Thursday, January 7, 2010
Today is day 2 on the specials calendar
After-school tutoring for 3-5 grades
Special PBS Edition-Today's blog will contain several important announcements about PBS. Please respond accordingly.
We will begin the staff and student "ROAR" recognitions this week. Please fill out the form in the staff mail room so we can recognize staff and students for the great things they do at our school.
Our PBS "booster shot" assemblies will be held next Thursday. The purpose of these assemblies is to refocus everyone (staff and students alike) on our core values and expectations. The assembly will be great and there will be many surprises on hand. K-2 students will come to the gym at 9 and 3-5 students will come to the gym at 10. Please bring den dollars to the assembly because we want all staff to distribute den dollars at that assembly.
With that in mind, now is the time to "blitz" students with den dollars. Let's have the same energy we started with at the beginning of the school year. We are seeing students with varying amounts of den dollars in the school store.
Also always remember to let students know why they get the den dollar; a quick phrase like"Thanks for showing politeness by---" or "I like the way you showed excellence when you --"
A good suggestion is to ask the student why they are getting the den dollar before you give it. Some staff members have reported students really know why at times. This approach will help when our school undergoes PBS assessment this spring.
With so many subs in the building, reinforce expectations with students before the subs are needed. Since most subs don't understand the PBS system, reminding students that subs dollars are worth more may help them the stay on task. (Yes, I realize this all seems to be heavily extrinsic motivation and that's OK at this point in the process)
Finally, we want to ask questions at the assembly-If there are specific problems that you would like us to address, just send them to me or add as a comment to the blog and hopefully the PBS committee can create a question from the ideas submitted.