Rogers Belief: The Gallery Walk

11.04.2010

The Gallery Walk

On Friday, October 29th all of the students at Rogers took part in a Gallery Walk. They had the pleasure of walking through or outside of every classroom to see the work that each class had done to demonstrate their committment to the Rogers Belief, "We care about ourselves, each other and this place". Every class spent about 2 minutes in each room, for a total of approximately 32 minutes on the Gallery Walk. Students did a reflection summary of everything that they saw on their tour. What a wonderful way to share the learning and build school community!
(By the way, it was a school spirit day: orange and black day.)

Positive Behaviour Support Model

At Rogers, we are on Year 2 of 3 of implementing the Positive Behaviour Support model. Our plan is to reduce the number of student behaviour incidences at our school by explicitly teaching students the school expectations.

Everything we do with the PBS model is based on our overarching belief: At Rogers, "We care about ourselves, each other and this place."

The staff at Rogers has developed a PBS Matrix (Click to link) that covers five key areas at school. The five keys areas are: assemblies, hallways, bathrooms, classrooms and the playground. Within each area there are explicit expectations for each of: ourselves, each other and this place.

During the first six weeks of school, until mid-October, each classroom will cover one area per week. The students in each class will be involved in lessons that align with each aspect.

When you visit Rogers, you will see the bulletin boards that display the work that the students and teachers have done with the belief and the behaviors.

We will continue to grow our Positive Behaviour Support as the year progresses.