We each have responsibilities to support a positive learning environment.
Students’ Role
Students are responsible for:
- Respecting school staff (they are given the power to enforce rules so that they can deliver a quality, safe education)
- Behaving in ways that do not interfere with the right and safety of other students to learn
- Following school and classroom expectations
- Being on time and in class every school day
Your Role
As a parent or guardian, you are responsible for:
- Reinforcing appropriate behavior with your child
- Reviewing school rules and guidelines with your child (make sure they are familiar with and understand what’s expected)
- Cooperating with school personnel in developing and carrying out specific consequences to repeated problems
- Seeking out and using district and community resources, when necessary, to help correct your child’s misbehavior
- Following up to make sure your child attends school
Staff Role
Our staff is responsible for:
- Helping develop classroom rules
- Developing classroom expectations and consequences and clearly teaching these to students and communicating them to parents
- Establishing a positive classroom climate with an emphasis on appropriate student behavior
- Communicating to students and parents regarding behavior success, behavior problems and possible solutions
- Developing plans with students, parents, teachers and the principal for behavior improvement
Principal’s Role
Our principal is responsible for making sure:
- Staff, students and parents are treated with respect and dignity
- Rules and behaviors are carefully taught and enforced
- Proactive behavior strategies and programs are in place
- Positive reinforcement is given often
- Corrective consequences are given
- Teachers are supported by helping them develop behavior agreements with students and parents
- Strong attempts are made to get at the cause of each problem
- Behavior modifications will be viewed as a learning opportunity
- Communication with all parties involved is vital