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Moss Bluff Elementary School
2012-2013
School Wide Positive Behavior
Management Plan
| Team Members |
Department |
| Dani
O'Quinn |
Counselor |
|
Paulette Zerangue |
Counselor |
|
Chris Ivey |
SPED |
|
Natha Mahoney |
Pre-K |
| Kim
Willis |
1st Grade |
|
Sharon Fields |
3rd Grade |
|
Jason Doyle |
4th Grade |
Team Purpose:
To establish critical
systems which facilitate positive behavior changes in our
faculty and students.
Purpose
Discipline at Moss Bluff Elementary is concerned with the
training of children to respect themselves, others, and the
environment. This requires that faculty and staff teach
children to recognize, understand, and follow rules. We
work for the students to control themselves as they learn
the limits of acceptable behavior. Children will be given a
clear understanding of behaviors that are acceptable and
unacceptable. The faculty and staff are also trained in how
to set limits for children, teach and encourage the
appropriate behavior, and apply logical and instructive
consequences.
Mission Statement
Building Young Minds for
Future Times
Beliefs and Commitments
BELIEFS
Moss
Bluff Elementary’s primary focus is our children.
Opportunities
are provided for all to be successful.
Student
achievement goals should be high, but within reach.
Students
share in the responsibility for learning with educators and
parents.
Building
good character comes from good examples by educators, staff,
and parents.
Links
between technology and real life situations will be
connected.
Unique
personalities will be nurtured to generate self-worth.
Fun,
friendly, safe atmospheres will be created to provide a
stimulating learning experience.
Faculty
and staff will promote respect and acceptance for all.
COMMITMENTS
Based
upon these beliefs, we strive to:
§
Create a
community of learners acting and reacting within socially
acceptable bounds
§
Change
inappropriate behaviors while maintaining and building
integrity and self-esteem
§
Nurture
self-disciplined, democratic citizens
§
Let children
know what is expected so they can be successful
§
Work with
children on their instructional level to practice and
develop their use of appropriate behaviors in a variety of
situations
§
Develop habits
of goodness relative to cooperation, assertion,
responsibility, empathy, and self-control
PROACTIVE
REINFORCEMENT
All rules as well as
procedures must be discussed and practiced in
light of our beliefs and commitments regarding behavior
management. The discussion and practice are necessary to
develop a clear understanding, awareness, commitment, skill,
and internalization of the desired behavior. Lessons must
be prepared and implemented that provide a model of the
appropriate behavior and opportunity for practice.
Proactive questioning must be used that elicits and probes
for recognition of specific behaviors.
We will use the 3 R’s of
encouraging and empowering language:
§
Reaffirm: “I
noticed…” “I see …”
§
Remind: “Show
me …” “Tell me…” “Remind me…”
§
Redirect: “I
need you to …” “We decided …” “You have a choice to…”
A CHARACTER EDUCATION
PROGRAM
Stakeholders at Moss Bluff Elementary are concerned with the
training of children to respect themselves, others, and the
environment. This requires that faculty and staff teach
children to recognize, understand, and follow rules. We
work for the students to control themselves as they learn
the limits of acceptable behavior. Children will be given a
clear understanding of what behavior is acceptable and what
is unacceptable. The faculty and staff are trained in how
to set limits for children, teach and encourage the
appropriate behavior, and take the necessary steps to apply
logical and instructive consequences.
Moss Bluff Elementary School, along
with all other public schools, has been required by the
Louisiana State Department of Education via legislative
mandate to implement a character education program.
Our
School-Wide Behavior Plan is at the heart of our overall
educational program.
In
addition to these behavioral expectations, each student is
required to abide by the Calcasieu Parish Student Code of
Conduct Handbook. It contains some required
administrative responses to certain infractions. All
parents will receive a copy of this booklet and are expected
to read and follow its guidelines.
