What Prints Do Your PAWS Make?
 

Wilder Is a PBIS School!

PBIS stands for Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports and is being implemented at Wilder as a part of wanting to foster a more positive school environment. Wilder joins over 7,500 schools worldwide, including more than 700 in Colorado and 18 in LPS, which have implemented PBIS.

Last Friday all students and staff attended a "sneak peek" assembly of PBIS at Wilder and were introduced to Wilder Wildcat PAWS-itive behavior expectations.

P – Practice respect

A – Always be kind

W – Work Responsibly

S – Stay Safe 

From now until the end of the year, we will be focusing on behavioral expectations for the cafeteria, but the Wilder expectations (PAWS) will be clearly seen throughout the building on posters indicating appropriate behavior expectations for all settings including the hallways, bathrooms, cafeteria, and playground. Students will be acknowledged by staff members for making appropriate choices (the expected PAWS “print”) through PAWS tickets. At the end of the week, students will place their PAWS tickets into grade level buckets and on “Mighty Mondays”, one PAWS ticket will be drawn from each grade level for a special prize.

In the fall of 2012, we will have a larger assembly where the full program will be introduced to students. The entire school will then participate in launching the 2012-2013 school year with PBIS fully in place! Students will also participate in activities and lessons during the year which emphasize “PAWS” and the expected characteristics of a Wilder Wildcat. Our theme is, “What prints do your PAWS make?” We will continue to have skill words, definitions, and examples each week throughout the school year to help students learn how to follow the Wilder expectations and more importantly, put those skills in action!

So what is PBIS?

Research shows that teaching positive behavior along with acknowledgement of those expected behaviors is more effective than punishing negative behavior. Rather than a prescribed program or curriculum, PBIS provides systems for schools to design, implement, and evaluate school-wide procedures and processes intended for all students and all staff in all settings. A committee of Wilder staff, including teachers from each grade level, two specials teachers, the counselor, the principal, a classified staff member, and two PBIS coaches from the district, has been meeting throughout the year to brainstorm ideas for implementing PBIS at Wilder. We are excited to bring this program to Wilder!

For information about PBIS, see their website at http://www.pbis.org/ or contact Dawn Davies, Counselor, at ddavies@lps.k12.co.us or (303) 347-4954.