R-CITY: A Collaborative Intervention With Teachers and Youth
Trial Snapshot
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Status
- Active, not recruiting
- Sponsor
- University of Virginia
- Enrollment
- 145
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- ASSIST Classroom Observations
Study Overview
Brief Summary
"R-CITY" refers to the Collaborative Intervention with Teachers and Youth to practice and apply the 4 "Rs" of social skills in the classroom - Recognizing, Responding, Relationships, and Resilience. R-CITY is a collaborative teacher- and youth-focused prevention intervention that offers student lessons to accompany the Second Step curriculum. The lessons are designed to create safe and positive learning environments for all.
The R-CITY Project uses a school-level randomized controlled trial (RCT) design to test the integration of the Second Step program that the school district had been scaling up district wide with the R-CITY lessons. The purpose of the RCT is to determine the "value-added" of the Second Step program plus the new skill content compared to the Second Step alone in elementary and middle schools. Students in both conditions get access to the Second Step content, as an active control condition.
Detailed Description
The study aims to test the R-CITY intervention in 27 elementary and middle schools. Specific aims are as follows: Aim 1 is to test the effects of the integrated R-CITY intervention on attitudes. Aim 2 is to test the effects of the integrated R-CITY intervention on classroom practices and teaching self-efficacy. Aim 3 is to test the effects of the integrated R-CITY intervention on student behaviors. Outcomes are assessed at pre-test in the fall and post-test in the spring, over the course of the school year.
Study Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Intervention Model
- Parallel
- Primary Purpose
- Prevention
- Masking
- Single (Outcomes Assessor)
Eligibility Criteria
- Ages
- 18 Years to — (Adult, Older Adult)
- Sex
- All
- Accepts Healthy Volunteers
- Yes
Inclusion Criteria
- •- General education teachers of core subjects (Mathematics, Science, Social Studies, English/Language Arts).
Exclusion Criteria
- Not provided
Arms & Interventions
Second Step Only
Second Step Only Condition supports include:
- School wide support for implementation of Second Step curriculum (e.g., technical assistance professional development, facilitated professional learning communities)
- Support to Positive Behavioral Intervention and Supports (PBIS) and Multi Tiered System of Supports (MTSS) with alignment of initiatives
- Individualized technical assistance with Second Step program implementation
Intervention: Second Step Only (Behavioral)
Second Step + R-CITY
Second Step + R-CITY supports include supports from the Second Step Only condition plus:
- Training and implementation support for teachers to deliver 6 student lessons tailored to each grade level (4th and 5th for elementary schools; 6th - 8th for middle schools) and aligned with Second Step core content
- Five 45-minute school-wide Professional Development (PD) sessions to complement the school district's PD
- Individualized teacher coaching to support implementing teacher practices and classroom lessons
Intervention: Second Step + R-CITY (Behavioral)
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
ASSIST Classroom Observations
Time Frame: Post-intervention, within one month following the completion of the intervention.
The ASSIST is a direct observational measure that assesses the classroom interactions between students and teachers. Observation cycles are 15 minutes and scales include tallied counts of teacher and student behaviors, as well as global ratings of interactions based on a Likert-style scale.
Secondary Outcomes
- Suspensions(Post-intervention, within one month following the completion of the intervention.)
- R-CITY Teacher Self-Report Survey(Post-intervention, within one month following the completion of the intervention.)
Investigators
Catherine Bradshaw
Professor; Senior Associate Dean for Research and Faculty Development
University of Virginia