Rogers Belief: We Care at LUNCH TIME

1.22.2011

We Care at LUNCH TIME

The Student Lunch Monitors at Rogers met in January to develop a clear set of lunch time (in class 20 minutes eating time) expectations for students when they are eating lunch in their classrooms.

These lunch expectations fit into the Rogers Positive Behavior Support Matrix of "We care about ourselves, each other and this place". There are three explicit behaviors listed in each of the three categories to identify how students can show that they:

1. Care about themselves at lunch.
2. Care about each other at lunch
3. Care about themselves at lunch.

Thanks to the lunch monitors for contributing to the school at lunch time and thanks
to Ms. Hazon for coordinating the lunch monitors at Rogers!

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.