1. PBIS and Discipline

2. Established PBIS Strategies
Greet students at the door – welcome and goodbye
Using student names and asking questions about the student
How did the Volleyball game go? How was the Rally?
Clear classroom expectations- posted, repeated, modeled
Focus on acknowledging appropriate behaviors

3. Interventions – What do you use?
Greet students at the door
Create, post, and teach/model procedures and routines
Focus on positive interactions
Other???
Acknowledge appropriate behaviors
Use prevention strategies for attention-seeking and avoidance behaviors
Verbal prompts
Non-verbal prompts
Reteach desired behavior
Provide Choice
Student Conference
Parent Conference (phone)
Proximity / Seating Change

4. Taking notes in Synergy
THE POWER OF COMMUNICATION IS REAL!!

5. Teacher to Teacher Notes Getting Started: Place mouse in top left corner over student’s picture. A little symbol will pop up. Click on it.
Be aware that projecting student identifiers, grades, and disciplinary actions in front of a class is not a good idea due to confidentiality laws.

6. Click on the Symbol

7. Click show history to find previous comments from all teachers or enter one here.

8. Teachers can view other teachers’ comments and common students’ behaviors.

9. Ways to USE NOTES Keep track of Positive comments Behavioral notes
Parent contacts
Discipline interventions
Referrals sent in the notes section.
These notes are be useful for Admin, Health Office, Counselors, etc.

10. When writing notes and referrals
You are a RECORDER….include the FACTS
“write it like…”
The kid is always a pain and is never working.
or….
Student has interrupted class, used inappropriate language, come tardy to class more than 2 times per week (see Synergy notes).

11. What is the Student CONTACT LOG

13. Questions??

14. Do I write a referral or do I not?
That is the question….

15. What are Inappropriate “Mild or Moderate” Behaviors?
Classroom Managed or Office Managed??

16. Classroom Managed Severity and Pervasiveness
Disruption
Disrespect
Dress Code Violation
Inappropriate Language
Pass Misuse
Tardiness
Lack of Preparedness
Electronic Devices
Teasing
Interruptions

17. First offense of inappropriate behavior Classroom Managed
Verbal Warning / Student Conference
Remind student of classroom rules
Remind student of school rules
Log note in Synergy

18. Second offense of inappropriate behavior Classroom Managed
Re-teach Expectation
Student Conference
Log in Synergy
Apply interventions
Communicate
Parent
Shared teachers
Coaches
SLC coordinator
Etc?

19. Have you noticed….?

20. Third offense of the inappropriate behavior Classroom Managed & Teacher Consequence
Apply More Interventions
Contact Parent
Communication-counselor, coach, academy lead, other teachers, etc.
Continue to Log Notes in Synergy
Lunch Detention
After School Detention
Other**

21. Fourth offense of the inappropriate behavior
Communication-
Parent Call
What you have written in NOTES and on the REFERRAL matter
Complete Office Referral in Synergy
Administration will look for prior minor incident reports in Synergy
Administration will look for intervention strategies, communication
with parents, etc.

22. Office Managed aka “Red Flag”
4th offenses for all Classroom Managed inappropriate behaviors (needs prior Synergy Documentation)
Fighting (verbal or physical)
Fraud or Academic Dishonesty
Harassment/Bullying (cyber, etc)
Truancy
Property Damage
Drug/Alcohol/Tobacco/Weapons
Vandalism
Bomb Threats/False Alarms
Arson

23. Administration Interventions
Reflection
Corrective Feedback
Student Conference
Rapport building
Re-teach expectations
Review appropriate behavior
Parent Contact
Refer to Guidance or Intervention

24. Administration Consequences *case by case
Detention
Saturday School
Campus Beautification
Restitution
No contact contract
Suspension
Recommendation for Expulsion

25. Communicating

26. Questions??