POSITIVE BEHAVIOR INTERVENTIONS SYSTEM

Proper behavior is very important to creating a successful and safe learning environment.  GAA implements a school-wide Positive Behavior Intervention and Support (PBIS) System. PBIS is a proactive approach to establishing the behavioral supports and social culture and needed for all students in a school to achieve social, emotional and academic success. Attention is focused on creating and sustaining school-wide, classroom, and individual systems of support that improve behavior for all students.
The following are the school-wide expectations for all students at GAA:

Teachers will track student behavior in the following ways:

• Positive behaviors will be rewarded with "Mustang Bucks" which can be redeemed weekly for various privileges within the classroom.  These will vary between classes. 
• Unwanted behaviors will be recorded on the Classroom Behavior Tracking Sheet.  When engaging in unwanted behaviors, students will:
  1. Receive a warning and a reminder of the correct/appropriate behavior
  2. Take time away from activity and complete a Think Sheet to reflect on their behavior and how it is affecting their learning and/or that of their classmates,
  3. Receive another warning and phone call home to parent will be made later in the day
  4. Be referred to the office for consequences.  

 
PRIDE Parties will occur at the end of each quarter as a reward for students who consistently meet behavioral expectations. For Q1 & Q2 parties students may attend having received 10 or fewer checks. For Q3 & Q4 parties only students who have 6 or fewer checks may attend.

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