My Behavior Management Plan is design to provide a highly structured yet flexible framework for my students. This plan includes both rewards and consequences, and targets acceptable, unacceptable, individual, and total class behaviors.
In order to provide my students with the best educational climate they deserve, I have developed the following guidelines that will be in effect throughout the entire school year. I believe that my Behavior Management Plan will help my class achieve the goals and objectives planned for this school year. My Behavior Management Plans goes as follows;
Starting in September, each child gets a monthly calendar with blank spaces on it, one for each day of the month. Your child will get stamped in his/her behavior calendar at the end of each day. I either stamp a "Happy" Face or a "Sad" Face depending on your child's behavior for that day. Please check your child's Monthly Behavior Chart daily to see how your child behaved in class.
I also use these calendars to help me determine a conduct grade at the end of each grading period. I collect your child's calendar at the end of each month and file it for future reference. When it comes down to report card time, I look back at the months for that grading period and determine what conduct grade he/she deserves. I give them the conduct grade that they've earned that grading period, and you'll also know by keeping track of their sad faces. Here is the scale we use to determine conduct grades.
In one grading period: (9
weeks)
0-3 sad faces = A , 4-6 sad faces = B ,
7-9 sad faces = C , 8-10 sad faces = D ,
more than 10 sad faces = F
If a student chooses not to follow the classroom rules:
| 1st Time | Verbal warning to student is made. | |
| 2nd Time | Loss of special privileges in the classroom for that day, such as free time, computers, centers, etc... A note home will be sent identifying the inappropriate behavior. A "Sad" face gets stamped in your child's behavior calendar for that day. | |
| 3rd Time | Loss of special privileges for the week. A note will be sent home to be signed, followed immediately with a phone call home to mom and dad. Conduct grade automatically drops one letter grade and is posted in grade book. Again, a "Sad" face gets stamped in your child's behavior calendar for that day. | |
| 4th Time | All of the above! Parent-Teacher Conference is requested at this time. (An administrator is usually ask to sit in on these types of conferences. I don't look forward to making them.) Conduct grade automatically drops to a "D" and is posted in grade book. | |
| 5th Time | Referral form will be filled out immediately. Student will be sent to the office with form. Parents will be notified immediately by an administrator. Appropriate punishment will be chosen and handled by administration. Conduct grade automatically drops to an "F" for the grading period. Referral gets posted in child's permanent file. |
Severe Clause:
A severe clause occurs when there is a
verbal and/or physical abuse to fellow student or teacher.
If this occurs, the student is immediately removed from the
classroom and sent to the office to be handled by
administration. This type of behavior is not tolerated at Joe
Hall Elementary. It is in your child's best interest that we
work together with regard to his/her behavior. I will try our
best to keep the parents informed of their child's progress in
class; I will ask our parents to do the
same. Hopefully, together we can correct any inappropriate behavior at home and
at school. Thank you for your support.
"You've been caught doing the right thing" (Tickets)
1. These tickets will be handed to a student for "doing the right things," such as staying on task, following instructions, using class time wisely, walking quietly in line, etc. When a student receives a ticket(s) from me, they are instructed to put their names on each ticket and then place them in our ticket box. At the end of the week (usually on Fridays) there will be two drawings. (I like to pick out a boy's name, and a girl's name.) If a student's name gets chosen...than he or she gets a free trip to our famous "Treasure chest!" The more tickets a child has in the ticket box, the higher his/her chances are of being chosen. (Example of prizes found in the Treasure Chest are mini-notepads, stickers, rulers, pencils, treats, etc.)
"Compliments"
2. This is a whole class reward system. There is a designated spot on the wall in our classroom where the words "Compliments" will be posted. On the first day of school we like to give them a head start by giving them the first letter. This is how Compliments works! Each time the class gets a compliment either from an administrator, parent, or another teacher, the class receives the following letter to the word. A next letter goes up on our wall to start forming the word Compliments. They start off with a "C", then they get the letter "O" and so on. Once the class has earned enough compliments to spell out the whole word, they have their choice of either a popcorn party with a movie, or a Popsicle party outside.
"Star Tables"
3. My class is also rewarded as a group. I reward them this way to promote teamwork amongst each table. Each table has a table monitor who tries to keep the table on task and in check. If a specific table is working hard, cooperates with each other, and are at their best, they have earned a star for their table. On the front board we have posted the tables by numbers. When a table earns a stars, the table captain for that week is allowed to come up and post a magnetic star next to their table's number. The table with the most stars at the end of the week gets special recognition and each person at that table receives a special treat.
4. Free
time in class.
5. Free time on the computer.
6. Trip(s) to
the library.
7. Positive note home.
8. Positive
phone call home.
9. Help another student.
10. Stickers, No
Homework Coupons, etc...
I believe that students should receive acknowledgement for good behavior. Students will be encouraged to demonstrate appropriate behaviors in class at all times. When a student consistently behave appropriately, a phone call will most likely be made to the parent(s) to encourage this positive behavior.
