Tutorial Contents

I.   Introduction
      What is the purpose of this tutorial?
      Who are the intended users of this tutorial?
      How can I best use this tutorial?

II.  Discipline, Crime, and Violence Report Basics
     What is the Discipline, Crime, and Violence Report?
      Why is the discipline, crime, and violence information reported?
      What types of discipline, crime, and violence data are reported?
      Self-assessment

III. Offense Categories
       What are important terms in reporting discipline, crime, and violence data?
       What offenses are reported?
       Why must these offenses be reported?
       What offenses must be reported to law enforcement officials?
       Self-assessment

IV. Local School Division Data Collection Methods
       How do school divisions collect discipline, crime, and violence data?
       What are the Data Steward’s role and responsibilities?
       What are best practices in data collection?
       What data collection systems are available?
       Self-assessment

V.  Submission of Data to the Virginia Department of Education
      What methods are available to submit data?
      What is involved in the process of verifying DCV data?
      Self-assessment

VI. Uses of the Discipline, Crime, and Violence Data
       How does the Virginia Department of Education use the data?
       How can/do local school divisions use discipline, crime, and violence data?
       Self-assessment