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Jewett Elementary credits schoolwide behavior plan for sharp drop in office referrals
Summary
Jewett Elementary told the Committee on Student Conduct that a schoolwide behavior plan using consistent language, incentives and tiered supports coincided with a large decrease in office referrals this year. Staff described classroom documentation, a color-coded reward system and tier 2 interventions as next steps.
Jewett Elementary Principal Abayosek and special education teacher Kate Schafer told the Committee on Student Conduct on March 19 that a schoolwide behavior plan has coincided with a marked drop in office referrals this school year.
The school set a yearlong goal to cut total office referrals by 10% (from 75 to 67) and rolled out common expectations — “be safe, be respectful, be responsible” — posted around the building, Schafer said. The plan pairs clear teaching of expectations with a reward system that uses “Tiger Paws” and color-coded tokens to track where positive behavior is occurring.
"Our work last year revolved a lot around developing the language that we wanted to use," Schafer said. "Following the be safe, be respectful, be responsible, we set up different expectations for those common areas." She added that the color-coding helps the MTSSB team see whether successes are happening in the cafeteria, hallways, recess or special-area…
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