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Altama Elementary School prides itself on being a Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports (PBIS) School. This program focuses on rewarding students for positive behavior that is shown throughout our school. Our new behavior program, ClassDojo, is designed to focus on our students' good behaviors as they earn points towards their classroom rewards and our school-wide rewards.

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Learning and respect will improve when you develop a strong relationship with students

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Learning and respect will improve when you develop a strong relationship with students

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I think this video will definitely help behavioral issues in our school with a different approach such as this.

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Rita Pierson: Teaching Tips (Win-Win Conversations)

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Rita Pierson on being a passionate teacher

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Rita Pierson on being a passionate teacher

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Every kid needs a champion | Rita Pierson

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An article that goes more in depth about poetry helping students in public education

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An article that goes more in depth about poetry helping students in public education

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Edutopia is a free source of information, inspiration, and practical strategies for learning and teaching in preK-12 education. We are published by the George Lucas Educational Foundation, a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization.

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Global Writes, a Bronx-based nonprofit organization and how they use poetry to help students

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Global Writes, a Bronx-based nonprofit organization and how they use poetry to help students

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Grand Slam: Performance Poetry Engages Students

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Global Writes, a Bronx-based nonprofit, helps students reach new heights in literacy and life through live poetry competitions. Read more about this great school, including examples of slam poems, at our Edutopia Web site: http://www.edutopia.org/poetry-slam-global-writes

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Poetry and how it can help disengaged students focus......

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Poetry and how it can help disengaged students focus......

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Poetry within education - a helping hand: Anthony Anaxagorou at TEDxHolborn

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Poet, writer and educator Anthony Anaxagorou speaks about his experiences of teaching poetry to school students who are disengaged from English and poetry. Many of the groups he has worked with over the years consist of young people with behavioural difficulties, low self-esteem and confidence issues.

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My Google Slides presentation.

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I could present my solution by making a Google Slides presentation that will highlight the key points of my proposal.

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What are possible solutions?

1. PBIS can reward a student every week for positive behavior, academic success, or helping people in their community.

2. Add a Poetry Club program that would mostly target students with behavior issues (students without can join too). However, students with behavioral issues will be REQUIRED to join. They will hold competitive poetry slams, and help students express their feelings. Whenever a student feels upset, they can go to the poetry club room and write. Meetings will be held after school.

3. Bring back the old PBIS system with a twist. Have students select their awards with a spinning wheel or raffle. The prizes could be lunch from Portillo's.

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1. We can improve the PBIS celebrations by having students vote on prizes and rewards for exuding positive energy and leadership. It's good to give students a sense of responsibility by making their own decisions.

2. Good incentives that can be given are recess, free time, lunch at Portillo's, Kickball Game - Students Vs. Teachers, Basketball Game - Students Vs. Teachers, lunch with a teacher of choice (from panther paws), Students Vs. Teachers water balloon fight, gift cards. All of these incentives are inexpensive and fun.

3. When students make good progress on their academics, prizes can be rewarded. When students who are in check in out change their behavior around, they can be rewarded as well. Helping out their community, and doing selfless acts also deserve recognition. Address the problem, and set goals to reach in order to solve it.

4. Teachers who are passionate about their jobs and the children they teach make a good PBIS program. Developing relationships with students can help too. Students will not learn anything from someone they don't like. Programs that help students express their feelings, such as poetry club, can help as well. Maybe students who have a lot of infractions, or students who have behavioral issues can be required to participate. Students who don't have any infractions can participate too. Social workers at the school could offer poetry as a way to put their feelings out.

5. Whole-school celebrations are shown to have positive impacts on students. They inspire students to achieve the best and only the best to be rewarded.

6. Schools use PBIS in order to encourage positive behaviors and discipline students at the same time. If an incentive is included for displaying good behavior, a student will be less likely to act out in class and focus.

7. Altama Elementary makes sure parents are involved in the PBIS process with the app, Class Dojo. Parents can communicate with teachers, get updates on classwork, and more. Instead of the three B's, their behavioral method is called SOAR. Safe, organized, accept, and respectful. Students are rewarded by a certain number of points they receive. This school goes from kindergarten to 5th grade.

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This topic is important to me because I feel like in order to have change in behavior there has to be something that encourages a person to do that.

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1. How can I improve the PBIS celebrations?
2. What are some good incentives to have?
3. Are there any other positive behaviors that can be rewarded other than no infractions?
4. What makes a good PBIS program?
5. What is the research behind whole-school celebrations?
6. Why do schools use PBIS?
7. What are some PBIS plans other schools use?

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The PBIS celebrations need to be like they used to; fun, and exciting.