The aid
and cooperative assistance of parents in the successful
teaching and practicing of our School-Wide Behavior Plan
is essential. Commitment to our belief about children and
the ways we have identified to help them grow socially can
be shown through conversations and actions with children and
adults. The logical consequences approach can be much more
difficult than a system of automatic rewards and
punishments. It acknowledges that over and over in the
period of development adults will have to show children the
limits of safety and extent of respect. Neither the teacher
nor parent can afford to become frustrated with the need to
repeat communication, make phone calls, or participate in
conferences with one another. The effort of all
adults is to create a school where there is peacefulness,
respect, fun, and significant academic learning.
Parents and teachers working together is the key to building
and maintaining such a great school.
School-wide Rules for All Settings
Cafeteria, Hall/Courtyard,
Restroom, Playground, Bus
Be Respectful
We
will:
q
Display
respectful attitudes to all students and adults
q
Use kind
words and actions
q
Wait your
turn patiently
q
Take care of
all personal belongings and school property
q
Keep hands,
feet and objects to self
q
Use quiet
inside voices in the building
Be safe
We
will:
q
Keep hands,
feet and objects to self
q
Walk face
forward
q
Use walking
feet (except on the playground)
Be Responsible
We
will:
q
Keep up with
and take care of all personal belongings and school property
q
Follow adult
directions the first time they are given
Moss Bluff Elementary
School
Expectations and Rules
|
Expectations |
Cafeteria |
Hall/Courtyard |
Restroom |
Playground |
Bus |
|
Be Respectful |
Pick up after
yourself / Keep area clean
Keep all food on
your tray |
Respect displayed
work
Be silent in
hallways |
Flush toilets,
wash hands, and put trash in garbage
Conserve water,
soap and paper products
Keep restrooms
graffiti-free |
Respect
playground equipment and landscape
Follow teacher
directives |
Pick up trash and
place in garbage
Follow duty
teacher directives
Keep hands, feet,
and objects to self
Use patience when
boarding and exiting
|
|
Be
safe |
Walk to table
Stay seated
Face forward in
line
|
Use walking feet
Walk on right
side of hall
Keeps hands,
feet, and objects to self |
Keep feet on
floor
Use sinks and
toilets appropriately |
Stay in
boundaries of playground area
Keep hands, feet
and objects to self
Freeze when horn
sounds
Walk to line up
|
Walk to and from
bus
Stay seated in
assigned area and read book choice
Sit in assigned
bus seat
|
|
Be
Responsible |
Use inside voices
Use good manners
|
Remain in
assigned area with teacher |
Use inside voices
Give privacy to
all |
Share equipment
with others
Place all
equipment back in containers
|
Be prepared with
library or AR book choice
Use inside voices |
Moss Bluff Elementary
Rules for Cafeteria
Be
Respectful
§
Keep all food on
your tray
§
Pick up after
yourself
§
Keep area clean
Be Safe
§
Walk to table
§
Stay seated
§
Face forward in
line
Be
Responsible
§
Use inside voices
§
Use good manners
Moss Bluff Elementary
Rules for Hall/Courtyard
Be
Respectful
§
Respect displayed
work
§
Be silent in
hallways
Be safe
§
Use walking feet
§
Walk on the right
side of the hall
§
Keep hands, feet
and objects to self
Be
Responsible
§
Remain in assigned
area with teacher
Moss Bluff Elementary
Rules for Restroom
Be
Respectful
§
Flush toilets,
wash hands, and put trash in garbage
§
Conserve water,
soap and paper products
§
Keep restroom
graffiti free
Be safe
§
Use sinks and
toilets appropriately
§
Keep feet on floor
Be
Responsible
§
Use inside voices
§
Give privacy to
all
Moss Bluff Elementary
Rules for Playground
Be
Respectful
§
Respect playground
equipment and landscape
§
Follow teacher
directives
Be safe
§
Stay in boundaries
of playground area
§
Keep hands, feet
and objects to self
§
Freeze when horn
sounds
§
Walk to line up
Be Kind
§
Share equipment
with others
§
Place all
equipment back in containers
Moss Bluff Elementary
Rules for Bus
Be
Respectful
§
Pick up trash and
place in garbage can
§
Follow duty
teacher directives
§
Keep hands, feet
and objects to self
§
Use patience when
boarding and exiting
Be Safe
§
Walk to and from
bus
§
Stay seated in
assigned area and read book choice
§
Sit in assigned
bus seat
Be
Responsible
§
Be prepared with
library or AR book choice
§
Use inside voices
Moss Bluff Elementary Discipline
Policy
Moss Bluff
Elementary School is committed to implementing methods and
strategies to help children learn and develop attitudes of
respect and responsibility.
