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Parkside Middle School credits PBIS and teacher-led systems for drop in conduct referrals
Summary
Parkside staff told the Conduct Committee a shift to positive acknowledgement, classroom-managed tracking and restorative practices reduced punitive reminders from 223 to 61 and conduct referrals from 47 to 16 in the first 10 days of school. Staff described training, PLCs and teacher leadership as key.
Parkside Middle School staff told the Manchester School District Conduct Committee on Sept. 17 that a shift to schoolwide positive behavior supports and classroom-managed tracking has produced rapid reductions in office referrals and punitive reminders in the first 10 days of the school year.
"We wanted to have a whole shift in the school culture," said Mike Lebowski, a seventh-grade literacy teacher on Parkside’s tier-1 team, describing a rewards and acknowledgement system that the school calls PBIS. He said teachers give points and students can redeem them for…
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