Goal: The office referrals for Foster Village Elementary will decrease by 50% with implementation of a positive behavior recognition program to accompany our school wide citizenship program for the 2010-2011 school year. This program will allow more instructional time for student learning and provide a positive school climate.
Action Steps Person(s) Responsible Timeline: Start/End Needed Resources Evaluation
Faculty and staff will receive “Honorable Character” training. Administration August 16th- August 20th Training Materials (Handouts, DVD, classroom posters, daily log sheets) Consensogram measuring staff comfort level and knowledge of “Honorable Character”
Parent Information Night regarding school wide citizenship plan and “Honorable Character” recognition Administration and/or teachers August 30th during first PTA meeting or Parent Information Night Power point, handouts, DVD Parent Survey
& Student Survey
(Measure campus climate and whether or not students feel recognized)
5th grade Leadership Student Skits exemplifying positive character traits Counselor/
Leadership Students Once a six weeks Scripts and props Students displaying character trait demonstrated within the school and home environment.
Teachers and Students Teachers Once a six weeks Each class will be assigned a positive character trait and they will create a poster to display in cafeteria for the trait and develop an message pertaining to their trait for morning announce-ments Student Survey
Data concerning discipline referrals will be collected and displayed on a graph. Principal Intern August 2010-May 2011 Graph and discipline referral data Each month during a staff meeting the graph will be analyzed for decreases or increases in discipline referrals.
Student and Parent Surveys will be administered. Principal Intern May 2011 Student and parent surveys Surveys will be collected and results will be shared with all stakeholders.
Angela, I think this is a great idea. One suggestion I have is if you all have announcements on the tv then the different classes could do a skit during morning announcements along with making a poster for the cafeteria. Another thing that may work is having some type of graph visible to all and the class that has the most days without a discipline problem wins ice cream with the principal or extra recess. Just some thoughts that may help. Great job though and it will be interesting to find out the results since we all encounter these types of problems.
ReplyDeleteYes, at some of our schools, the discipline is getting so bad that it affect instructions, student achievements, and staffing. Several of the school “better” teachers choose to work at other schools because of it. The new principal enacted a discipline management plan similar to what you are proposing. He also required that the parents and students sign a “contract” that promised to adhere to the “Character Pledge.” The second incidents of any discipline referral, the parents are requested to come in for a parent conference. In many cases, he encouraged the parents to be in the classroom observing their child. Many parents take him up on his offered. Having your classmate parents in the classroom watching their child behavior is enough to straighten the “followers” into “shape.” The discipline problem at that school now improved drastically.
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