School Wide Behavior Plan-Curriculum Development

This curriculum design is proposed to encourage and reinforce positive behavior school wide. It will benefit all students including behaviorally challenged and special ed. This SWBP will guide teachers in enhancing a positive atmosphere in their classrooms. SWBP seeks the advice and support of the administration and all staff. This will be a team effort and will be discussed across all departments during staff meetings.

Many educators lack the training, support and background to manage these (behaviorally challenged) students in traditional as well as alternative school settings (Breault, 2013). There is a need to create clear rules that students will be able to follow and learn what it means to be respectful and tolerant of others (Howe & Covell, 2009). Teachers and school staff will encourage values associated with respect by modeling these actions, as students learn by example. Staff will exhibit acceptable behavior in front of students in order to not promote disrespectful behavior. As noted by Howe & Covell, the more practice students have at being model citizens, the better they will become. Howe & Covell also state that students need a voice in order to develop a sense of respect, even if it is as small as choosing the book they will be reading in class.

There is also a need for students to be motivated to do the best they can. As noted by Stormont and Smith, there is a need for students to receive specified praise statements in order for them to realize what they done correctly. Students have behaviorial triggers and need to be motivated to work well both independently and with others. Many educators are reprimanding students and not praising good behavior. Continuous reprimanding may cause the risk for classrooms to create negative reinforcement traps when students and teachers are not making clear what the undesired situations are. The bottom line is positive reinforcement needs to be increased to see results.

There are three levels that will be used as a strategical guide for the SWBP.

Level One

• Teach students positive behavior expectations
• Positive reinforcement for all students
• Consistent consequences for negative behaviors
• Classroom management

Level Two

• Encourage positive social skills
• Basic behavior plan
• Classroom management support
• School Mentors
• Academic support/Counselors
• Suspension alternatives

Level Three

• Behavior assessment & plan
• Increased academic support
• Parent collaboration

In conclusion, currently in our school there is a lack of follow through and consequences that students face when exhibiting negative behaviors. Staff is encouraged to discuss concerns and SWBP on an ongoing basis at staff development meetings, trainings, as well as with teacher leaders, and the IEP team. In an effort to change and increase positive behavior it is pertinent that teachers collaborate and communicate their students desired behaviors and in which subjects they see negative behaviors occur more frequently. The goal is to improve morale and students behavior, As it is modified, this will ultimately allow for a more organized and peaceful learning environment for everyone.

School Wide Behavior Plan

Conclusion

Adrianna Perez-Sandi

Cur/506

Dr. Melissa Shepard

SWBP Curriculum Proposal

Strategies

Factors

Triggers

Socio-Economics plays a challenging role in our school. Serving a low-income community does bring certain factors into play. Many students come from a single parent home where there is not much positive reinforcement or accountability for negative behaviors. This creates a trickle down effect causing difficulties disciplining students at the school. One way staff can assist is by reporting negative behaviors that they cannot immediately address. The main office will have a box where staff can write the date, students name and behavior that occurred. This can be applied to both negative and positive behaviors. The Dean of discipline, Academic counselors, Teacher leaders, and the IEP team will work together to address these behaviors with either positive or negative reinforcement, and discipline if needed.

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