Citrus Middle School  

School-Wide Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports

General Overview

            The main focus of Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS) is to provide a clear system for all expected behaviors at Citrus Middle School. While many faculty and students may have assumptions of what is expected behavior, we cannot assume that everyone’s beliefs are similar. Through PBIS, we will work to create and maintain a productive, safe environment in which ALL school community members have clear expectations and understandings of their role in the educational process.

Proactive Approach to School-Wide Discipline

     Schools that implement school-wide systems of positive behavior support focus on taking a team-based system approach and teaching appropriate behavior to all students in the school. Schools that have been successful in building school-wide systems develop procedures to accomplish the following:

• Be Safe
• Be Respectful
• Be Responsible

• Being respectful means raising your hand when you want to speak or get help.
• Being respectful means using a person’s name when you talk to him or her.
• Being respectful means following dress code guidelines
• Being safe means knowing and following classroom and school rules on a daily basis.
• Being safe means to be on time.
• Being safe means cleaning up after yourself.
• Being responsible means to be prepared with assignments and materials.
• Being responsible means to follow and respond appropriately to adult direction.
• Being responsible means using appropriate language in and out of the classroom.

Behavioral expectations are taught using the same teaching formats applied to other curricula. The general rule is presented, the rationale for the rule is discussed, positive examples (“right way”) are described and rehearsed, and negative examples (“wrong way”) are described and modeled. Students are given an opportunity to practice the “right way” until they demonstrate fluent performance.