Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS) is an evidence-based three-tiered framework to improve and integrate all of the data, systems, and practices affecting student outcomes every day. PBIS creates schools where all students succeed.

SMUSD is pleased to announce that Carver and Valentine Elementary were recently recognized by CA PBIS and the 2023 CA PBIS Recognition Sub-Committee for their excellence in the implementation of the core features of PBIS. The level received (Bronze) reflects the award level for which SMUSD was qualified. 

This Bronze award recognizes Carver’s and Valentine’s hard work and commitment to implementing PBIS with fidelity and creating the conditions to maximize academic and social-emotional-behavioral outcomes for ALL students.

Universal Design for Learning (UDL) is a framework to improve and optimize teaching and learning for all people based on scientific insights into how humans learn.

Find out how the UDL framework guides the design of instructional goals, assessments, methods, and materials that can be customized and adjusted to meet individual needs. 

Restorative Practices employ equity and build school/classroom communities in order to create environments where students feel belonging and safety, thereby making it easier for them to learn both academically and socially/emotionally. When things go wrong, rather than removing or merely punishing students, these community relationships are levied to right wrongs, provide resources, repair broken relationships and, where punishment must be levied, re-integrate students back into the school community.  

Use of restorative practices has been proven to increase academic achievement, decrease antisocial and self-harming behavior, and increase perceived safety campus-wide.