High School Embraces Positive Behavior Support Program
by Rose Mary Mares
December 14, 2007
Two years ago, while considering ways to improve student safety and productivity at Lytle High School, the staff embraced the Positive Behavior Support Program (PBS). This initiative emphasizes taking a more pro-active positive approach to disciplinary and behavioral issues. The first year’s focus centered primarily on laying the foundation and working together to create a staff belief statement from which we draw our motto, We are One. The efforts this year target consistency among and between classrooms to uniformly ease students’ transition into eight different classes taught by eight different teachers. Classroom rules and procedures shared with the students have taken on a more consistent look campus-wide. Additionally, grade level teams met prior to the first day of school to brainstorm and develop common procedures—all with the purpose of making classroom routines more manageable for our students.
With common area procedures in place and teachers focused on a collaborative climate, PBS has regenerated student pride, increased student productivity, and decreased major disciplinary issues. The data below provides a snapshot of our progress.
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9th GRADE |
10th GRADE |
11TH GRADE |
12TH GRADE |
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1st six weeks |
2nd six weeks |
1st six weeks |
2nd six weeks |
1stsixweeks |
2nd six weeks |
1st six weeks |
2nd six weeks |
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A Honor Roll |
12 |
7 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
5 |
20 |
18 |
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A/B Honor Roll |
36 |
33 |
38 |
30 |
18 |
12 |
47 |
42 |
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Attendance |
97% |
96% |
96% |
96% |
96% |
96% |
96% |
96% |
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In-school Suspension |
14 |
16 |
8 |
8 |
7 |
4 |
1 |
1 |
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Disciplinary Alternative Educational Placement (Bigfoot) |
2 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
Alone we can do so little; together we can do so
much.
- Helen Keller
