermediate
3.3: Outcomes: Intermediate
3.4: Case Resolution Pathways: Foundational and Intermediate

Facilitators