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Expectations for our Educational Community

Everyone in Grewenow School is expected to do their best at all times.  Staff, students, and parents will all work together to help every person in the school reach their unique capabilities.  Any behavior or action, which helps us grow and mature as learners will be encouraged.  Any behavior or action that interferes with our growth as learners will be discouraged.  All of us in the educational community at Grewenow Elementary are expected to help others do their best.

When each of us is doing our best, the school becomes an exciting and warm place where all of us are learning new things every single day.  Everyone in the school is encouraged to actively work on the following five core characteristics of positive behavior:

  1. Citizenship:  Patriotic, a sense of pride, actively participating in the community, a sharing of time, talent, and resources, compassionate
  2. Responsibility: Accountable, accepting of consequences for one’s own actions and decisions
  3. Respect:  Honoring appropriate authority, treating others as you would like to be treated, courteous
  4. Self-discipline:  Confidence in self, knowing that one is of value and can have a positive impact, developing and taking care of oneself
  5.  Honesty:  Telling the truth to one’s self and to others

Expectations in the Classroom

Students will follow the teacher’s posted classroom rules.  When the student is in another class such as gym, music, art, library, or the computer lab, the student will follow the rules and expectations of that teacher.  Each teacher will communicate how students are expected to behave in each activity.  All classroom rules and expectations will reinforce the core characteristics of positive behavior.

Expectations in the Halls, Cafeteria, on the Playground, and on Buses

Students will behave in a way that respects the physical safety and the emotional security of themselves and others.  Therefore, students are required to follow the rules and expectations posted in the hallways, cafeteria, on the playground, and in the buses.

Expectations for the Staff

Every staff person (administrators, teachers, educational assistants, secretaries, custodians, and lunchroom stafff) in the school is an equal and contributing part of the Positive Behavior Plan.  All adults will be involved with students in the process of solving problems, understanding good and bad choices, and in setting consequences for infractions of school rules. 

Consequences

When a student in grades 1 through 5 violates a classroom or school rule, the four steps are to be followed:

Step 1:  First warning and reminder of the rule.

Step 2:  Second warning and reminder of the rule.  Offer appropriate strategies to follow rule.

Step 3:  Student is issued a “Reflection Sheet” by a staff member.

  • Student takes the “Reflection Sheet” to the “Reflection Room” where the student writes about the choice made and reflects on what positive choices could have been made to change the situation.
  • Student takes the “Reflection Sheet” home for a parent/guardian signature.
  • Homeroom teacher keeps and tracks all student “Reflection Sheets”.

Step 4:  A “Referral” is given for major infractions of school rules such as hitting, stealing, destroying or vandalizing school property (see KUSD Code of Conduct at www.kusd.edu for details).  Student and “Referral” are sent to the administrator.  (a referral = 2 reflection sheets)

Note:  A primary and intermediate “Reflection Sheet” will be used for appropriate grade level.  In addition, special education students are eligible to have this Positive Behavior Plan modified as stated in the IEP.

Kindergarten teachers will work with the kindergarten students in following the above steps when a classroom or school rule is violated.

Celebrations of Positive Behavior

Students will be positively rewarded regularly in a variety of ways in order to maintain a safe and caring learning environment that enforces the five core characteristics.  Celebrations include the ICU program, the “Grewenow Gourmets”, and quarterly school wide activities.  The ICU program enforces individual positive behavior, the “Grewenow Gourmets” enforces positive lunchroom behavior by classroom, and the quarterly school wide activities are awarded to students with four or less “Reflection Sheets”.  Students not eligible for a quarterly school wide activity, will be involved in a positive behavior intervention lesson.

Commitment Statements

As a Grewenow Community, staff, students, and parents, we are equally committed in providing a positive learning environment that focuses on the five core characteristics of responsibility, respect, courtesy, self-discipline, and honesty.  Therefore,

As a teacher, I will:

  • Show respect for each child and for his or her family.
  • Make efficient use of learning time.
  • Provide a safe and comfortable environment that’s conducive to learning.
  • Help each child grow to his or her fullest potential.
  • Provide meaningful and appropriate homework activities.
  • Provide necessary assistance to parents so they can help with assignments.
  • Enforce school and classroom rules fairly and consistently.
  • Supply students and parents with clear evaluations of progress and achievement.
  • Use special activities in the classroom to make learning enjoyable.
  • Demonstrate professional and ethical behavior as well as a positive attitude.

As a student, I will:

  • Always try to do my best work.
  • Be kind and helpful to my classmates.
  • Show respect for myself, my school, and other people.
  • Obey classroom, school, and bus rules.
  • Show respect for school and personal property.
  • Come to school prepared with my homework and my supplies.
  • Believe that I can and will learn.
  • Talk with my parents each day about my school activities

As a parent/guardian, I will:

  • Show respect and support for my child, the teachers, and the school.
  • Support the school’s Positive Behavior Plan.
  • Provide a quiet, well-lit place for study and supervise the completion of homework.
  • Attend parent-teacher conferences.
  • Talk with my child each day about his or her school activities.

As a Grewenow Community, we will work together hand in hand to carry out this Grewenow Community Behavior Contract.

References

Education Word Professional Development Center.  Creating a Climate for Learning:  Effective Classroom Management Techniques.  www.educationalword.com/a_curr/curr155.

Alderwood Elementary School, Schoolwide Management Plan wwwald.bham.wednet.edu/safety.htm.

Wisconsin Department of Public Education.  Citizenship Building a World of  Good, Character Education.  www.dpi.gov

The Kenosha Unified School District No. 1 is an Equal Opportunity Educator/Employer with established policies prohibiting discrimination on the basis of age, race, creed, religion, color, sex, national origin, disability or handicap, sexual orientation, or political affiliation in any educational program, activity, or employment in the District.  The Superintendent of Schools/designee (262-653-6320) addresses questions regarding student discrimination, and the Executive Director of Human Resources (262-653-6333) answers questions concerning staff discrimination.