Thursday, January 31, 2013
PBIS-Positive Behavior Intervention Strategies...
I've always been a huge advocate of rewarding students for doing the right things. As opposed to punishing students for doing the wrong things. For, instance, having a marble reward jar for students who make it on time to class with their supplies ready to go for the day's lesson. Do you have any other neat positive ideas to assist in student motivation both academically or behaviorally?
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I was having some trouble motivating my second grade students to turn in their homework. I decided to institute "Fun Friday." Students who turn in all homework assignments for the week get 15 - 20 minutes of free time at the end of the day on Friday. It has made a huge difference.
ReplyDeleteAn effective relationship building/PBIS strategy I use frequently (from Love & Logic) with my students is "I noticed that" statements. Making a focused/targeted effort to identify a student who may be struggling with work completion/anxiety/frustration "noticing" something positive (at least 2-3x per week) - "________ noticed that you got your materials out and are ready to go," "I noticed that you helped out your friend with that problem."
ReplyDelete-Its not as prescribed/systematic as a token economy-type of intervention. But, I've seen it really help with relationship building.
I start out my class saying thank you to some students--and I don't tell the class why--pretty soon they figure out that it is because those students are prepared with notebooks open--and then they follow suit and I keep thanking people until we're ready to start--that way, it's not negative with getting materials ready for class--rather, saying thank you starts the class on a positive note.
ReplyDeleteMy sister is an elementary teacher so she has a lot of great methods. One technique she uses that I thought was really cool is a reward system for entire class behavior. She has three magnetic stars on her whiteboard. Every day, students start fresh with the three stars on the board. They can lose or earn back the stars based on their behavior. If there are still three stars at the end of the day, a student gets to draw a letter from a basket - the basket has the entire alphabet. The goal is to draw the letters that would spell their school mascot. For us, it would be Sabers. If they draw one of the letters in Sabers, she hands it on the board. Once they have drawn all the necessary letters, they get a class party.
ReplyDeleteI asked her if she ends up having to give a lot of parties, but I think she has only given two so far this year. It takes them a while to get the letters they need to spell the mascot.
One of my co-workers showed me this awesome site called Class Dojo. You can project it on the screen and each student is assigned a monster avatar (which they love) and each time they do something postive you click on their avatar. I also extended it by saying who ever has the most points on his/her avatar will get a positive call home on Friday.
ReplyDeleteI've also used Class Dojo with my small groups, great PBIS tool.
DeleteAt West, we have these "Good News" post cards that I've been trying to send home regularly to students. I keep a list of who I have sent them to and I'm trying to include as many students as I can this year. It can be academic or behavioral praise. Especially at the junior high level, I take note of students who go out of their way to be nice to others. You could do this through a class newsletter format, too.
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