Review of Expectations

 WOW!  It's been a very long time since I have written a blog post.  I want to take this opportunity to review our behavior expectations.

Our school wide expectations are Honesty, Responsibility, Respect, and Ready to Learn. Our 5/6 team has the same classroom expectations that define what HR3 looks like. When students are having difficulty with these expectations, they get a redirection or reminder.  The steps are as follows:

In Each Class:

1. First reminder: student is asked to follow the expectation.

2. 2nd reminder: move seats or take a break

3. 3rd reminder: move again, take a break, or work in another room

    Minor Office Discipline Referral

4. 4th reminder: planning room

    Major Office Discipline Referral

3 reminders in one class period are documented as a minor referral.  This is done on paper.  If a student receives 3 minors in one day, then we document it as a major office discipline referral and it is recorded in our school data base called SWIS.

If a student has received multiple reminders throughout the day, but didn't get 3 minors, then we will contact you and document it as a major office discipline referral.

4 minor referrals in one week will be documented as a major office discipline referral.  

We will contact you when a major ODR is recorded, but you may hear from us after one or two minors. 

What does a major ODR mean?  Each week, our Behavior Support Team meets and reviews the major referrals.  If a students is receiving majors on a regular basis or a pattern is developing, then the BST will look into what can be done to support that student.

Students get a clean slate each class for the 1, 2, 3 step process.  That means a student in my class  may receive 2 redirects, but when they go to science those 2 are "left" in my class and Gabby will start with step 1. 

We understand this may be confusing, but the students are used to this process.  We document minors and majors so we can connect the dots if we need to so we can better support the students.