Kathryn Francoeur

Professional Background

Kathy Francoeur provides training, consultation, and technical assistance in the development and expansion of implementation of school-wide Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports. Kathy also provides training and technical assistance to schools in the development of RENEW (Resilience, Empowerment, and Natural Supports for Education and Work), an intensive support intervention to help at risk youth engage in high school completion and post-secondary options. Kathy has collaborated with several NH schools in training faculty to serve as RENEW facilitators for youth, as well as build a sustainable system within the school to support and monitor the RENEW model. Kathy presents nationally, training schools and districts on the RENEW model, and as part of the Who Cares About Kelsey? film project, in which she and filmmaker Dan Habib share the benefits and process of RENEW with audiences.

Kathy was part of the NH Responds initiative as a Research Associate and High School facilitator, assisting schools to develop systemic change and a three-tiered approach to interventions.

Prior to joining the IOD in 2010, she served as Crisis Intervention Coordinator for Somersworth High School and Middle School for over 10 years. Her experience included overseeing RENEW in the high school as a three-tiered intervention to support high school students with social and behavioral issues and served as an internal coach on both the Universal and Targeted Team for the middle school and the coach for the Targeted Team at the high school.