BRILLIANT — Buckeye Local’s elementary schools are implementing some PAWS-itive reinforcements to help recognize and encourage good behavior among students.
Teachers at Buckeye North Elementary in Brilliant formed the PAWS program that is now being used districtwide as part of the schools’ Positive Behavior Incentive System. Students can earn incentives as individuals and by class while title teachers will act as “PAWSitive” reinforcers, or PR, and work with students that have displayed negative behaviors throughout the day. Those who become recurring visitors to the PR may be referred to the principal for further consequences.
Principal Susan Nolan said teachers Suzanne Stoker, Erin Best, Jenny Aubrey, Kayla Kalp, Colleen Weekley and Theresa Neilly, who are members of the school’s PBIS team, designed the program to help students make good choices. They presented the program to fellow educators and it will be used at Buckeye South Elementary in Tiltonsville and Buckeye West in Adena.
“Last year, our teachers started to create this PAWS system after seeking ways to improve behaviors. We did this at all three elementary schools and shared it with everyone,” said Nolan. “On the first day, the teachers had a video on how not to act in school and discussed situations in the film. We also held a school assembly and discussed scenarios. We hosted ‘Super U’ on the third day and the program incorporated PAWS into assemblies at North and South. The kids really enjoyed it.”
Each letter of PAWS represents a positive action that students would perform in the building and at recess, including paying attention, playing kindly, attitudes in check, (being) actively involved, working hard, washing hands, watching out for others, sitting quietly and (being) stress free. Students will be instructed on E+R=O, or events plus response equals outcome, to understand that they cannot control events that occur in life but can choose how to respond. When classes resumed Aug. 24, teachers spent the first week dedicating their teaching to learning and teaching the expectations with hopes of reducing negative behavior and promoting a positive and healthy school climate.
Students may be recognized for being caring, fair, respectful, responsible, trustworthy and a good citizen, and those who show positive traits also earn PAWSome tickets that are given with separate drawings for grades preK-2 and 3-6. Names are selected to receive individual rewards such as a hat day, sitting next to a friend, lunch with a teacher, a homework pass and a chance to be the teacher. Additionally, classes that earn 20 PAWS points for exceptional behavior could receive a movie day to extra recess. Names remain in the drawing throughout the year for more chances to win, and another bonus is that teachers may receive a gift card as a prize.
However, points also may be deducted for whole-class negative behaviors and the buildings will implement a color-coded system for students that change based upon their actions. All students begin with blue, but pupils who have difficulty following expectations may receive a color change to yellow for a five-minute time loss for recess; orange for 10 minutes off recess; and red for a 15-minute time reduction. The latter will then meet with the PR, who will forward information home for the parent or guardian’s signature. The intention is to help PR teachers get to the root of the student’s behavior and help them make better choices in the future.
Meanwhile, the schools will continue holding nine-week incentives, but students who do not earn them will report to an incentive boot camp. There, the teachers will review the E+R=O concept and discuss how students can make better choices and earn incentives over the next nine weeks. Nolan said the PAWS concept is clear and concise, and seeing it utilized throughout the district is a real plus. She added that the incentives also help maintain student interest.
“It keeps them excited and involved,” she commented.
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