Positive Behavioral Interventions & Supports (P.B.I.S.)

Behavior Purpose Statement: 

Our schools are positive and respectful communities that promote educational and social-emotional development of students. Everyone in our school communities shares the responsibility for a safe learning environment.
 

P.B.I.S.:

Our schools utilize Positive Behavior Intervention and Supports (P.B.I.S.) to create an atmosphere conducive to learning, growing, sharing, and respecting others. P.B.I.S. is a school-wide approach to behavior management that has a common vision and uses common language. Students are explicitly taught the behavioral expectations for all school areas. Our goal is to create a supportive learning environment that is predictable, consistent, positive and safe.

Establishing clear expectations and standards is the first step in fostering appropriate behavior. When students understand what is expected of them, they learn to make appropriate choices about how to behave in a variety of situations. Students are taught how to be safe, respectful, responsible, and kind through our PBIS expectations in all areas of our school.  Modeling these expectations helps students learn that they are responsible for their behavior and the choices they make.

Our expectations deal with safety-related issues: while some emphasize respect for other people and for property, a few fall into the category of good manners. They are all important in maintaining a positive school climate that is conducive to learning.

Maintaining appropriate behavior needs to be a cooperative effort of the student, the parents/guardians, the teacher and the principal. Family cooperation and collaboration will increase the effectiveness of this behavior code. We ask that you are supportive of our efforts to provide a safe and positive school environment for all students.  Please take the time to discuss these expectations and how we are a team to ensure our students demonstrate appropriate behavior and learning habits.  

Logical consequences are most effective when they are immediate and appropriate to the infraction. It is important that students understand there will be logical consequences and that they accept responsibility for their actions. Every effort will be made to apply the consequences in a consistent manner.  Whenever possible and appropriate, we will incorporate the principles of restorative practice of relationships, respect, responsibility, repair and reintegration.

Our school-wide behavioral expectations:

1.   I am safe.
2.   I am respectful.
3.   I am responsible.
4.   I am kind.