1. Sam Houston High School FOCUS Personnel: John Minjares James Navarro/ Lori Biser Behavior Specialist Program

2. “ Educators often punish students to get them to behave rather than teaching them how to relate positively to each other. ” “ As educators we would never punish a student to motivate them to read in place of teaching them the necessary skills to learn to read. ” -- Source Unknown

3.  Model for behavior support for students with serious behavior challenges (Special Ed.)  Preventive & Proactive  Goal is to keep the student in the classroom  Designed to encourage & empower students to take responsibility for their own actions  It is NOT intended to be disciplinary or punitive but instead is positive behavior support

4.  Role as a FOCUS Redirector  Monitor Daily attendance  Communication between FOCUS & Classroom Teachers – teacher boxes, hallway, radios, e-mails  FOCUS & the Office  Referrals of prospective students for the program  CONFIDENTIALITY

5.  Become acquainted with students  Request a Redirector before student behavior is out of control (Preventive & Proactive)  Call prior to writing a referral  Consistently communicate with FOCUS Personnel  Continue to make parent contacts and log incidents per Sam Houston policy

6. This is NOT the answer to misbehavior!