Longview Middle School Blue Ribbon Plan 20062007

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Longview Middle School Blue Ribbon Plan
2006-2007

• 1895 S. Orleans
• Memphis, Tennessee 38106

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Guiding Principles

• Beliefs
• School Character Points
• Values

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Vision

• The faculty of Longview Middle School is
  dedicated to higher levels of achievement for all
  students. Every student will be valued and
  empowered with the skills necessary to become a
  life-long learner and productive citizen.

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Mission

• The mission of Longview Middle School is to
  prepare our students to be competitive learners
  in the 21st Century. This will include
  encouraging independent reading with
  comprehension and fluency and using technology as
  a tool to enhance writing skills, problem
  solving, and reasoning.

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Philosophy Statement

• The school is an academic institution, as well as
  a social institution, as such, it is very
  important to exemplify behaviors that would
  foster future success.

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Goals and/or Objectives

• Decrease suspension by 25
• Decrease office referrals by 30
• Increase student attendance by 1
• Increase time on task by 10
• Increase parental involvement by 10
• Decrease tardiness by 50
• Increase the number of students on the honor roll
  by 10

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MCS Blue Ribbon Discipline Committee Worksheet
2006-07

• Name of School
• Longview Middle
• Blue Ribbon Discipline
• Committee is representative
• of the school faculty and
• includes an administrator.
• Fill in the names of committee
• members and designate a Team
• Leader (TL)
• Indicates members mandated by MEA contract

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Blue Ribbon Discipline Committee

• What needs to happen for this team to meet once
  every 2-4 weeks?
• Someone on team designated to be responsible for
  data from Blue Ribbon Website
• Complete Meeting Schedule for the year

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Meeting Schedule
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School Rules

• Be on time and prepared to learn.
• Treat others the way that you would want to be
  treated.
• Respect your property and property of others.

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Behavioral Expectation Matrix
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Procedures for Entering School

• Students enter and exit the building through
  assigned doors (by grade level).
• Support staff monitor hallways and entrances.
• Teachers stand at their door during class
  transitions.
• All doors are locked at 730 and students are
  sent to the main entrance for sign-in.
• Students arriving after 730 are tardy to school.

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Procedures for Closing School

• Secure and count the laptop computers.
• Students exit through assigned doors (by grade
  level).
• Support staff monitor hallways.
• Teachers escort students out of the building.

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Procedures for Passing Classes

• Students are lined-up and escorted/supervised by
  a teacher throughout the building.
• Students walk to the right of the hallway.
• Students move quietly through hallways and
  stairwells.There will be consequences for chronic
  violators.

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Lunchroom Procedures

• Students are escorted to and from the lunchroom
  by the teacher.
• Students line up quietly.
• Students are to place their refuse in the
  receptacles.
• Students use 6 inch voices in the classrooms.
• Teachers will pick up their students promptly
  after lunch.

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Procedures for Assemblies

• Teachers escort their students to and from
  assemblies.
• Students sit in assigned homeroom sections within
  the gym.
• Students will enter quietly and remain quiet
  throughout the assembly.

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Referrals

• Referrals are written in correlation with the
  school-wide discipline plan.
• Before referrals are written, interventions
  required by the school-wide discipline plan must
  be met.
• Students referred to the office should be
  accompanied with a written referral.

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Laptops

• Students will receive laptop computers during
  their homeroom class.
• Computer chargers will remain on the cart.
• Students will remain on educationally relevant
  websites.
• Students are prohibited from playing CDs on their
  laptops, unless authorized by the teachers.

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Classroom Procedures

• General classroom procedures will be established
  by the grade level teams and submitted to the
  principal.
• All students must have passes when outside of the
  classroom.
• Teachers will use the standard Longview hall
  pass.

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Classroom Procedures Examples

• Hall passes
• Getting up from seat
• Asking for help
• Cooperative groups
• Turning in homework
• Writing Assignment Protocol
• Equity sticks
• Classroom supplies
• Pencil Sharpener
• Restroom

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School Wide Incentives

• Power Points Program
• This system allow students deposit (earn) or
  withdraw (lose) points as a result of behavior.
  This system empowers students to become
  responsible for their own behavior.
• Students who have maintained 800 for the six
  weeks will receive in class incentives and attend
  the school wide events.
• Students who have maintained 900 for the six
  weeks will act as greeters and receive intercom
  recognition.
• Students who have maintained 1000 for the six
  weeks will have their name place in a drawing for
  prizes.
• Students who have maintained highest over 1000
  for the six weeks will become Mr. / Mrs.
  Citizenship for the upcoming six weeks.

