Joppa View Elementary School
410-887-5065 8727 Honeygo Boulevard • Perry Hall, MD 21128 Fax: 410-887-5066
Joppa View Elementary School
Schoolwide Behavior Management Plan
2012-2012
Based on the Baltimore County Public Schools Blueprint for Progress: Realizing the Vision, all schools must ensure that the county’s vision and mission are implemented as well as strive to reach all goals and performance indicators found in this document. Included in the Blueprint for Progress: Realizing the Vision are goals, indicators, and strategies that ensure a safe and orderly learning environment for all students and staff members. Joppa View Elementary School administration and staff members will strive to successfully implement all goals and indicators found in this document. Those related to the Joppa View Elementary Schoolwide Behavior Management Plan are as follows:
System Wide Goal 2: To maintain a safe and orderly learning environment in every school.
Performance Goal 4: All students will be educated in school environments that are safe and conducive to learning.
Performance Indicators for goal 4 (BCPS Standards)
4.1 All schools and communities will maintain safe, orderly, and nurturing
environments
4.2 All schools will have published expectations of student behavior and
parental responsibilities and involvement
4.3 Staff, students, parents, and community members will express
satisfaction with the learning environment, climate, and school facilities
Key Strategies for Goal 4
a) Provide attractive, clean, caring, and secure learning environments
b) Implement active character ethics education
h) Continue the annual Safe Schools Conference
i) Establish an action plan in the SIP for increasing parental awareness of their responsibilities and knowledge of behavior expectations identified in the Student Handbook and school Code of Conduct
j) Communicate to all students and parents the behavioral expectations identified in the Student Handbook and school Code of Conduct
k) Identify and train all staff in the effective student behavior management programs and the Student Handbook requirements
To design a positive learning environment, it is critical to fashion a school climate where teachers feel supported, students are treated fairly, parents are well-informed, and the office runs smoothly. The creation of a safe and orderly school environment will foster increased student achievement and security, a school-wide behavior plan has been established as a means to unite the classroom, the home, and the office with a consistent approach to behavior management and discipline.
In analyzing JVE behavior management data, the following can be stated:
· Ninety-five percent of the students are responsible decision makers who are successful in a rule-governed setting.
· Two percent of students are at risk for anti-social behavior patterns and need clear established boundaries and consequences as well as conflict resolution strategies.
· Three percent of students are chronic behavior problems, requiring individual behavior management plans.
The Joppa View behavioral plan has been formed to serve the specific needs of the community. It is our goal to remain committed to the plan, to be responsive to school discipline data QUARTERLY, and to adjust the plan as deemed necessary.
CODE OF CONDUCT
Effective instruction is best conveyed in a structured yet nurturing environment. Hence, this Code of Conduct will be instituted systemically by faculty and administration and be posted in each classroom. The three components of the Code of Conduct will be recited daily during morning announcements:
SHOW RESPECT to:
· Myself
· Others
· School
· Environment
SHOW RESPONSIBILITY for:
· What I Say
· What I Do
BE READY to:
· Listen
· Learn
Joppa View Elementary School is committed to developing responsible caring citizens able to meet the challenges of an ever-changing global, economic, and multicultural society. Teachers, parents, and community members will provide encouragement, respect, and opportunities to foster student success. Students will take the responsibility to utilize all available resources to develop the knowledge, skills, and attitudes of life-long learners.
School Standards and Expectations
The Code of Conduct will be the basis for behavioral expectations. Teachers will reinforce appropriate behavior via positive interventions and social skills training. In addition, a hierarchy of consequences will be observed.
Classroom Expectations:
Each classroom will utilize the Code of Conduct as a measure of classroom discipline. The expected behaviors will be highlighted with social skills lessons throughout the academic year, by using behavior matrices. Teachers may develop classroom rules with age-appropriate words aligned to the Code of Conduct.
Hallway Expectations:
· Students are expected to remain quiet in their class line.
