Your
help with PBIS is very important. We do
ask that you support our efforts by setting good examples for your child(ren)
by also following Paws’ Laws. We
understand that your home environment may have different expectations, but in
order to assist us we ask that you support our staff in these following ways:
1.
Please
remind your child of the Paws’ Laws each
day before he/she leaves for school:
BE HERE,
BE READY
BE
RESPECTFUL
BE SAFE
2.
If
your child has had some difficulty behaving, use the matrix as a tool to go
over and reinforce specific expected behaviors. If you do this before school each day, you will be helping to
remind your child what is expected of him/her during the school day.
3.
Help your child BE HERE, BE READY, by helping him/her wake up for
school and arrive on time. Students should arrive at 8:20. Students who are tardy are disruptive to
everyone, and often have a very poor start to the school day. Any student who has more than 5 tardies during any quarter will receive a
phone call each morning at 8:00 until the problem is resolved.
4.
Our system is consistent and extremely fair
so if your child has earned a detention, please support the decision and do all
you can to have your child serve the detention on the assigned day and
time. Your child will be told the
reason for the detention and he/she should be able to tell you exactly what
occurred. If you have a question
regarding the situation, please call the classroom teacher. We suggest you have a discussion with your
child how to improve his/her behavior in the future.
5.
After
school, ask your child how many paw slips he/she earned and find out what
behaviors were exhibited in order to earn these slips. Please offer your child extra praise and
reinforcement for these behaviors.
6.
You
might try to use the same language at home.
You might even add a column to the chart showing expected at-home
behaviors.
7.
Your
support sends an important message to your child that we are working together
as a team to help him/her be successful in all parts of his/her life. We appreciate your daily support.