KNIGHT ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

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KNIGHT ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

• Soaring to Excellence
• Yvette Williams-Daugherty, Principal
• 3237 Knight Road
• Memphis, TN 38118

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GUIDING PRINCIPLES

• Beliefs
• School Character Points
• Values

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BELIEFS

• All children can learn, achieve, and succeed when
  given appropriate opportunities.
• Various instructional strategies should be used
  to address the academic needs of all students.
• A students self-esteem is enhanced by positive
  relationships and mutual respect among and
  between students.
• Each student is a valued individual with unique
  physical, social, emotional and intellectual
  needs.

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SCHOOL CHARACTER POINTS

• We are a neighborhood school
• Supportive administrative staff
• Staff who is dedicated to social and academic
  success of all students

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VALUES

• Students are respected as individuals who will be
  provided with a safe, nurturing learning
  environment everyday.
• Faculty, parents, administrators, students, and
  community members will be responsible for
  creating a safe, caring, and professional climate
  for the students.

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VISION

• The Knight Road Elementary Team envisions a safe
  and secure environment which includes the
  expectations that all students will maximize
  their potential to learn by applying skills
  through an organized, comprehensive, multi-ethnic
  curriculum that lends itself to an integrated
  approach. This approach gives students the
  opportunity to be engaged in active learning,
  problem-solving and hands-on learning activities
  along with enriched literacy learning
  opportunities thereby, equipping them with the
  necessary tools and skills required for higher
  levels of learning.

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MISSION

• To provide a nurturing environment that enables
  each student to reach his/her academic and social
  potential in preparation for the middle school
  years.

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PHILOSOPHY

• We believe that providing a positive school
  climate will encourage social and academic growth
  for all students. Only by implementing and
  managing a school-wide discipline plan that
  defines the roles and responsibilities for all
  stakeholders will the ideal learning environment
  result.
• We will support the goals defined in the
  school-wide discipline plan by treating each
  other the way we want to be treated, and
  teaching, practicing, and reviewing established
  procedures for maintaining appropriate school
  behavior.

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GOALS AND OBJECTIVES

• Our goal is to enhance student success by
  promoting positive student behavior
• We will do this by
• Reducing the number of disciplinary referrals to
  the office by 10
• Reducing the number of out-of-school suspensions
  by 10
• Increasing student attendance by 2
• Increasing parental involvement by 50 through an
  active P.T.A. and an effective Watchdog program.

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MCS Blue Ribbon Discipline Committee Worksheet
2006-07
Principal Dr. Yvette Williams-Daugherty
Assistant Principal N/A
Professional School Counselor Carlos A. Sample
School Psychologist Dr. Andrea Nichols
General Education Teacher(s) Michelle Williams
MEA Representative Denise Fullilove
Elected Teacher(s) (2) Joseph Crooks Avis Robinson
Special Education Teacher(s) Patti Boyd
Related Arts Teacher(s)
Students N/A
Educational Assistant(s)/ Non-Certified Staff
Community Member
Parent(s) Lisa Carter
Central Office or Board of Education Member N/A
Cafeteria Staff
Bus Driver
Other

• Knight Road Elementary Blue Ribbon Discipline
  Committee is representative of the school faculty
  and includes an administrator.
• Team Leader Carlos A. Sample
• Indicates members mandated by MEA contract

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Blue Ribbon Discipline Committee

• The Blue Ribbon Committee plans to meet every
  four (4) weeks to analyze,disaggregate, and
  compare the data. For this to take place, there
  has to be an allotted time for teachers who
  participate on the committee to be relieved from
  their classes to attend meetings.
• The MEA representative, Linda Thompson, will be
  the designee for retrieving Blue Ribbon
  information from the website.
• Attached, you find a tentative meeting schedule
  for this years Blue Ribbon Committee meetings.