· All students must carry a hall pass when not escorted by a teacher. Other staff members are expected to communicate infractions with student’s teacher. Students without hall passes will be returned to class.
Arrival and Dismissal Expectations:
Arrival and dismissal will be arranged to promote a safe and orderly environment.
· Arrival
o Students will not be admitted into building before 9:00 a.m., unless attending approved school programs.
o At 9:00 a.m., students shall walk directly to their classrooms.
o Breakfast or late passes will be given to students who leave cafeteria after 9:15 a.m. bell.
· Dismissal
o Car riders will be dismissed all at once, followed by bus dismissal.
o Students shall walk quietly to their designated bus lines.
Bathroom Expectations:
Classroom teachers may opt to take whole class bathroom breaks or send students individually. In an attempt to maintain the working order of our bathrooms, please follow these procedures:
· Students in grades 1-5 need to use a sign out sheet. If possible, times for leaving and returning should be recorded.
· The custodians will check the bathrooms at regular intervals (11:00 a.m., 1:00 p.m., and 3:00 p.m. for cleanliness, toilet paper, paper towels, and soap). Sign in sheets.
· Students should secure a pass to use the bathrooms. Use of a magnetic pass is encouraged.
· Students should receive a bathroom break before OR after lunch and specials.
· Using the bathroom during lunch, specials, recess, and assemblies should be MINIMIZED.
Cafeteria Expectations:
· Students are expected to:
o Enter and exit quietly
o Use appropriate table manners
o Stay in assigned seats
o Raise hand for help
o Talk to those at their designated table
o Dispose of trash from tables and floor before leaving
o Achieve STRIVE FOR FIVE, using the terminology
o Clean classroom table
· Teachers are expected to:
o Review cafeteria expectations and seating assignments.
o Drop off students at designated times.
o Pick up students at their designated tables at time of dismissal.
· Administration is expected to:
o Monitor cafeteria regularly
PROACTIVE INTERVENTIONS
Blue Jay Bucks
Students will earn Blue Jay Bucks for exhibiting responsible, respectful, and readiness behaviors. Monthly/weekly incentives will be given to qualifying students. All staff (i.e., bus drivers, cafeteria staff) will be empowered to recognize students for exhibiting the Code of Conduct. Blue Jay Bucks will be collected on Thursday afternoons with a drawing of two students per class occurring each Friday morning. These students will be acknowledged by administration for their positive behaviors. A monthly recognition will take place for students with a certain percentage of days on green.
Respect Announcements
Every Wednesday a thoughtful message will be presented during morning announcements related to the expectations outlined in the Code of Conduct. The school counselor will communicate the message to faculty prior to announcement so that teachers can facilitate classroom discussion based on this message.
Strive for Five
Students will be encouraged to follow the five steps towards excellence in cafeteria behavior. If a class achieves five points, a selected student will be asked to add one box to their classroom bar graph. This graph will be analyzed on a monthly basis and the top three classrooms will be positively rewarded at the end of each month with a Golden Lunchbox Award.
Bullying, Harassment, and Intimidation
The school counselor will lead a school wide bullying, harassment, and intimidation education and prevention program for students and faculty.
School Counseling Program
Class guidance lessons will be related to the Code of Conduct. Small group intervention will also take place based on teacher and administrative recommendation.
Class Meetings
Class meetings will be held in grades K-5 as a proactive measure to manage negative situations occurring in the classroom. Meeting outcomes should contain positive reinforcement and praise. Teachers in grades K-5 are encouraged to incorporate ideas and models from the Second Step Program.
BUG Awards
The Bring Up Grades (BUG) Award program will be used to support improved grades on report cards. The BUG program will involved students in grades 1-5 and will focus on grades in academic and special areas. Students will be recognized by choosing a “bug,” recording his/her name on the bug, and displaying it on the “BUG Wall” outside of the library. This will encourage ALL students to work hard to achieve academic excellence.
