School-Wide Positive Behavior Support (SWPBS):
The successful implementation of this policy is everyone’s responsibility. Every student, parent, teacher, administrator, staff, parent, community member has a role which includes:
- Supporting the school-wide positive behavior support and discipline policy
- Knowing, communicating and consistently monitoring the policy
- Maintaining open lines of communication between school and home
- Using positive response strategies and corrective feedback for disruptive students
In order for our students to receive a high quality standards-based education, it is important and expected that all students adhere to our school’s Code of Conduct.
All adults should communicate the same message and should have the same expectations. Together we can work together to maintain a positive school culture with individuals interacting in a safe, responsible and respectful way towards themselves and one another.
Definitions of Unacceptable Behaviors:
Minor Fighting: Mutually engaging in physical contact (pushing, shoving, punching, hitting, kicking, scratching, hair-pulling) with another student
Major Fighting: Mutually engaging in physical contact (punching, hitting, kicking, scratching, hair-pulling, biting) with another student, resulting in injuries requiring first aid from school nurse or further medical attention
Classroom Disruption: Causing a sustained and significant amount of interruption in a class or of an activity
Defiance: Knowingly refusing to follow staff directions and/or school-wide rules
Teasing: Teasing, name-calling, insulting, and/or excluding
Bullying: Extremely offensive and/or repeated teasing, name-calling, insulting, excluding, and/or discriminating that can be accompanied by threats of injury or harm
Property Damage: Intentionally damaging other people’s or school property
Sexual Harassment: Unwelcome conduct of a sexual nature that is either verbal, visual, physical, or threats/pressure/demands
Theft: Taking something that does not belong to you
Inappropriate Language: Communicating inappropriate verbal messages – that include swearing – in any learning environment
Consequences:
- Problem Solving with an adult
- Behavior Reflection Log or Oral/Written apology
- Possible Time out/Missed yard time
- Call to parents
- Conference with teacher
- Administrative Intervention
