Pros And Cons Of Positive Behavior Support
Suspension and Expulsion or Positive Behavior Support
Summary
School culture is changing. For many years’ teachers, principals and staff used suspension and expulsion as disciplinary action for all types of misbehaviors. Research shows that that in the 1990 when schools adapted a no tolerance policy the suspensions and expulsions rose as high as 92% in some schools. Principals and teachers did not know how to handle different types of misbehavior so they used a blanketed suspension or expulsion depending on the referral from the teacher or staff. Now schools have come to realize that removing these students from the school does not improve school climate and can lead to higher dropout rates. So what has changed in the last few years? School culture …show more content…
Skiba and Sprague outline how to implement this system in school. According to the article Safety Without Suspension “school wide positive behavior support has three main components that work together: prevention, multitier support, and data based decision making” (Skiba, 2008, p.41). Prevention depends on defining and teaching core behavior and establishing a consistent reward system. Teachers, staff, and paraprofessional must model the positive behavior and positively correct the negative behavior. Multitier support is establishing a consistent multitier range of consequences and supportive re-teaching for student who exhibit consistent problem behavior. Research has shown that schools who have established a positive intervention and support system have fewer disciplinary problems. The key to supportive re-teaching is being positive and making the student responsible for their actions. Teachers, staff, and paraprofessionals have to have a positive attitude and exhibit that attitude every
Summary
School culture is changing. For many years’ teachers, principals and staff used suspension and expulsion as disciplinary action for all types of misbehaviors. Research shows that that in the 1990 when schools adapted a no tolerance policy the suspensions and expulsions rose as high as 92% in some schools. Principals and teachers did not know how to handle different types of misbehavior so they used a blanketed suspension or expulsion depending on the referral from the teacher or staff. Now schools have come to realize that removing these students from the school does not improve school climate and can lead to higher dropout rates. So what has changed in the last few years? School culture …show more content…
Skiba and Sprague outline how to implement this system in school. According to the article Safety Without Suspension “school wide positive behavior support has three main components that work together: prevention, multitier support, and data based decision making” (Skiba, 2008, p.41). Prevention depends on defining and teaching core behavior and establishing a consistent reward system. Teachers, staff, and paraprofessional must model the positive behavior and positively correct the negative behavior. Multitier support is establishing a consistent multitier range of consequences and supportive re-teaching for student who exhibit consistent problem behavior. Research has shown that schools who have established a positive intervention and support system have fewer disciplinary problems. The key to supportive re-teaching is being positive and making the student responsible for their actions. Teachers, staff, and paraprofessionals have to have a positive attitude and exhibit that attitude every