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Meeting Schedule
Reporting Period Approximate Dates of Reporting Periods All data for period entered into system (A) Blue Ribbon Discipline Committee meeting dates (B) Faculty meeting dates to report interpretation of 20 day data (C)
1 8/14/06-9/11/06 9/15/06
2 912/06-10/11/06 10/13/06 10/19/06 10/25/06
3 10/12/06-11/8/06 11/10/06 11/16/06 11/29/06
4 11/9/06-12/11/06 12/15/06 12/21/06 1/11/07
5 12/12/06-1/24/07 1/26/07 2/2/07 2/7/07
6 1/25/07-2/22/07 2/23/07 3/01/07 3/07/07
7 2/23/07-3/29/07 3/30/07 4/05/07 4/11/07
8 3/30/07-4/27/07 5/4/07 5/10/07 5/16/07
9 4/30/07-5/25/07 5/29/06
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School Rules

• Knight Road Elementary students are encouraged
  daily to adhere to the following school-wide
  rules
• Respect Yourself
• Respect Others
• Respect School Property

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Behavioral Expectation Matrix
Rules Classroom Cafeteria Hallway Restroom Bus
Respect Yourself Do your best Use proper table etiquette Walk to all destinations Wash your hands N/A
Respect Others Speak to each other using positive messages Use inside voices and mannerism Walk on the right side in an orderly manner Hands and feet must be kept to yourself N/A
Respect School Property Place all trash in proper container Students must leave area clean Respect school property we prohibit defacing Students will utilize the restrooms for its primary use N/A

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How we teach the rules and procedures

• The faculty and staff constantly teach and keep
  students reminded of the rules and procedures by
• Posting rules inside classroom
• Behavior contracts

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SCHOOL PROCEDURES

• Entering school
• School dismissal
• Lunchroom
• Assembly programs
• Disciplinary referrals
• Attendance
• Emergency drills
• Student orientation
• Parent-teacher conferences
• Wednesday Communicator
• S-Team Referral

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CLASSROOM PROCEDURES

• Morning Meeting
• Everyday Counts Calendar Math
• Restroom Breaks
• School Supplies
• Make-up Assignments
• Extra Credit Work
• Homework Assignments
• Hall passes

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School Wide Incentives
As a means of rewarding and encouraging
continuous positive behavior, students will
receive stickers, tokens, Daugherty Dollars,
Random Acts of Kindness Certs. and No Homework
passes from their classroom teacher. Students
can also receive aforementioned rewards and
praises from any other faculty and staff member
when they are caught exhibiting positive
behavior in the school building.
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Teacher Incentives

• Procedures for recognizing and encouraging
  positive teacher interaction, for example
• Attendance prizes
• Students can recommend teacher
• Drawing for prizes (tickets given to students may
  also have teacher name, so when student gets
  prize, so does teacher who gave the reinforcement)

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Resources for Incentives

• Adopters
• Walmart
• Kingdom Kids
• Target
• Community agencies businesses
• Restaurants
• Fundraisers
• Parent organizations
• P.T.A.

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General Procedure for Dealing with Problem
Behaviors
Observe problem behavior
Is behavior major?
Find a place to talk with student(s)
NO
YES
Ensure safety
Problem solve
Write referral Escort student to office
Problem solve
Determine consequence
Determine consequence
Follow procedure documented
Follow documented procedure
NO
YES
Does student have 3?
Follow through with consequences
File necessary documentation
Send referral to office
File necessary documentation
Follow up with student within a week
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Character Education

• Character education is supported through-out the
  school by teachers, guidance counselor, and other
  staff members as students are constantly reminded
  about the importance of having a good character.
  These reminders are conveyed daily during morning
  announcement character message, morning
  affirmation and morning meeting. Additionally,
  weekly classroom guidance sessions reinforce
  positive dispositions through character
  education activities.
• The principal, guidance counselor, parent
  counselor, teachers and other staff members
  encourage students on a daily basis to be the
  best that they can be.

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Harassment and Bullying Prevention

• Annual harassment training is done with the
  faculty during the first week of teacher
  in-service. Each staff member is shown the
  harassment video and is required to sign an
  acknowledgement that the video was watched and
  explained.
• Training in regards to bullying prevention is
  provided annually via the guidance counselor and
  designated lead teachers.

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School Safety Plan

• Knight Road Elementary Schools safety plan was
  submitted in November 2005. The plan has been
  updated for the 2006-2007 school year.
• Fire drills are scheduled and held once every
  month.
• Tornado drills are executed once a month during
  tornado season.
• This plan is reviewed yearly and updated as
  needed by the administrative team.

