Wednesday, September 9, 2015

Behavior

Welcome to Mrs. Roth's class where all of our children are
Out of This World!

 
Above is a picture of the behavior system I use in my classroom. It supports positive behavior and good choices. 
 
All of the children start off at green (Ready to Blast Off). If a child is making good choices, he/she can move his/her clip up to light blue (Shining Star).  If a child continues to make good choices, he/she can move up to dark blue (Out of This World).  If a child is making poor choices, he/she move down to yellow (Reaching TOWARD the Stars), which is a warning.  If  he/she is continuing to make poor choices, the next stop is orange (Emergency Landing).  This is where a child will need to fill out a Problem Solving form with the teacher and reflect about the good choices that he/she should have been making and will model next time.  The bottom is red (More Training Needed, Phone Call Home).  This is where I call home or sometimes will have the child with me to discuss his/her choices and situation with his/her guardian.  A child can move up and down throughout the school day, so a child does not always automatically stay on yellow.  Also, if a child makes a very poor choice such as hitting, etc. a child may automatically move to orange or red. 
 
This system is put in place so that it is a positive manner to reinforce behavior.  It also is anonymous because there are numbers on the clips, not student names.  The children have to memorize his/her number (I help the children out with this at the beginning) and move that number up or down the rocket ship.