• Oversees the development of MBI practices and principles
• Links with state coordinator and the various components of MBI
• Meets regularly for sharing, communicating, and strategic planning
• Coordinates efforts to impact statewide policies, guidelines or structures which will promote the mission and goals of the MBI

• Develop and provide technical assistance, training, and support services
• Support site teams in their understanding and implementation of MBI goals
• Serve on the MBI Council
• Participate in focused training, joint problem-solving and coordinated efforts to promote the mission and goals of MBI

• Contracted evaluator analyzes statewide implications of MBI
• Ongoing decision-making and management activities
• Data-driven decision-making management

• Participate in professional development training, enhancing facilitator and team leadership skills
• Help sites develop an understanding of the MBI process
• Organize an MBI team to identify and address site-based concerns
• Guide sites through the MBI process
• Extend knowledge of "best practices" and validated educational strategies
• Assist in the development of community development
• Network with educators and community members statewide

• Workshops and conference presentations
• Listserv participation
• Web site information
• Brochures and other resources
• Site visitations and presentations

Community and statewide agencies support MBI by:

• Working with schools to strengthen community and state resources supporting policy and procedures to facilitate effective and efficient services for our youth
• Coordinating community-based services with schools
• Encouraging change that enables schools and communities to provide quality services for youth

Youth Day and High School Forum

• Links the MBI components together
• Coordinates professional development training
• Networks with other agencies
• Develops materials
• Assists with Summer Institute planning

• Nationally recognized professional development institute - June 18-22, 2012
• Nationally renowned speakers
  • George Batsche
  • Dan Habib (Education Revolution)
  • Karl Mecklenburg
  • Tim Lewis
  • Susan Isaacs
  • Mickey Corso
  • Kim Marcum
  • many, many more
• More than 4,000 individuals and site teams educated in best practices
• Networking opportunities for community partners

Center on the Social and Emotional Foundations for Early Learning is a
National center focused on strengthening the capacity of child care and Head Start programs to improve the social and emotional outcomes of young children.

Center on the Social and Emotional Foundations for Early Learning: What Works Briefs
Summaries of Effective Practices for Supporting Children's Social-Emotional Development and Preventing Challenging Behaviors. The Briefs describe practical strategies, provide references to more information about the practice, and include a one-page handout that highlights the major points of the Brief.

Center for Evidence-Based Practice: Young Children with Challenging Behavior
funded by the U.S. Department of Education , Office of Special Education Programs to raise the awareness and implementation of positive, evidence-based practices and to build an enhanced and more accessible database to support those practices.

CO-TEACH Preschool
The mission of CO-TEACH Preschool at the Division of Educational Research and Service, is to offer all children a stimulating, playful first school experience and to provide them with the skills they need to achieve - now, when they transition to kindergarten, and during the years that follow. Moreover, CO-TEACH operates on the belief that all children and families have individual strengths and needs and deserve to be treated with respect and dignity in a safe school environment.

Dr. Carolyn Webster-Stratton’s the Incredible Years
The Incredible Years are research-based, proven effective programs for reducing children's aggression and behavior problems and increasing social competence at home and at school.

How to Promote Children’s Social and Emotional Competence by Dr. Carolyn Webster-Stratton
For teachers of children aged 4-8 years, this book shows how teachers can work with parents in addressing children’s educational and emotional needs. The author presents a variety of classroom management strategies which teachers can choose from to strengthen children’s social and academic competence and develop their emotional literacy.

Devereux Early Childhood Assessment Program (DECA)
Strength-based assessment and planning system for children ages 2-5. Based on resilience theory, this comprehensive system is made up of a 5-step system designed to support early childhood teachers, mental health professionals, and parents in their goal of helping children develop healthy social/emotional skills and reduce challenging behaviors.