REDWOOD CITIZENSHIP PLAN

Redwood Elementary School takes a positive approach to citizenship development. We believe that students have the right to learn and play in a safe environment. We expect all students to behave appropriately and support the teaching/learning process.

This plan provides a consistent approach for teaching, reinforcing, and rewarding positive behavior. Students are taught what is expected of them in all school settings, and are instructed in the consequences for inappropriate behavior. This enables students from Preschool through Sixth Grade to achieve the worthwhile goal of self-discipline.

Redwood has five school-wide behavior expectations that govern behavior in every classroom and school location:

EXPECTATION	VIOLATION IS CALLED:
• Use kind words at all times.	Verbal aggression
• Follow directions the first time asked.	Non-compliance
• Keep hands, feet, mouth, and objects to self.	Physical aggression
• Raise hand and wait to be called on.	Talk out
• Stay on task.	Off-task

Each teacher has the responsibility to instruct students and practice the school-wide expectations and procedures both in and outside of the classroom.

REWARDS

Students who follow the school-wide expectations will receive the following:

þ Positive teacher attention

þ Contingent verbal praise

þ A positive self image

þ Valuable learning

þ Full participation in recess activities, assemblies, and field trips.

þ Individualized classroom rewards (examples include: team points, first in line, stickers, pat on the back, notes to students, stamps, smiling teachers, pencils, special seat, positive call home, earn-a-party, earned special privileges)

þ Ram Tickets (Ram tickets are given for any positive behavior a staff member witnesses. Any staff member may reward any student for any reason deemed appropriate. A focus on the character theme of the month is valuable. Tickets may be entered into the weekly Ram Drawing for the chance for a prize.)

CONSEQUENCES

Students who disobey the established expectations will be assisted in the following ways:

LEVEL ONE	Warning. No parent notification.
LEVEL TWO	Sit Away. A Sit Away form is completed by the student while removed to a time out desk in the classroom.
LEVEL THREE	In-School-Recess-Suspension (ISRS). Teacher requires student to spend 1-13 minutes of recess in the classroom. A Sit Away form is completed by the student.
LEVEL FOUR	Sit Away to another classroom. A Sit Away form is completed by the student while at a time out desk in another classroom. Parents are contacted by telephone^j.
LEVEL FIVE	Student is referred to the Alternative Classroom after 3 Sit Aways. Teachers may also opt to refer students after 6 Sit Aways in the same week. The completed AC form should accompany the student to the AC. Teacher attaches copies of the Sit Away forms already administered.

SERIOUS INFRACTIONS

A few serious student behaviors warrant a skip in steps or immediate Level Five intervention:

X Violation of the GSD Safe School Policy involving injurious or repeated physical violence or possession of weapons, real or look-alike

X Violation of the GSD Drug and Alcohol Policy

X Sexual Harassment

X Explosive or ungovernable behavior such as non-compliance, refusing to

relocate, throwing objects, and yelling.

If a student refuses to move to the AC, the teacher will call the office for an escort. If the student refuses to comply with the escort=s directives or refuses to relocate to the AC, the class will be relocated until the student=s parent or Granite Police arrive to move the student.

REFERRAL TO THE OFFICE

Students on their third AC referral or who have engaged in serious infractions will be referred by the AC teacher to the Student Achievement Specialist (SAS) and/or Principal after gathering written statements from the students involved. The SAS or Principal will conference with the student and administer one or more of the following consequences:

– Arrange conference with parent

– In-School-Recess Suspension

– In-School-Suspension

– Home-School Suspension

– Request for Granite Police investigation

– Referral to the Granite Safe Schools Committee for placement determination