Code of Conduct Teaching Matrix
The expected behaviors will be highlighted with lessons throughout the academic year using the behavior matrices. These matrices delineate what expected behaviors look like in various areas of the school. Language found in these matrices will be used consistently school-wide. These matrices will be displayed in both classrooms and common areas of the school.
Effort and Achievement Awards
Academic:
· Principal’s List (all A’s)
· Honor Roll (all A’s and B’s)
Effort:
· Gold (all 1’s)
· Silver (all 1’s and 2’s)
Positive Reinforcements
List of positive reinforcement ideas will be given to teachers in the beginning of year.
Classroom Think Spot
This Think Spot will be a designated area located within the classroom, to be visited a student has reached Level 3 on the Hierarchy of Classroom Consequences.
Buddy Room Guidelines (Reflection Form)
A Buddy Room (alternate room) may be used if a student needs to be removed from the classroom when he/she has reached Level 4 on the Hierarchy of Classroom Consequences. The teacher in the Buddy Room will ensure a completed Reflection Form is returned to the homeroom teacher. This form will be sent home with the student, to be signed by the parent/guardian and returned to school the next day.
Individual Behavior Plans
Individual Behavior Plans will be designed for students based on need to promote student success.
SCHOOL WIDE DISCIPLINE
Teachers are expected to monitor and record daily student behavior. K-5 teachers will use a Stoplight to visibly track student behavior. K-2 will report daily behavior to parents via a color-coded calendar. Grades 3-5 will report daily behavior to parents on students’ planners. It is expected these reports will be reviewed and initialed by parents.
Any infraction of the Code of Conduct constitutes a level on the Hierarchy of Consequences. The use of Levels 1-5 will be enforced only after the student has exhausted modification efforts by the teacher (i.e. proximity, eye contact, one-on-one discussion, etc.). If a student’s behavior violates the Code of Conduct, any staff member can mark this infraction on the stoplight by moving a clip.
Hierarchy of Classroom Consequences:
Levels of Behavior / Teacher InterventionL1 Green
L2 Yellow / Warning
L3 Yellow / Think Spot
L4 Red / Buddy Room- Think Sheet with parent signature returned following day
L5 Red / Call Parent
Office Referral
Once a clip has been moved off Level 1, it will not be returned to Green until the next day.
Office Discipline
An office referral form is completed with each referral. Administrators will confer with all involved parties as well as contact the parents. Administrators will follow a Monthly Hierarchy of Office Consequences, to include the following:
· Referral 1 Reprimand, parent notification and office time-out
· Referral 2 Detention
· Referral 3 Parent-Teacher-Student-Administrator Conference
· Referral 4 Suspension
Immediate Office Referrals
Incidences as outlined in the Baltimore County Public Schools Student Handbook listed below require an immediate office referral:
- destruction of property/vandalism
- failure to serve assigned consequences
- fighting
- harassment, bullying, and intimidation
- indecent exposure/language
- leaving classroom/school grounds without permission
- physical attack of staff or students
- theft
- physical or verbal threat of staff or students
- weapons violation
Cafeteria Behavior
A separate behavior management system based on the Code of Conduct will be implemented. Teachers should walk their students to the lunch room at scheduled times. Students will be seated at assigned tables. Cafeteria helpers will monitor the lunch line and assist students while students eat lunch. Teachers will pick up their classes at their assigned tables. Classes will be awarded points in STRIVE FOR FIVE based on their behavior.
HIERARCHY of Cafeteria Consequences:
Severe disruption will be immediately sent to the office with form.
Level 1 / Caution/WarningLevel 2 / Time-Out Table
Level 3 / Office Referral
DATA COLLECTION AND PROGRAM EVALUATION
Data will be collected and put in STARS. Trends will be recognized and addressed as necessary. This School-wide Behavior Management Plan will be re-evaluated at the end of the year.
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