PBIS
Positive Behavioral Intervention and Support (PBIS) is a process to create a safe, positive, and productive learning environment for all children.
At our school, we use SOAR, which stands for Safety, Own It!, Act Kindly, Respect Others/Self
Rewards and celebrations occur in classrooms and throughout the building to let students know that we see how amazing they are and how hard they are working every day to model these behavior expectations!
How can you support your student at home?
A core principle of PBIS that you can use at home is the 5:1 rule. For every corrective statement made, provide five positive statements or praises of your child's behavior.
Use your school acronym and expectations to reinforce student behavior at home and talk to your student about what these behavior expectations look like at home and in the community.
Restorative practices
Weber will be using Restorative Practices and Proactive Circles throughout the school year.
What is Restorative Practice?
Restorative Practice is a term used to describe a relationship-oriented approach (rather than a punishment-oriented one) to resolving issues that arise in school. The five Rs of Restorative Practice are relationship, respect, responsibility, repair, and reintegration.
- Proactive Circles-- happen weekly in the classroom for connection and belonging (usually a question with a brief answer where everyone participates)
- Responsive Circles--happen as needed in classrooms to address incidents that may cause harm (bullying, playground conflict, or unsafe behavior) or denote a change in the community (new student or a student’s last day)
- Informal Conferences--used to talk to an individual or small group about an issue (student/teacher conflict, habitual tardies, etc.) using 4 questions (What happened? Who did it affect? What might you have done differently? What is a solution so it doesn’t happen again?) to reflect on effects of the behavior
- Preconferences--fact-finding review of the 4 questions with each individual in conflict before determining whether to put them together in a formal RP Conference
- RP Conferences--conference with two people in conflict or reintegration of a student who has been suspended that results in a signed, mutually agreeable and student-generated solution
How can you support your student at home?
- Take turns answering relationship-building questions around the dinner table.
- Use the 4 questions when helping your student to problem solve through a conflict they have at home.
Restorative practice questions
- What happened?
- What are the effects?
- What responsibility can you take?
- What are the solutions?
Seven mindsets
Seven mindsets is a web-based program that teaches students the skills needed to master social and emotional learning (SEL) competencies. The seven mindsets are:
- Everything is possible
- Passion first
- We are connected
- 100% accountable
- Attitude of gratitude
- Live to give
- The time is now
What differentiates seven mindsets from other SEL curriculum is a measured set of lasting, tangible improvements upon the mindsets of both students and educators. Students who experience a firm belief in their potential, an optimistic vision for the future, and a strong sense of personal authenticity perform better academically and forge more substantial relationships in life. Students also show significant improvements in behavior, attendance, achievement, and prosocial qualities such as resilience and grit.
Zones of regulation
The Zones of Regulation helps learners:
- Improve competencies in co-regulation and self-regulation
- Self-Identify feelings, energy, and levels of alertness
- Build self-awareness of body signals as they relate to emotions
- Develop perspective-taking skills
- Integrate situational awareness with self-awareness to determine how to regulate
- Learn why regulation matters about goals and well-being
- Identify, practice, and utilize effective regulation and wellness tools/strategies
- Understand when and how to use tools
- Build positive decision-making and problem-solving skills
- Reflect on situations or experiences
- Identify triggers and sparks that impact regulation
Sorting our emotions into four zones
Feelings are complicated. They come in different sizes, intensities, and levels of energy that are unique to our brains and bodies. To make them easier to talk about, think about, and regulate, The Zones of Regulation organizes our feelings, states of alertness, and energy levels into four colored Zones – Blue, Green, Yellow, and Red.
The simple, common language and visual structure of The Zones of Regulation helps make the complex skill of regulation more concrete for learners and those who support them. We learn to regulate our Zones to meet our goals and task demands, as well as support our overall well-being.
Helpful resources for using The Zones at home.
Caregivers can use The Zones of Regulation to help them think about, talk about, and manage feelings with learners of all ages at home. Here are a few ideas to get you started.
