1.3 Behavioral Expectations

Resource: Tiered Fidelity Inventory Version 2.1

1.3 Behavioral Expectations

School has five or fewer positively stated behavioral expectations and examples by setting/location for student and staff behaviors (i.e., school teaching matrix) defined and in place.

Date Sources

  • TFI Walkthrough Tool
  • Staff handbook
  • Student handbook

Scoring Criteria

0 = Behavioral expectations have not been identified, are not all positive, or are more than 5 in number

1 = Behavioral expectations identified but may not include a matrix or be posted

2 = Five or fewer behavioral expectations exist that are positive, posted, and identified for specific settings (i.e., matrix) AND at least 90% of staff can list at least 67% of the expectations

Main Idea

Having school-wide, positive expectations is among the best ways to establish a positive social culture.

Guiding Questions

  1. Has the team identified five or fewer behavioral expectations?
  2. Have rules been developed by location / setting and agreed upon?
  3. Are they posted publically throughout the school?
    • For Elementary Schools:
      • Are the posters posted at eye-level?
      • Do the posters have visual icons for PreK-3 rd grade?
  4. Have staff been involved in the development of expectations and rules?
  5. Do the expectations apply to both students and staff?
  6. Have the expectations been defined and are developmentally appropriate, so that students, staff, and parents understand?
  7. For early learners, have pictures been used to express the expectations and rules?

Surface Level to meet criteria

  • Has the team identified five or fewer behavioral expectations?
  • Do they include examples by location / setting?
  • Are they posted publicly throughout the school?

Deeper Level for a stronger program

  • Expectations are Observable, Measurable, Positively Stated, Understandable, and Always Applicable
    • Rationale: All expectations should be easily understood by all stakeholders and have transfer-ability to other area in and out of school

Resource: Clarifying Expected Behavior

Resource: Conflict Managers

Resource: School-wide Expectations

Resource: Encouraging Positive Behaviors

Resource: Sentence Stems for delivering Acknowledgement