Airways Middle School 2006-2007

1. Airways Middle School 2006-2007 2601 Ketchum Road Memphis, Tennessee

2. Goals & Objectives Expectations Goals and Objectives Goals: • To increase attendance • To increase parental involvement Objectives: • To reduce the number of referrals to the office by 80% • To reduce the number of suspensions by 80% • To reduce the number of bus referrals by 80%

3. MCS Blue Ribbon Discipline Committee Worksheet2006-07 Airways Middle School *Indicates members mandated by MEA contract

4. Blue Ribbon Discipline Committee • What needs to happen for this team to meet once every 2-4 weeks? • Someone on team designated to be responsible for data from Blue Ribbon Website • Complete Meeting Schedule for the year

5. Meeting Schedule

6. Airways Golden RuleDo Right Things Right All students should: • Respect yourself • Respect others. • Respect the learning..

7. Behavioral Expectations Matrix

8. How we teach the rules and procedures Prevention Model • Fight Free Schools- encourage problem solving by utilizing conflict resolution, and by significantly reducing bullying and fighting. • MCS Family Life Education and Health & Wellness Curricula-taught in PE and classrooms by employing No Bullying, Too Good for Violence, and Too Good for Drugs techniques. • Airways Middle School incorporates a comprehensive violence prevention program entitled G.R.E.A.T. (Gang Resistance Education and Training) which is taught in the 7th grade science classes.

9. School-Wide Procedures • Students must report to homeroom by 7:a.m. • Students must exit the building promptly at 2:15p.m. • Students will exchange classes under the strict supervision of a team of teachers. • Students must use the restroom during the changing of classes. • Students must eat during their scheduled lunch times. • Students should walk on the right side of the hallway and adhere to Zone signs.

10. Classroom Procedures • Students must adhere to rules posted in teachers’ classrooms. • Students in the hallway during instructional time must have a hall pass. • Students must enter the classroom with necessary supplies. • Students should not leave the classroom the first nor the last fifteen minutes of the class period.

11. School Wide Incentives • Perfect Attendance Dances • U.S.A. (United Scholars of Airways) Students that have never been referred to the office for discipline infractions. • Free out of uniform Day • Surprise treat and gifts • Positive phone call home • Public Acknowledgement • Free or reduced admission to extra-curricular activities. • Other Incentives

12. Teacher Incentives • Procedures for recognizing and encouraging positive teacher interaction, for example: • Attendance prizes • Students can recommend • Drawing for prizes (tickets given to students may also have teacher name, so when student gets prize, so does teacher who gave the reinforcement)

13. Resources for Incentives • Adopters • Community agencies & businesses • Restaurants • Fundraisers • Churches • Parent organizations • Teachers • Parents

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15. General Procedures for Dealing with Problem Behaviors

16. Step 1: Warning Letter

17. Step 2

18. Step 3: ConferenceStep 4: Behavior Contract

19. Review of Important Disciplinary Forms • Student Statement form • PDS (steps 1-4) • School Conference Request • Disciplinary Referral

20. Administrative Interventions • Saturday Detention / Intervention Sessions • Cafeteria Duty / School Service Duty • Extra-curricular Probation • School Conference Request • Parent Contact • Report to MCS Security / MPD Officers • Counseling

21. Character Education • Students have weekly works that focus on character. (Honesty, Responsibility, Cooperation, etc.) • MCS Family Life Education and Health & Wellness Curricula-taught in PE and classrooms. • Airways Middle School uses the comprehensive violence and drug prevention program called G.R.E.A.T. (Gang Resistance Education And Training)

22. Harassment and Bullying Prevention • Annual harassment training is done with faculty (8/06) • Training with faculty regarding prevention including defining bullying/intimidation, recognizing early stages, providing strategies for addressing (8/06)

23. School Safety Plan • Safety plan was submitted in 10/05 • Drills will be conducted once a month • Training once a semester • Plan will be reviewed 10/06

24. Monitoring Process • School, classroom, and individual discipline data are analyzed each six weeks by the Student Behavior Committee. Needed adjustments are made to the school-wide behavior plan, coaching is provided for teachers, and the S-Team process is used to develop intervention plans for students with at-risk behaviors.

25. Proactive Interventions Classroom • Daily greeting of students by teachers • Signals • Proximity • Remediation Lessons • Helping • Defining limits • Direct Address

26. Action Steps School-wide • Greeting students as they enter the building & class each day • Daily motivational message • Contracts signed by students • Conflict resolution • S-Team • Meaningful Work • Active PTSA

27. Prevention Programs • Programs you are using to address comprehensive violence prevention (such as Mendez Too Good for Drugs, Too Good for Violence, Second Step, Responsive Classroom, bullying prevention programs, Peer Mediation, conflict resolution, Peaceable Schools, etc…) • Implementation (taught by whom, to whom, how often)

28. Intervention Plan In-School Suspension Plan • ISS is one consequence in our system of progressive levels of consequences. • Students complete individual assignments, reflect on their ISS placement, and discuss, the practice, positive behavior choices. • Students will complete individual packets of classroom assignments.

29. In-School Suspension Plan • Airways Middle School follows the guidelines of Memphis City Schools through the Division of Student Engagement for the ISS Program. • Students are referred by the administration, and monitored by the ISS teacher and the school administration. • Activities in room include class assignments from teachers, character education building activities, real-world discussions, and anger management activities. • Student support includes: ISS teacher, teachers,volunteers, peer tutoring, and parents.

30. Secondary Intervention Evaluation We will use the data from the Chancery SMS system to determine if our interventions are successful.

31. Tertiary Interventions • The School Support team identifies students through teacher referrals and discipline infractions. • Our behavior intervention plan is called the Progressive Discipline System (PDS) • We monitor these interventions with data from the Chancery SMS.

32. Results • Our ADA has increased from 89% to 92%. • Alternative consequences other than suspension. • Airways was the only middle school to participate in the “Hold My Hand Project” to increase parental involvement with incentives. • We will use data from REA to compare last year’s numbers with the previous year’s

33. Green zone 0 – 1, yellow zone 2 – 5, red zone 6+ office referrals CONTINUUM OF SCHOOL-WIDE INSTRUCTIONAL & POSITIVE BEHAVIOR SUPPORT Tertiary Prevention: Specialized Individualized Systems for Students with High-Risk Behavior % of Students 5% Secondary Prevention: Specialized Group Systems for Students with At-Risk Behavior 15% Primary Prevention: School-/Classroom- Wide Systems for All Students, Staff, & Settings 80%

34. Celebration • Airways Jets Award celebrates the unique contributions of faculty, staff, and students toward the accomplishments of school goals. • School-wide and teacher academic achievements are celebrated at the beginning of the year. • Individual students, homerooms, entire grade-levels, and the entire school enjoy celebrations for achieving fight-free goals. • Parties are given when bus riders and homerooms achieve school goals • An eighth grade year-end picnic, promotion program, and 8th grade week will be used as rewards. • Individual classroom and team celebrations, pizza parties, and field trips will also be utilized as means of celebration.

35. Conclusion Airways Middle School is implementing the current school-wide discipline plan. The goal of each member is to demonstrate Relationships, Responsibilities, and Results and to provide an equal opportunity for every child to learn in a positive environment.