PBIS

Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports

Summit Academy Community School - Xenia

Information for Parents and Students

Expectations

Positive behavior is expected from every child at Summit Academy. We expect students to be respectful, responsible, and safe learners. Our school’s core values include:

• Safety
• Open/Honesty
• Always Participate
• Respect

..otherwise known as “SOAR”

We have a school-wide positive behavioral culture at Summit Academy that takes a systems approach to teaching pro-social behaviors. In order to establish a whole school culture that is positive and conducive to learning for all of our students, the staff at Summit Academy collaborates on the following components to increase school-wide positive behaviors at Summit Academy:

• Define, teach, and re-teach positive social expectations to all students throughout the year
• Post our expectations and systems in classrooms and hallways; and refer to them regularly
• Acknowledge positive behavior and reward it regularly
• Use behavior data to help us with our school-wide decision making on behavior needs
• Arrange consistent and effective ‘natural consequences’ for negative behaviors and utilize Restorative Justice Practices as part of our school-wide behavior discipline plan
• Tier 1 prevention programming designed for all students (Caring Schools Community, School Connect, Botvkin Life Skills, Child Safety Matters, Signs of Suicide, etc.)
• Use tiered interventions (level 1-3) with students in order to better meet their individualized social, emotional, and academic needs
• Communicate and work closely with parents and caregivers