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Resources for Incentives

• Adopters
• Community agencies businesses
• Restaurants
• Fundraisers
• Churches
• Parent organizations

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General Procedure for Dealing with Problem
Behaviors
Talking back to teacher
Is behavior major?
Teacher pulls student aside to talk
NO
YES
Ensure safety
Decide what the student should and should not
have done
Write referral Escort student to office
Problem solve why student is constantly talking
back
Determine that after school detention would be
the consequence
Determine that In - School Suspension would be
the consequence
Detention form goes to the teacher, parent, and
detention book.
Follow up by calling parent
NO
YES
Does student have 3?
Follow through with consequences
File necessary documentation
Send referral to office
File necessary documentation
Follow up with student within a week
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Character Education

• The school will implement the Seven Habits of
  Highly Effective Teens Program.

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Harassment and Bullying Prevention

• Date annual harassment training is done with
  faculty
• Training with faculty regarding prevention
  including defining bullying/intimidation,
  recognizing early stages, providing strategies
  for addressing

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School Safety Plan

• The Multi-Hazard Emergency School Plan was
  submitted Oct. 31, 2006
• Plan review March 6. 2007

Fire Drill Schedule
Training Dates
Earthquake and Severe Weather Drill Schedule
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Monitoring Process

• Grade level teams will conduct a pre-referral
  meeting in order to develop a functional
  behavioral assessment and an intervention plan.
• An S-Team meeting will be conducted to discuss
  students in need of further intervention.
• The School-wide Discipline Plan will be reviewed
  every six weeks during faculty meeting.

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Action Steps
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Prevention Programs

• No-Checking Program, Bridges Peer Mediation
  Program, NoBullying Program Preventing Bullying
  at School, Peer Mediation Conflict Resolution in
  Schools
• The No-Checking program is taught by classroom
  teachers to students at the beginning of the year
  and revisited whenever needed.
• Bridges peer mediation by student
  leadership/student council
• NoBullying Program Preventing Bullying at
  School, Peer Mediation Conflict Resolution in
  Schools is implemented by the school counselor
  monthly grade by grade.

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Intervention Plan

• Anger Management Group counseling for students
  that are sent to the office repeatedly for
  fighting, classroom disruption, etc with the
  school counselor
• Connect Mentor Program for students that are sent
  to the office repeatedly for chronic misbehavior
  with an adult of the working community
• Attendance point system is school wide but focus
  on your chronically tardy students monitored and
  maintained by the attendance committee

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In-School Suspension Plan

• Students are referred to the office by the
  teacher.
• Students are referred to in-school suspension by
  the school administration.
• Teachers will be notified via email of students
  that are referred to in-school suspension.
• The in-school suspension teacher along with the
  student will collect classroom assignments.
• The referring teacher will have a re-entry
  meeting with the student during their planning
  period.

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Secondary Intervention Evaluation

• A drop in referrals is the initial method to
  evaluate and indicate progress
• A bi-weekly follow up conversation with teachers
  and parents about improvements in behavior and
  attitude

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Results

• Your results so far toward your school wide goals
• List graphs and short explanations.
• You will have data from REA so you can compare
  last years numbers with the previous years

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Celebration

• Possible Celebration activities include
• Six Flags Good Behavior trip
• Incentives for Good Behavior Tickets
• Dance Ticket Reductions
• Skating Rink Admissions
• Putt Putt Golf and Games Trip
• Good Citizen Pencils
• (Specific celebration activities will be
  identified during the initial plan evaluation
  meeting.)

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Evaluation

• Effectiveness of the School-Wide Discipline Plan
  will be evaluated through the following methods
• Disciplinary Referrals
• Surveys
• Report Cards

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Parent / Community Involvement

• Four PTO Meetings will be dedicated to reviewing
  the Discipline Plan.
• Two Community Meetings will be conducted to
  review the Discipline Plan.
• Community Leaders will be encouraged to become
  School Mentors.
• Additional School Adopters will be added to
  assist with the Celebration activities.