Behavioral Expectations:

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• Behavioral Expectations
• Acknowledgement Systems
• Fall, 2008

http//cenmi.org/miblsi
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Big Ideas In Positive Behavior Support

• Identify expectations
• Teach expectation
• Monitor expected behavior
• Acknowledge/Encourage expected behavior
• Correct behavioral errors (continuum of
  consequences)
• Use information for decision-making

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Acknowledge and Recognize
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Acknowledging SW Expectations Rationale

• To learn, humans require regular frequent
  feedback on their actions
• Humans experience frequent feedback from others,
  self, environment
• Planned/unplanned
• Desirable/undesirable
• Without formal feedback to encourage desired
  behavior, other forms of feedback shape undesired
  behaviors

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Statements regarding use of rewardsWhat are your
thoughts Please answer Agree or Disagree

• Children at this age should know what is
  expected.
• Praising feels unnatural.
• Praise is manipulative and coercive.
• Isnt giving a reward like bribing?
• Students will come to depend on tangible rewards?
• Awards are only for special achievements.
• We cant afford this type of system.

Adapted from Sprague, Bernstein, Munkres,
Golly, March, (2003)
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Research on the use of rewards within
schools(Tobin, Horner, Sugai 2002)Handout in
back of this section

• More positive reinforcement for appropriate
  school behaviors is needed.
• Some students need very clear, salient, formal
  reward systems.
• Formal reward systems enhance a schools cultural
  competence.
• Formal reward systems help students who have been
  abused or neglected.
• Consequence of punishment and exclusion
  trivialized.
• Use of reinforcement to reduce problem behavior.

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Are Rewards Dangerous?

• our research team has conducted a series of
  reviews and analysis of (the reward) literature
  our conclusion is that there is no inherent
  negative property of reward. Our analyses
  indicate that the argument against the use of
  rewards is an overgeneralization based on a
  narrow set of circumstances.
• Cameron, 2002
• Cameron Pierce, 1994, 2002
• Cameron, Banko Pierce, 2001

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Relationship between acknowledging behavior
expectations and discipline referrals
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Acknowledgements

• Take a moment to review what your school does to
  formally acknowledge positive student social
  behavior.
• What are the strengths/weaknesses of your current
  acknowledgement system?
• Be prepared to report out.

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Quick Acknowledgements
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Many schools use a ticket system

• Tied into school expectations
• Specific feedback on students behavior
• Provides visible acknowledge of appropriate
  behavior for student
• Helps to remind staff to provide acknowledgements

Jose R.
L.M.
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Tickets used in raffle or to purchase items
from school store
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Rewards at Milwood Middle School

• Locker Whiteboard w/Marker
• Gel Pen
• Gummi-Worms
• Wrist watch
• Locker mirror
• Jolly Rancher Sour Blasts
• Middle School Year Book

• Large Hershey Bar
• Basket Ball
• Homies Notebook Folder
• Colored Pencils
• Curly Noodle
• Personnel Stapler
• Pocket Organizer

• Mike and Ike Candy
• Personal Notebook
• Package of Animal Crackers
• Soft Grip Mechanical Pencils
• Lizard Pen
• Hooded Sweatshirt w/ school logo

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Raffle System at Shettler Elementary
Front
Back
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Celebrations based on Meeting Behavior
Expectations
M. L. King Elementary Celebration dance activity

• Loftis Elementary
• December- Snacks, prizes, awards
• January- Movie and popcorn

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Lincoln Park C.R.E.W. Member Reward Activities

• Monthly rewards for students earning 4 C.R.E.W.
  tickets in month.
• Outside station activities-chalk, bubbles, jump
  rope, kickball, soccer, basketball
• Extra recess with high school monitors
• Ice cream scooped by administration
• High school Christmas choir
• Dance with silly songs
• Climbing wall/parachute
• Homework pass
• Board game day
• Kickboxing

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Green Meadow Elementary
Cutting the Principals Tie

• Students receive tickets for being Respectful,
  Safe, or Responsible.
• Tickets are placed in container The principal
  draws a ticket and that student gets to cut the
  principal's tie.
• Students receive picture of cutting the tie, the
  piece of the tie they cut, and a certificate.

