Behavior Policy

We will use the online interactive behavior system Class Dojo to enforce our behavior policy. Students can earn points for positive behavior and lose points for not following school expectations. Behavior is tracked on a monthly basis. Positive individual student points carry over to the next month. Negative points do not carry over to the next month. 

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Mrs. Newman DOJO link

After joining our class, parents will be able to see when their child earns or loses points. Please opt in to receive notifications! Dojo displays information for two weeks, so parents should check their child’s data daily. If parents have questions about their child’s points, they should send the teacher an email to discuss it further. 

How to Earn Points:

Students will receive points for behaviors such as:

 

How to Lose Points:

Students will lose one point for the following behaviors:

 

Students will lose three points and receive an automatic detention for the following behaviors:

 

 

Note: Administration, in collaboration with teachers, reserves the right to view incidents as severe enough to warrant automatic removal from an incentive.

Individual Consequences:

Loss of points fall under three categories: Classroom Readiness, Homework Completion, & Behavior. If a student loses 6 points in one category in a month they will receive a detention. Every additional 3 points lost that month results in another detention. All detentions will be served the following Friday from 2:30-3:15 in the STEM Lab with the staff member on duty. If a student receives three detentions, a meeting with the child, parent, teacher, and principal or leadership team representative is required. After 3 detentions are administered in a month, the next detention will constitute an in-school suspension. If there is a detention after that an out of school suspension will be distributed. 

Individual Rewards:

Students can redeem their points for various school prizes. We will determine and discuss these prizes with students!

Whole Class Rewards:

If the whole class receives a total number of points determined by the teacher by the end of the month, the whole class will receive a reward (i.e. donuts, extra recess, etc.). We will determine and discuss these rewards with students! Students who have received one or more behavior detentions that month will not have permission to receive the reward.

Trimester Incentive:

Students will participate in an incentive each trimester to acknowledge and celebrate their positive behavior. Students who have received a suspension that trimester will not participate in the incentive. 

If a child is excluded from the trimester incentive they have the opportunity to earn it back by participating in a four-hour, self-initiated service project, which the teacher must approve first. A service project form will be given to the child to fill out. All service project forms must be signed by the parent, the person who received the service, the teacher and the principal. Phone calls will be made to confirm participation in the project. Service projects must be turned in three days prior to the incentive. If a student is held back from an incentive trip, they will be assigned work to fill their class periods. If they are not present on this day, they will still be held accountable for their work meeting the “sick student” deadlines.