Discipline Flowchart

DISCIPLINE FLOWCHART

Minor

Major

Observed Problem Behavior

Classroom-Managed Behaviors

Office-Managed Behaviors

Call to notify the office of major or repeated minor infractions, the student is sent or picked up to the office.

Redirect the student’s behavior and reteach expectation to the whole class.

Student conference with administration. Reflection/re-teach/rehearse behavior expectation.

Do a praise around for students who are demonstrating the correct behavior.

Administration determines and assigns consequences according to policy. File necessary documentation.

Conference with the student, reteach appropriate behavior, ask the student to rehearse the correct behavior, and discuss consequences if behavior is continued.

• Abusive language

Continued use of racial, sexist, and gender words in a taunting manner

• Chronic or severe nonverbal/verbal disruptions

• Physical Aggression

Frequent use of kicking, hitting, pushing, shoving, biting, etc. to harm others

• Threat or Intimidation/Bullying

Verbal threats of aggression against another student

• Theft

Major theft of high-value items

• Misuse of technology

Kicking/hitting/throwing with the intent of breaking the device

• Chronic minor infractions

4 minor infractions in a week

• Harassment of school personnel

• Chronic Absences

10 or more absences in a nine weeks

• Disruption

Repeated refusal/ignoring reasonable requests by the teacher that leads to an unsafe situation

• Inappropriate language

Name calling

Swearing

Mimicking others in a deliberately patronizing way

• Excessive Talking

Speaking out of turn

• Incidental physical contact with other students

Wrestling

Pushing/shoving/kicking

Biting (w/ no marks)

• Disrespect

Talking Back

• Defiance

Refusing to complete class work

Refusing to follow directions/noncompliance

• Horseplay

Pushing, shoving, hitting, etc.

• Disruptive Behavior

Tattling

Distracting other students

• Property Misuse

Kicking, throwing, or other inappropriate use of school property

• Stealing

Petty theft of items that have little to no value

• Cheating/plagiarism

Using information that is not one’s own

The student is given time to cool down and refocus in a quieter part of the classroom or the student is antiseptically bounced.

Parent Contact (phone/sheet) and the administrator provides the teacher with feedback.

Follow up weekly with student and teacher on the student’s behavior. Problem behavior must cease consecutively for one month before the meetings with the classroom teacher can cease.

The cycle restarts at the beginning when the student rejoins the class.

If this cycle repeats more than 3 times in a week, a written description of the antecedent, setting, and the student's behavior is recorded. An office referral is created.