We will be using the school-wide discipline plan, BIST (Behavior
Intervention Support Team). This plan focuses on accountability of all
actions and helping the student find ways to change his/her undesired
behavior. There are two main objectives with this plan:
1. It is never okay to say or be hurtful to anyone.
2. It is never okay to be disruptive and stop the learning process.
With these two objectives in mind, students are held accountable for their
actions. The first time an undesired behavior occurs, the student is given a
redirection. If the problem continues a sequence of steps follow. They are:
1. Redirection
2. Buddy Room- if the action continues the student is sent to another
classroom where they are given a "Think Sheet" to complete. This sheet helps
the student focus on the behavior, why it is happening, and what they can do
to stop it. The student stays in this room until the classroom teacher can
visit with the student and together decide if the student is ready to come
back to the classroom.
3. Recovery Room- if the student's behavior continues in the buddy room,
they are sent to the recovery room. This gives the student a chance to be by
him or herself and think about the action.
4. Principal's Office- if the student's behavior continues in the
recovery room, they are sent to the principal's office where the principal
speaks to them about their behavior. If the behavior continues here, parents
will be called to help.
If a student comes to school without all homework finished, it is an
immediate loss of privileges so that the work can get finished and the
student not fall farther behind. A note will be sent home that same evening
letting the parent know what assignment was not turned in. This note will
need to be signed and brought back the following school day. If the note is
not returned, the student will be sent to the office to call the parent for
verification. If circumstances occur which keeps your child from finishing
the homework, please write me a short note explaining what happened and send
it with your child. They will still lose privileges for the day in order to
get caught up, but credit will be given to the assignment. No credit is
given for unexcused late work.
Class work that is assigned throughout the day is due before the student can
leave at the end of the day. The assignments that I give are structured so
that the students can get them done in the time allotted. If the student
does not finish in this given time, then they have had trouble staying on
task and steps will need to be taken to remedy this problem. The problems,
usually, are too much talking, daydreaming, walking around, etc. If a
student leaves school before completing their assignments, no credit will be
given for those assignments. Of course, there are circumstances that will
arise that will prohibit a student from staying after school, such as doctor
appointments, and I will make other arrangements with the student, provided
they inform me of the situation before leaving for the day.
In case of an absence due to illness or other circumstances, your child will
have 2 days for every day that he/she missed (this is subject to change
depending on the length of the assignments). All work that we did during
this time will be recorded in a journal. It will be the responsibility of
the student to get the journal and copy down the work that was
missed. “Homework Helpers” will be available to answer any general questions
about an assignment. If your child has other questions, I will be happy to
find time through the day or after school to provide help. Many activities
that we do will be group activities and cannot be made up. In this case, I
will try to find a written assignment that the student can do for
substitution.