NEXT MEETING: March 5th
1. Leadership
BIST consultant meeting dates
Topic(s) for Marty on Feb. 10 (life goals, replacement skills, etc.)
“Final 15” or “First 15” or other?
Marty Hewitt
- Please go back to your team and ask what you would like to focus on when Marty meets with your team and/or for the after school meeting with her.
- Final 15! Will remain the time teams meet with BIST consultant.
- Optional after school (Remember that they count for building flex.)
2. Schoolwide
Definition of bullying
See antibullying questions/Randolph responses (in Jan. 13th email)
– in response to the board of ed. Request, tasked with finding out what all LPS schools do to prevent bullying. Those questions were sent out to schools.
– Dr. B and Susie had response notes they sent in to Bess (see previous e-mail from Dr. B, Jan. 13th for examples)
– definition of Bullying: Targeted continual picking at a particular student via verbal, physical, emotional behaviors intended to threaten or intimidate.
– stop the behavior, name the behavior (that’s bullying).
-worry that sometimes kids think nothing happens.
– follow up with the student to see if everything is going well
– give the student the language to be able to stop immediately (if they don’t have it already)
– students need to know it’s not ok to be treated that way. If it starts again, tell a teacher right away before it becomes hurtful again. The bully needs to understand and the behavior might be so ingrained they need more practice/work on correcting/changing their behavior.
– think back to Love and Logic ways of addressing the situation. Leave them with the “let me know how this works out.” If they try and feel like it’s continuing, make the statement of “I’ll take are of that” and have the private talk with bully. Close the loop by checking back with the person that’s being bullied with, “how is everything going now” type of statement.
– empowering bystanders
Revisited definition of bullying
- Targeted continual “pick pick” at particular student through verba,l physical, emotional
- Power over others through
- Pattern of physical, verbal and emotional interaction meant to threaten or to intimidate
- Empowering bystanders! – class meetings
- How can we make sure let victims know that adults are responding? (Because students don’t see the response, they often they feel that teachers are not taking care of it.)
- Give kids ideas of what they could do – give them some words to use to give them back some power – ignore, tell them to stop, tell them how it feels, stand by an adult, tell an adult.
- Teacher needs to say “I will take care of it. Come back and let me know how that goes.
- See “Love and Logic” problem solving process in GET handbook p.4
- Private follow ups – Check back with them later and ask if everything is going better now.
- Ask kids what they think we should do.
- Encourage parents to speak to each other.
3. Classroom
BIST practice logs due Jan. 13(20) for reteaching and practicing after Winter Break.
(Although you reteach and practice more often than indicated on the form, and based on what your students need, the form is a reminder about specific instruction. See GET handbook pp. 9-13, 14-20 in sections 2 and 3.)
Next reteaching and practice logs due March 9th.
Please turn it in!
Remember to give positive reinforcements – Beep Beeps, tickets, B-stamps
4. Individuals
Triage
Call list for those who will help at plan times with emergency
-Recognized every type of triage that is going on at school. Lots of people are doing those types of triage’s throughout the day. Give a big pat on the back to everyone that is lending a hand and helping out. It really makes a difference for those friends that are helping out throughout the day. Thank you for all of you who are triaging and helping set this up!!!!!
Randolph is a unique place with a dynamic staff, and we should celebrate how thoroughly we wrap around students to protect them and instigate their learning. We stand alone with all the individual attention that we give each student and how well the teams work together!
Thank you for putting your name on the call list if both Wendy and Annette are busy.
5. Academics
SIP meets Feb. 13th
OTHER:
Audience behaviors – ask parents to reinforcement behavior for the students – need to teach students directly How to talk about good audience behavior. What to do when there are students performing, etc. Can we say to parents, “Here are some things we are working on.”