Dear Meadowbrook Families,
Meadowbrook is a PBIS (Positive Behavior Intervention Supports) school. PBIS is a proactive, systematic approach that focuses on teaching and acknowledging positive behaviors. This approach will establish consistent school-wide behavioral expectations with the goal of creating a safe and positive environment. We are also focusing on decreasing negative behaviors so that students can reach social, emotional, and academic success.
At Meadowbrook we don’t call this approach PBIS, but instead it is known as, “The Bulldog Way”. The Bulldog Way school-wide behavioral expectations are:
Be Safe, Be Respectful, and Be Responsible.
Examples of how we are encouraging students to follow these expectations: ·
Meadowbrook Acknowledgement System When students have trouble with reading, we teach. When students don't know their multiplication tables, we teach. When students struggle with expected behaviors, The Bulldog Way gives us the tools to teach.
The Bulldog Way gives school staff the tools to determine, teach, and model expected behavior. With these tools, schools are able to successfully increase the positive behavior through on-going recognition. This modeling and practice becomes infused in everyday life in a school. A positive school culture maintains positive behaviors in the school.
It has been researched that students are more likely to practice correct behaviors if they receive frequent and specific positive feedback. Over time, the goal is to reduce the frequency of tangible acknowledgements so that behavior becomes internalized. Research has shown that verbal acknowledgement and encouragement should consistently be given at least five times more to every correction or reprimand. How is Meadowbrook Acknowledging Our Students?
Each student will have an acknowledgment card. The acknowledgement cards have numbers one through thirty. The numbers represent the points students can earn for positive behaviors. When any staff member observes a student and/or class displaying “The Bulldog Way- Be safe, be respectful, be responsible”, a point (PAW) can be earned.
Each classroom will have a menu that provides different acknowledgement options. Each menu option has different point values. For example, a school-wide option is that a student could choose to read to a class.
Meadowbrook is a PBIS (Positive Behavior Intervention Supports) school. PBIS is a proactive, systematic approach that focuses on teaching and acknowledging positive behaviors. This approach will establish consistent school-wide behavioral expectations with the goal of creating a safe and positive environment. We are also focusing on decreasing negative behaviors so that students can reach social, emotional, and academic success.
At Meadowbrook we don’t call this approach PBIS, but instead it is known as, “The Bulldog Way”. The Bulldog Way school-wide behavioral expectations are:
Be Safe, Be Respectful, and Be Responsible.
Examples of how we are encouraging students to follow these expectations: ·
- Consistently teaching, modeling, practicing, and re-teaching our expectations
- Acknowledgement of positive behaviors
- Establishment of a voice level scale to use in specific areas
- Constantly modeling how to act in respectful ways
- Colorful posters are located in various areas to reinforce expectations
Meadowbrook Acknowledgement System When students have trouble with reading, we teach. When students don't know their multiplication tables, we teach. When students struggle with expected behaviors, The Bulldog Way gives us the tools to teach.
The Bulldog Way gives school staff the tools to determine, teach, and model expected behavior. With these tools, schools are able to successfully increase the positive behavior through on-going recognition. This modeling and practice becomes infused in everyday life in a school. A positive school culture maintains positive behaviors in the school.
It has been researched that students are more likely to practice correct behaviors if they receive frequent and specific positive feedback. Over time, the goal is to reduce the frequency of tangible acknowledgements so that behavior becomes internalized. Research has shown that verbal acknowledgement and encouragement should consistently be given at least five times more to every correction or reprimand. How is Meadowbrook Acknowledging Our Students?
Each student will have an acknowledgment card. The acknowledgement cards have numbers one through thirty. The numbers represent the points students can earn for positive behaviors. When any staff member observes a student and/or class displaying “The Bulldog Way- Be safe, be respectful, be responsible”, a point (PAW) can be earned.
Each classroom will have a menu that provides different acknowledgement options. Each menu option has different point values. For example, a school-wide option is that a student could choose to read to a class.