Discipline

BLMS Student Handbook

The best kind of discipline is self-discipline.  This occurs when students know and follow the rules and is my main goal this year.  This happens the majority of the time.  However, when students do not follow the rules, action must be taken, and progressive consequences need to be given.  

I will work with students the first week or two of school to establish the expections and rules we should all be following. I want them to feel ownership as we build a classroom community. 

Positive Behavior!

I am trying something new this year to recognize positive behavior, but also to strive for student self-discipline. Students should be intrinsically motivated to do their best. In other words, they should follow the rules because it is the right thing to do, not to earn candy or prizes. My goal this year is to recognize and call attention to good behavior and save candy for special occasions. One way I hope to acheive this is by randomly selecting a student from each class once per week and sending a message home about their recent behavior. Ideally, students will be motivated to be on their best behavior, so that this message is a positive shoutout. If you'd like to read more, this article is what sparked this change in my philosophy. 

Look out for emails from Public School Works with positive documentations. These will also help students earn points for building raffles. All positive documentations will be based on the RAIDERS core values (see below).