CREATING POSITIVE RELATIONSHIPS

THROUGHOUT THE BUILDING

Teresa Faucette, Principal

Graham Middle School

Heather Ward, Principal

Southern Middle School

CAPTURING A KID’S HEART

You must capture a kid’s heartTo get to his head

If that’s not where you start,Please do another job instead.Kids must know you to be true

And the key to that is without a doubt…..Y-O-U!

By Dr. George Luck, Principal

Temple High School

January 17, 1995

LEADERSHIP Definition: “A leader is someone who

sets aside a personal agenda and embraces a greater agenda of serving others.” Flip Flippen

Leadership ==Service Everyone has the power of greatness,

because greatness is determined by service. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Question: What can I do for you to help you be more successful?

FIRST IMPRESSIONS

You have only ____seconds to make a first impression.

But it takes approximately ____additional (positive) encounters to undo or change a bad first impression.

CHANGE

“I’ve discovered that the only person I can really change is me! I can control only my behavior and my attitudes. My hope is that by accepting responsibility for myself….others may choose to do the same.” Lee D. Bason

EXCEL MODEL E---Engage: Handshake, Welcome,

Affirm, Model X---X-plore: Customer’s Needs, Listening

Skills, Safe Environment C---Communicate: Content, Dialogue,

Flexibility, “Real World” E---Empower: Use and Do, Develop

Skills, Becoming, Encouragement L---Launch: End and Send, Summary,

Commitment to Action, Passion

IN THE CLASSROOM Great students at the door—evaluate

their readiness to learn Good News in the classroom Follow the social contract Teach the lesson Summarizing, ending on a powerful note

Capturing Kids Hearts wants to remind teachers that it’s not what we teach, but how we teach that is important. We do not teach Content, We Teach Children.

FOUR QUESTIONS TEACHERS USE

What are you doing? What are you suppose to be doing? Are you doing it? What are you going to do about it?

Note: Can’t deal with behavior and attitude at the same time, deal with behavior first.

QUESTIONS FOR YOUR STAFF

Can you teach all Students? Can you teach in all schools? (with the

same results)

“Anyone can steer a ship when the sea is calm.” Pubilius Syrus

PBS

Develops a positive culture in your school

Addresses prevention

Teach Social Skills

POSITIVE BEHAVIORAL SUPPORT--PBS Is not a curriculum PBS is a collaborative process for

assessment and development of effective interventions.

PBS emphasizes the use of prevention, teaching and reinforcement-based strategies to achieve meaningful outcomes.

PBS strives to build effective environments, in which positive behavior is more effective than problem behavior.

A proactive systems approach to school-wide discipline (not a curriculum) designed to be responsive to current social and educational challenges.

A process that focuses on prevention and instruction.

A systems approach to promoting positive student and staff behavior, that incorporate empirically validated practices.

WHY PBS? Problems in schools are increasing. Typical responses are inefficient. Schools implementing comprehensive PBS see long-term changes.

1. Reduction of office discipline referrals

2. Reduction in suspensions3. Increased staff morale and retention4. Positive school climates

Move beyond punishment—teach, monitor, reward appropriate behaviors before relying on punishment

STEPS Total Staff Commitment Create School wide Expectations and

Procedures Clearly defined consequences for

correcting rule-breaking behaviors and procedures for rewarding appropriate behaviors

An instructional component for teaching students self-control, expected behaviors, and social skills strategies.

DATA FROM DISCIPLINE

After the first year of PBS interventions—GMS discipline office referrals dropped 66%

Discipline Referrals have continued to drop over the past 3 years.

GRAHAM MIDDLE SCHOOL PBS/CKH Teach students the matrix during the

first week of school All students take a test on Matrix and

classrooms that perform over 90% attend a reward afternoon.

Teachers give out PBS tickets daily for good behavior, participation and acts of random kindness.

Students can use tickets for weekly drawings that include items donated from area businesses, free GMS dance passes, free game passes, free clinics hosted by area colleges, and afternoon reward incentives.

Teachers also are rewarded through drawings for different certificates or prizes.

POSITIVE BEHAVIORAL SUPPORT

AND CAPTURING KIDS HEARTS

GO HAND AND HAND

CONTACT INFORMATION

Teresa Faucette, PrincipalGraham Middle School 311 East Pine StreetGraham, NC 27253School phone number—336-570-6460Email address: teresa_faucette@abss.k12.nc.us

Heather Ward, PrincipalSouthern Middle SchoolSouthern High School RoadGraham, NC 27253School phone number 336-570-6500Email address: heather_ward@abss.12.nc.us

CAPTURING KIDS’ HEARTS

Phone Number 1-800-316-4311

www.flippengroup.com