Welcome Back to School

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Welcome Back to School

• We hope that you had a great summer vacation!

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P.B.I.S.

• Positive Behavioral Interventions
• and Supports

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Whats it all about?

• Our goal is
• To provide a positive
• school climate within which all students can
  excel academically,
• socially, and emotionally

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Sowhat does that mean?

• Well, we want you to be excited about the
  learning opportunities at Burke Town School. We
  want our school to be a safe and happy place
  where you can be a positive member of the school
  community.
• We want you to be able to perform to the best of
  your ability in your classes
• We want you to make and keep friends
• We want you to know what the expectations are and
  to follow them

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Whats so new about that?

• What makes this year different is that we are
  going to be paying a lot more attention to
  students who are following the expectations and
  rewarding their positive behavior.

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What are the expectations?

1. Respect Yourself
2. Respect Others
3. Respect Our School

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What does respect look, sound, and feel like?
All Settings Classroom Hallways Playground Cafeteria Bus
Respect Yourself Be on time Be on task Do your best Keep yourself safe Be prepared Do your best Be on task Stay focused Go where directed Walk safely Play safely Be brave Use good manners Eat healthy foods Be on time Find your seat quickly Sit facing forward Remain seated
Respect Others Help others do their best Keep others safe Use kind words and actions Listen to, and follow, the teachers directions Be engaged Take turns Use quiet voices Walk to the right Hands and feet to self Take turns Include others Share Use good manners Include others at your table Respect others food choices Be on time Talk quietly Keep hands and feet to self Follow directions of bus driver
Respect Our School Follow adult directions promptly Help others do their best Keep the school safe Encourage learning and safety Use materials, furniture and equipment as intended Keep our space clean Keep areas clean Hands and feet to self Use equipment appropriately Follow directions of all staff Report problems to an adult Pick up little Be on time Talk as quietly as possible Use good manners Keep the cafeteria clean Follow all bus rules Be on time Keep bus clean
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How will we get rewarded?

• Every adult who works for the school will be
  giving out Paws for Praise tickets to students
  who are following the expectations.
• Paws for Praise
• I noticed ______________________
  __________
• 
  __Demonstrating Respect for Self
• 
  __Demonstrating Respect for Others
• 
  __Demonstrating Respect for School
• Teacher _________________________
  _________

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What do we do with the tickets?

• Each class will brainstorm a list of rewards that
  can be earned with a pre-determined number of
  Paws for Praise tickets.
• On banking day, students can turn in their
  tickets for rewards.
• When students turn in their tickets, those
  tickets are then tallied on the Paw-O-Meter
  towards a classroom reward.
• When the class has reached 150 tickets, they earn
• the classroom reward and a piece of the
• panther puzzle.
• When the panther puzzle is complete, the whole
  school
• will earn a school-wide reward.

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You mean all I have to do is behave and Ill get
a reward?

• Well, not exactly
• You wont get a Paws for Praise ticket every time
  you follow one of the expectations
• However
• If you follow the expectations, chances are
  better that you will be noticed!

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Who will be giving out tickets?

• Any of your teachers
• Your classroom teacher
• The paraeducator in your class
• A Special Ed. teacher
• Your art teacher
• Your music teacher
• Your P.E. teacher
• Your librarian
• Your reading, math, speech, O.T., or ELL support
  teacher
• Your nurse
• Your guidance counselor
• Your substitute teacher

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Who else will give them out?

• The Principal

• The Secretary

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Anyone else?

• The kitchen staff

• The custodian

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And finally

• Bus drivers

• Special Presenters

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That sounds great but sometimes I have trouble
following the rules.
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We all have dozens of choices to make every
single day
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And our choices have consequences

• Some are positive

• And some are negative

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If you choose to not follow one of the schools
expectations, your teacher will do several things

• Your teacher will remind you of the
  expectation(s)
• She will state how your behavior was either not
  respecting yourself, someone else, and/or the
  school
• She will tell you what the consequence is
• If this is your first minor referral, it will get
  filed (and passed along to the next teacher you
  have that day)
• If it is the second minor referral, your
  referrals will be flagged (for your next
  teacher)
• If it is your third minor referral, it becomes a
  major and you will be sent to the Student Support
  Room, the Principal will be notified, and your
  parents will be contacted.

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What are minor behaviors?

• Minor behaviors include
• Inappropriate language
• Physical contact
• Defiance/disrespect/noncompliance
• Disruption
• Dress code
• Technology violation
• Property misuse
• Tardy
• Other _________________________

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What is a major behavior?

• Major behaviors include
• Abusive language
• Fighting/physical aggression
• Overt defiance
• Bullying/harassment/teasing/
• taunting
• Inappropriate display of affection
• Technology violation
• Tardy
• Skip class/truancy
• Forgery/theft
• Dress code violation
• Lying/cheating
• Alcohol/tobacco/other drugs

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What happens if I display a major behavior?

• Your teacher will complete a referral form and
  you will be sent immediately to the Student
  Support Room
• The Principal will be notified
• Your parents will be contacted
• An appropriate consequence will be given

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But that sounds really negative -

• I thought we were
• going to be
• positive

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Well, remember a couple of things

• We are going to be noticing when you make good
  choices and you can earn rewards for positive
  behaviors.

• Everyone makes mistakes. Its our job to help
  you to learn from them and to make better choices
  in the future. We are here to support you and
  help you to do your best!

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Together, we will make this our best year ever!!!
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Our schedule for today

• 800-900 AM Meet and greet your new classmates
  and teacher
• 900-1000 AM Panther Meeting
• 1000-1100 AM Return to classroom to learn
  classroom
• expectations, take a break, and begin
  brainstorming lists
• for individual and class-wide rewards
• 1100-230 Teachers will take their students
  to each setting and
• teach the expectations for that settiing

1100-1130 1130-1200 1200-1230 1230-100 100-130 130-200 200-230
EPM/EPT Lunch Playground Break Hallways Bus Flex Flex
2,2/3,3 Flex Lunch Playground Break Hallways Bus Flex
4 4/5 Flex Flex Lunch Playground Break Hallways Bus
5 6 Flex Flex Bus Lunch Playground Break Hallways
7 8 Flex Flex Hallways Bus Lunch Playground break