Ahh, back in September I was but a bright-eyed, bushy-tailed first year teacher full of goals and ambition. I wrote some professional development goals for myself, including the following: Student-Based Goal By October 28, I will develop and implement a PBIS system for supporting positive student behaviors in my classroom. This was always part of the plan. Over the summer, I upcycled some pickle jars - one for each class period, color-coded with the number for a class period painted on each one.
First things first, I need to update my timeline for this. I will be launching my class system in coincidence with the school-wide launch set for January 7. In preparation for the launch, we've been passing out tickets which are entered into a weekly raffle for a Sonic drink. When I passed (remembered to pass) out the tickets, I noticed that both students and myself were more pleasant. I could do with a lot more pleasantness. But then I ran out of tickets; so we reverted to our survivalist instincts. And when I went to get more tickets from the office, I learned that a group of students had gone to Walmart and purchased their own with which to flood the market. Ah! If only they applied their genius to my math quizzes. I like the tickets; they're tangible, they remind me to be positive. But I need a real system for handing them out, and I still need to figure out what to do with my cute lil pickle jars. So, over my less-indulgent Winter Break I plan to make a plan. I will align my ticketing system with the school-wide expectations. I want to create a class-level reward system, mostly so I can use my pickle jars.
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