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Monitoring Process

• Data gathered by the Discipline Committee will be
  used to indicate critical student needs to be
  addressed in order to ensure and maintain
  academic success.

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Action Steps

• List steps you have chosen to prioritize for the
  2006-07 school year based on the Effective
  Behavior Survey (EBS) and the Team Implementation
  Checklist
• Complete Action Plan

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Prevention Programs

• The following programs are used to address
  violence prevention, bullying, and conflict
  resolution.
• Mendez Too Good for Drugs
• No Bullying
• ATOD (Alcohol, Tobacco, Other Drugs)
• They are implemented on a daily and weekly basis
  through collaboration with the guidance
  counselor, parent counselor, and classroom
  teachers.

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Intervention Plan

• As a secondary intervention for students who
  receive numerous office referrals for negative
  behaviors, there are several steps taken to
  correct these behaviors that include
• Referral to S-Team (Behavior)
• Behavior Intervention Plan (BIP)
• Small Group w/ Social Worker and Counselor
  (anger, peer relationships, social skills,
  respect, citizenship)
• Various incentives are used for select students
  to encourage exhibition of more positive
  behaviors to include additional recess time,
  visit to the principal, assisting the counselor,
  and recognition over the intercom.

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In-School Suspension Plan

• ISS is an intervention strategy used to address
  and correct negative school/classroom behavior.
  Students are placed in an isolated classroom with
  a qualified staff personnel, where the behavior
  is reviewed and discussed. Students are then
  required to evaluate and express (written) their
  actions that resulted in the ISS placement.
• The ISS monitor is responsible for reviewing the
  students writing and then discussing with
  him/her alternative choices that could have been
  made without resulting in a negative consequence.
  This is required for the student to gain
  re-entry into the classroom setting.
• Once the student has reentered the classroom,
  his/her progress is closely monitored by the
  teacher, counselor, and principal.

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Secondary Intervention Evaluation

• Evaluation of secondary interventions come in the
  forms of
• Referrals
• Teacher consults/ observations
• Counselor observations
• Parent consults/observations

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Tertiary Interventions

• Knight Roads Support Team identifies students
  who are behaviorally at-risk through teacher
  referral, parent referral, as well as
  observations of students.
• Through a collaborate effort involving the
  teacher, counselor, principal, and parent, a plan
  of action is created to help change students
  negative behaviors into positive behaviors.
• Success of the intervention is closely monitored
  by the number of referrals, teacher consults, and
  parent observation/consults.

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Results

• Your results so far toward your school wide goals
• List graphs and short explanations.
• You will have data from REA so you can compare
  last years numbers with the previous years

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Green zone 0 1, yellow zone 2 5, red zone 6
office referrals
Tertiary Prevention Specialized
Individualized Systems for Students with
High-Risk Behavior
CONTINUUM OF SCHOOL-WIDE INSTRUCTIONAL
POSITIVE BEHAVIOR SUPPORT

Secondary Prevention Specialized Group Systems
for Students with At-Risk Behavior

Primary Prevention School-/Classroom- Wide
Systems for All Students, Staff, Settings
of Students
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Celebration

• In celebration of our school-wide success, both
  the teachers and students are recognized with a
  celebratory program.
• Teacher rewards can include ½ RR Day, lunch
  provided by principal, and a reserved parking
  space for the week.
• Student rewards can include lunch provided by
  principal, popcorn party, pizza party, stickers,
  classroom treats, recognition over the intercom.
• For the second year, Knight Road Elementary
  School has partnered with the Southeast Mental
  Health Center with the induction of the ATOD
  Program, which address the importance of no drug
  use, self-esteem, and social skills to all fifth
  grade students.

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Conclusion

• This document is a work in progress. Many of the
  incentives/ideas have not been in place for a
  necessary length of time to determine
  effectiveness.

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Plan for Support Monitoring

• End of September submit Blue Ribbon Plan to
  District Coach and Academic Superintendent for
  your area. Includes
• Team Members and Team Leader
• Meeting Schedule for year
• TIC (also submitted to Coach Oct., Jan., Apr.)
• Action Plan
• Ongoing training for Team Leaders and others will
  be provided throughout the school year