There are a wide variety of behavioral plans that are used across Missouri. My future personal behavior plan draws from a couple of these plans. I believe in parts of Personal Behavioral Interventions and Support (PBIS), Behavior Intervention Support Team (BIST), and Leader in Me. I think each of these plans have some strengths and a combination of these 3 would be a very efficient plan.
There are a lot of things that PBIS offers that I would want to implement in my plan. One of the things that I really enjoy about PBIS is their overall stance on behavior. If we teach students how to learn, why punish students who don’t know how to behave instead of teaching them? This overall message really stuck out to me and I think if an entire school can back this idea, a really strong learning environment can be created. However, if one teacher decides they don’t like this idea and they send office referrals for talking and other small things, it defeats the entire purpose. I also really like the 3 tiers within PBIS, which are very similar to the tiers in RTI.
Although there are a lot of weaknesses to the Behavior Intervention Support Team plan, there are parts that are great to add into a classroom. I am not a fan of safe seats or buddy rooms because instead of fixing the problem, a student is just moving into another teacher’s room and nothing is being solved. Parts that I would like to add into my classroom would be the think sheet and goals for life. Sometimes all it takes for a student to understand their actions is putting it into writing. I think that it also creates a level of ownership for the student, a very important trait that will be needed in future years for the student. Sooner or later these students will need to take the consequences for their actions. Another part of BIST that I like is their idea of goals for life. Creating goals for students to be able to accomplish can help a lot of students. There is something about knowing you accomplished a certain goal and being able to tell yourself you completed it. Small or long-term goals, goals are great for students to be setting.
Lastly, Leader in Me tries to create leaders in their schools. Allowing students to create class rules and letting them be apart of the classroom can help in behavior problems. Colvin in chapter 2 mentions letting students help in creating class expectations. Students are more likely to follow rules if they had a say in them too. It’s hard for a student to use an excuse such as not knowing the rules or expectations when they are the ones that contributed to creating them.
In conclusion, my future behavior plan has a lot of pieces from several plans. Creating leaders, teaching behavior, and setting goals are the 3 main aspects of my plan that I want to have in my classroom.
- Colvin, G. (2010). Defusing disruptive behavior in the classroom. Thousand Oaks, Calif: Corwin Press.
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