Building a Positive Culture at Williams Elementary

Building Positive Staff Culture at Williams Elementary

• Staff can recognize others going above and beyond by giving a Shout-Out.  Staff can fill out a Google Form and the staff member they recognize will receive an email and certificate letting them know of their shout-out.

• We have Staff Mustang Moola that is given to staff members when they receive a shout-out and to staff that shout-out.  Each Friday we draw Mustang Moola and that staff member can choose something off the Happy Cart. They can also save 10 Mustang Moolas for a jean’s pass.  

• Book Studies- Teachers get to choose the book they would like to read for the year, and they get the book in the summer to get a jump start.  

• It is important to me to motivate, inspire and develop teacher leaders.  I meet with our Instructional Team Leaders monthly and send them to leadership conferences.

• Weekly Challenges for Staff- Such as eat lunch with your students, play at recess, etc. Each week is different and staff get a certificate emailed when they participate in a challenge.  Those that have the most are recognized monthly at our assembly.

• Each staff member posts their Vision and Mission Statement outside their door for all to see.

• Staff members that welcome feedback from anyone that visits our campus post an Observe Me document outside their door.

Building Positive Student Culture

• Each pod has been painted a different bright color, color blocks with quotes have been painted throughout our hallways, our front office has ceiling tiles decorated by students, pictures of our students are throughout the building

• Student of the Month Awards are given out each week based on the monthly growth mindset.

• We offer a variety of clubs for students to join that are coached by our teachers.

• Random Acts of Kindness Week

• Perfect Attendance drawings & classroom incentives are done for good attendance.

• We invite the High School Seniors to come back the last day of school and walk the halls of their Elementary school one last time.  

Celebration Assemblies

• Once per month our entire school gathers in our gym to celebrate

• We start off the assembly with a superhero skit performed by the administrators, counselor, and staff

• We then ALL dance to a fun song

• Celebrations include: Superhero students, staff and team of the month, positive office referrals, 9 week perfect attendance (staff & students), and any other type of celebration of the month

We presented on Classroom and Campus Culture at the 2018 ASCD Conference.