UNPACKING SELECTING SCHOOLWIDE EXPECTATIONS
Course: Clarifying Expected Behavior Lesson: Selecting Schoolwide Expectations from Missouri SW-PBS on Vimeo.
Read the transcript of the video here.
Handouts
1. Valued Behaviors and Attitudes
3. Discussion Notes to Engage Staff
TOPIC IN ACTION
Pause & Reflect #1
- If you could tell families and students, “If all our students are to be successful in school and in life, they need to know how to do ……” what three to five characteristics would you list?
Pause & Reflect #2
The following activity gives your team an opportunity to practice the steps to creating your schoolwide expectations.
- Read through the list of valued behaviors and attitudes on the handout entitled, Valued Behaviors and Attitudes. Circle approximately ten that resonate with you personally. Feel free to add values that come to mind that are not listed.
- Now, read through the list again, this time placing a checkmark by approximately ten behavior or attitudes that are essential for the success of your students. These may be different from your personal values that you just circled. Again, feel free to add any important but missing values.
- Share your list with your team, noting similarities and differences. If you could choose only five, which would be your top five – those most important for your students’ success? Order by their rank of importance.
- Now, list the problem behaviors in your school. What behaviors are students receiving office discipline referrals for most frequently? Would you be able to address those problem behaviors by referencing one of your selected expectations?
Pause & Reflect #3
- Discuss how you will engage staff in selecting schoolwide expectations.
- Use the handout provided, “Discussion Notes to Engage Staff” to jot down your team decisions.
- Use the notes to develop formalized action steps on your Tier 1 Action Plan, Component 3: Clarifying Expected Behavior.