POSITIVE BEHAVIOR = SUPPORT

ASMS Website=20 Link

POSITIVE=20 BEHAVIOR SUPPORT

PURPOSE

The=20 Educational / Juvenile Justice Act requires each parish and school board = develop=20 a plan for improving behavior and discipline in each school. To address this requirement = each school=20 has developed a Positive Behavior Support (PBS) program designed to = reward=20 students for following school policies and procedures as well as = promoting good=20 choices in behavior.

Students,=20 parents, teachers, and administrators serve on the PBS committee to = determine=20 expectations and rewards. = The=20 committee meets monthly to analyze disciplinary data, develop plans to = address=20 student, teacher, or parent concerns, and to plan for positive behavior=20 recognition/rewards. = Students and=20 teachers are surveyed often to evaluate the current action plan, rules,=20 expectations, rewards etc.

Home and=20 school communication is highly promoted through the school=92s monthly = newsletter,=20 school website, school marquee, teacher websites and newsletters, family = nights,=20 and an open-door policy.

PBS=20 EXPECTATIONS

Our=20 school counselor met with all students during the first few weeks of=20 school. All students were = given an=20 Abita Springs Middle School PBS booklet, and rules, expectations, and = rewards=20 were discussed.

REWARDS

Students=20 are rewarded daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly, and each semester. Students were surveyed to = determine what=20 types of rewards are important to them. Our students wanted passes to = cut in=20 line, skip a homework, purchase ice cream, free dress, help a teacher, = and eat a=20 snack in class. When = students are=20 caught exhibiting Warrior Expectations, they are rewarded with Gotcha = Bucks that=20 may be used to purchase these passes.

Each=20 month students who achieve Perfect Attendance for that month are = rewarded with a=20 free dress day on the last school day of the month. Each nine week period all = students who=20 have no disciplinary referrals for that nine week period are treated to = a reward=20 chosen from the suggestions made by the students. These rewards have included = free=20 smoothies and extra recess time, snacks and a scavenger hunt, hot = chocolate, a=20 cookie and a trip to the neighboring park, and a walking field trip to = the=20 neighborhood snowball stand. = Each=20 semester a party is given for all students who have not received a = disciplinary=20 referral for the entire semester. =20 These reward parties have included a pizza party and sock hop and = a=20 party, in which students were able to learn line dancing, decorate their = cookie=20 snack, make an art project, and play board games. All principal=92s honor roll, = honor roll,=20 Climbers Club, and Student of the Month students are recognized each = quarter at=20 a rewards ceremony.

TENTATIVE = NO=20 DISCIPLINE REWARD PARTY DATES:

1^st Nine = Weeks Friday, October 16^th =

=96 =20 free smoothie and extra = recess=20 time

2^nd Nine = Weeks Friday, January=20 8^th

1^st = Semester Friday, January=20 22^nd

3^rd Nine = Weeks Friday, March=20 19^th

4^th Nine = Weeks Friday, May 7^th =96 = Thursday,=20 May 14^th (depending on the weather)

- =20 walking field trip to = neighborhood=20 snowball stand

2^nd = Semester Thursday, May=20 20^th

- =20 Pizza party and Sock=20 Hop

PBS = COMMITTEE=20 MEMBERS:

Student=20 Representatives

Adam Wise=20 =96 grade 4

Dalton=20 Bridges =96 grade 5

Devin=20 & Shelby Caffarel - grade 6

Parent=20 Representatives

Celeste=20 Wise =96 grade 4

Tamara=20 Bridges =96 grade 5

Donna=20 Caffarel =96 grade 6

School=20 Representatives

Jill=20 Barringer =96 grade 4

Cherie=20 Barr - grade 5

Sabrina=20 Edmondson =96 grade 6

Angela=20 Johnson =96 special education

Eva=20 Jackson =96 counselor

Rhonda=20 Meyers =96 assistant principal

PEER=20 MEDIATION IS BEING INTRODUCED AT=20 ASMS

What is Peer=20 Mediation?

Peer mediation is = the processes=20 of students helping fellow students solve problems by working together = to find a=20 win/win resolution that both sides find fair and acceptable. Mediators do not act as judges = or=20 lawyers. There are specific areas (physical or sexual abuse, drugs, and = weapons)=20 that are not appropriate for mediation and will be handled by an = adult. Our 6^th grade = students have=20 been taught the difference between adjudication and mediation. Our objective is to instill=20 developmentally appropriate problem solving skills. =

We are now taking = applications=20 for peer mediators. Any=20 6^th grade student who is interested may obtain an application = from a=20 6^th grade teacher. = All=20 students selected as peer mediators will receive 2 hours of training=20 after-school on 3 different days.