Our school’s discipline ladder is aligned to the district Code
of Conduct.
We strive
for children to recognize, understand, and internalize the
traditional ideas of honesty, self-control, responsibility,
cooperation, and self-motivation.
1.
Classroom
Teacher
The teacher will make every
effort to handle discipline problems as they arise in the
classroom. Interventions should be related (logically
connected to the misbehavior), reasonable (equal in
intensity to the misbehavior), and respectful (carried
out in a way that preserves a student’s self-esteem).
The individual teacher has a
classroom discipline plan provided for students and it involves
these steps:
a.
1St
Infraction – Verbal
Warning
b.
2nd
Infraction –Loss of
privilege
c.
3rd
Infraction –
Communication with parents/note or phone call
d.
4th
Infraction – Referred
to administration
2.
Administration
Certain behaviors are considered
major violations and require more intensive interventions. The
student is referred to the office and a discipline notice will
be sent to the parents, teacher, and filed in the office.
The administrator conducts the
following:
Pre-Kindergarten – Grade 2:
a.
1st
Referral – Conference
and a notice is sent home.
b.
2nd
/3rd Referral
– The student is subject to the
following consequences and notice is sent home:
o
Time out /
alternative placement
o
Isolation – After
school detention
o
ISI (In-School
Isolation)
Partial day or time assigned out
of classroom, preferably end of school day.
o
Discipline writing
assignment with four square
o
Phone Parent
c. 4th Referral
– This level is more severe and student may be subject to ISI –
In-School Isolation assigned for one full day
d.
5th
Referral – ISI –
In-School Isolation assigned for one full day OR Suspension
e.
6th
Referral –
o
Suspension
Grade 3 – Grade 5:
f.
1st
Referral- Conference
with administration and a notice is sent home.
g.
2nd
Referral – The student
is subject to the following consequences and notice is sent
home:
o
Time out /
alternative placement
o
Isolation – After
school detention
Partial day or time assigned out
of classroom, preferably end of school day.
o
Discipline writing
assignment
o
Phone Parent
h.
3rd
Referral – This level
is more severe and student may be subject to:
o
ISI – In-School
Isolation assigned for one full day
i.
4th
Referral –
o
ISI – In-School
Isolation assigned for one full day
OR Suspension
j.
5th
Referral –
o
Suspension
Extenuating circumstances may warrant altering/modifying the
process of this discipline plan.
Moss Bluff Elementary
Bus Discipline Plan
CPSB and MBE
have an aligned bus procedure and discipline policy. Students
are taught bus safety and bus riding procedures in an effort to
keep all students safe while traveling to and from school. If a
student does not follow bus safety guidelines or bus behavior
expectations the CPSB employee responsible for the area will
handle the issue.
1. Bus
Driver
The
individual bus driver’s plan which basically consists of the
following steps:
a. 1st Infraction – Verbal Warning
b. 2nd Infraction – Re-assignment of seat on the bus
c. 3rd Infraction – Note/Phone call to parents
d. 4th Infraction – Referred to administrator
2.
Administration
The
Assistant Principal conducts the following actions:
a. 1st Referral – Student is reprimanded, counseled,
and warned of consequences
for future referrals. Notice is sent home.
b. 2nd Referral – The student is warned that
the next offense is suspension from the bus for ONE (1) day.
c. 3rd Referral – The student is suspended from the
bus for ONE (1) school day.
d. 4th Referral – The student is suspended from the
bus for five (5) school days.
e. 5th and Subsequent Referrals – The student will be
subject to additional suspensions off of the bus, for a longer
period.
Extenuating circumstances may warrant altering/modifying the
process of this discipline plan.
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