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Postcards for Appropriate Behavior
Pere Marquette
Parchment Central
Sent home for special acknowledgements
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On-going Reward of Appropriate Behavior

• Every faculty and staff member acknowledges
  appropriate behavior.
• 5 to 1 ratio of positive to negative contacts
• System that makes acknowledgement easy and simple
  for students and staff.
• Students should be acknowledged regularly (at
  least every 2 weeks)
• Different strategies for acknowledging
  appropriate behavior (small frequent rewards more
  effective)
• Beginning of class recognition
• Raffles
• Open gym
• Social acknowledgement

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School-wide Acknowledgement Plan Walker, Colvin,
Ramsey (1995)

• Key Features
• Title that captures purpose of award
• Academic student of the month, most improved
• Behavior Caught-in-the-Act
• Award that student will receive
• Trophy, certificate, coupon, privilege, stickers,
  or raffle ticket (should be of value to students)

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School-wide Acknowledgement Plan (cont.)

• Criteria definition
• Who is eligible, how often award is delivered,
  how many students receive award
• Should be implemented consistently
• Strict criteria are needed for more public awards
  (student of month) Looser criteria for awards
  distributed at higher rate (recess tickets)
• Presentation
• Location and form in which award is presented
• School assembly, classroom, privately
• Dissemination
• Bulletin boards, newsletters, parent letters

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School-wide Acknowledge Plan Example 1 less
formal system

• Title
• Gotcha
• Criteria
• Demonstration of school-wide expected behavior
• Presentation
• Individual staff member
• Award
• Sign in the honor roll log at office
• Sticker
• Monthly raffle at awards assembly
• Dissemination
• Signed awards log kept at office (name and room
  number)

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• Create School-wide Acknowledgement Plan (quick
  and less formal system such as gotcha tickets)
• Use the School-wide Acknowledgement System
  Planning Form
• How would you communicate and get staff buy-in
  for your acknowledgement system?

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Special Certificates
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Student of MonthMay add behavior/
social component to selection criteria
Portage High School
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Class-wide Rewards
Holland Heights Special Lunch Table for Class
with Most Tickets
Lincoln Park Ice Cream Treat
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Bad Axe Intermediate
CLASS PASS
5 - Principal reads story 10 - First class at
lunch 15 - 10 min. extra gym time 20 - Extra
recess 25 - Movie and treat
Orchard View Early Elementary
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School-wide Acknowledgement Plan Example 2
more formal system

• Title Self-Manager
• Criteria
• Satisfactory grades
• Follow school rules
• No discipline referrals
• Class work completed
• Five staff signatures (for example, teacher,
  teaching assistant)
• Students listed in office for all staff to review
• Presentation
• Monthly award assembly
• Award
• Button
• Privileges
• In hallways without pass
• Early lunch
• Self-manager lunch table
• Early release (1-2 min. max) from class when
  appropriate
• Dissemination
• Honor list in classroom

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• Create Formal School-wide Acknowledgement Plan
  (more public, more strict criteria- such as
  student of the month award)
• Use the School-wide Acknowledgement System
  Planning Form
• How would you communicate and get staff buy-in
  for your acknowledgement system

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Public Feedback on Following Behavior Expectations
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More Public Feedback
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• How might you use public feedback within your
  school to acknowledge student success with
  improving behavior?

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Continuum of Rewards
10 PEACE slips within 9 weeks

Beechnau Elementary
4 ribbons during year

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Continuum of Rewards
Mason County Eastern Elementary
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Acquiring back-up rewards
In one school, 8th grade language arts students
write community organizations for support of
reward program
Community Sponsor
Thank You Note
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Acquiring back-up rewards

• Some schools use items that students no longer
  want
• Students are asked to bring in various items that
  might be discarded but in good shape (e.g., toys
  from fast food kids meals)
• Other students can then purchase these with the
  tokens earned by following the school rules

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Getting students involved
Five student names are selected from mug. These
students then identify others who have followed
the school rules.
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Make it easy to use rewards
Visual reminders for staff
Computer Printed stickers
Stacks of tickets glued on edge
Tickets and pen on lanyard
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Parent/Teacher Association provided teacher name
stamps
Award tickets and criteria on lanyard
Write out class tickets for week, reward when
appropriate, check the names that remain
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Rewarding Staff Behavior
Share Data with Staff
Beach staff recognition lunch
Franklin staff acknowledge each other
Parchment Central staff celebration
Oakland Schools certificate of training
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• Discuss with your team the possibility of
  community support for developing a
  acknowledgement system.
• How can you be more efficient in acknowledging
  appropriate behavior?

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Important Considerations for Student
Acknowledgements

• Make sure that the rewards/ acknowledgements are
  tied into the behavior expectations
• Rewards/acknowledgements are for students doing
  well (prevention) and students with behavioral
  difficulties (intervention)