Our team is a strong representation of all school personnel who work with students and staff at Belcher. We work together to insure that our ideas and implementation of PBS stays within the guidelines of the PBS philosophy. Each team member assumes a role (party planner, ordering incentives), which facilitates the various aspects of implementation of PBS. In addition, the members of the PBS Team are rotated yearly, in order to promote fresh input and school-wide participation.

Data is shared monthly at Team Leader’s meetings, PLC’s, and PBS Team meetings. Patterns of problem behaviors, as identified by data from incident reports and referrals, are used to determine social skills needs. Programs and trainings specific to those needs are shared with staff through emails, meetings, and newsletters. Particular areas of concern as they impact a student or grade level can also be addressed with the personnel who have the most contact with those students.

Information is shared, at a minimum, on a monthly basis. We utilize email, grade level meetings, faculty meetings, newsletters, our Rookie Roundtable (or new faculty) and on our daily Belcher Bobcat News program. A “PBS Refresher” was conducted for the entire faculty at the beginning of the school year.

Our team’s strength lies in it’s ability to work collaboratively and consistently. Representation is “across the board”, insuring a consistent implementation of PBS across all grade levels, the cafeteria, curriculum areas, and buses. This also facilitates our problem solving skills.

We feel we have been successful in all areas/aspects of PBS, and continue to discover ways to improve upon our success. The team uses a PDSA approach when evaluating student and staff rewards, implementation of teaching expectations, and data.

Staff recognition includes, Belcher Bravos, Kudos, Belcher Bobcat of the Day, the Golden Bucket Award and drawings for various community based activities/services. We also recognize a teacher and support person of the year.

Students may use their Belcher Bucks for a variety of scheduled parties, and the PBS Store. Cafeteria Courtesy Apples, displayed in graph form, are awarded in the cafeteria to those classes who practice positive lunchroom behavior during the week. Students are then rewarded individually when their class has met the criteria for the week. P.E. tickets are earned for cooperative sportsmanship during P.E. Character trait buttons along with recognition in the Counselor’s Corner of our school monthly newsletter are additional ways we recognize positive choices.

Bus drive and associate recognition includes receiving iced bottled water on Friday afternoons and gift bags on holidays and special occasions. They in turn promote and reinforce the bus safety expectations by handing out Safety Cards, which are equal to our Belcher Bucks. Belcher Bus Drivers also attend regularly scheduled meetings at our school to share concerns, suggestions, etc. One outcome of our meetings was the implementation of a Bus Concerns slip, to identify and intervene with students before the bus referral process becomes necessary.

Our data is used to put interventions in place based on areas of concern on referrals. We are continuing to implement our “SOC” (Student of Concern) slips for teachers to inform our guidance counselor of students observed to be in need of extra support socially, behaviorally, or academically.