Table of Contents 

• Behavior Expectations
• Positive: Ticket Raffle
• Negative: Conduct Book

Behavior Expectations

1. Be respectful and kind: respect yourself, others, and your community by treating all people/things with good manners. Be polite and kind to others -- including when no one is watching and when you don’t feel they “deserve” it.
2. Listen and follow directions promptly: when someone is addressing the class (adult or student), you will be a good audience member by listening attentively, tracking the speaker, taking notes (when applicable), and asking clarifying questions. If an adult asks you to do something, follow directions the first time they are given.
3. Be prepared: walk into class with the necessary supplies and assignments for the day. Be prepared to learn, collaborate, help, participate, and work hard.
4. Do your best: put forth your best effort in all things.

Positive: Ticket Raffle

If you see a student going above-and-beyond during any of my ELA classes, please give them a ticket (located in the bucket next to the laptop). The student will write his/her name on the back and drop it into a bucket on the counter behind my desk.

Extra tickets are located in the tall cabinet behind my desktop.

To the right of the IWB at the front of the room, you’ll notice I have each period listed on the whiteboard (if it’s the middle of the week you’ll see tally marks next to each class name). This is the number of tickets that class will draw on Friday’s raffle and is a direct correlation to their overall behavior as a class for the past week. For instance, if the entire class is on task, working hard, being kind, etc. I bump their number up by one. If I’m finding it difficult to get their attention, they’re all off-task, etc. I bump their number down by one. Feel free to add to subtract tally marks to each class’ total.

On Fridays, we do a “Friday raffle,” where we draw tickets from the bucket according to how many points the class earned throughout the week. If you’re subbing for me on a Friday, please tell students we will keep the points up until the next Friday I am here, and we will draw all the tickets at that time.

Negative: Conduct Book

If you’re having trouble getting a particular behavior to stop, it may be time to use the Conduct Book. Mine is a black binder located on the back counter behind my desk (next to the ticket raffle buckets).

The binder is divided into 5 sections: Periods 2-3 (ELAR), Homeroom, Periods 4-6 (ELAR), Periods 7-8 (ELAR), and blank (extra) pages. If a student misbehaves once in a minor way, you can silently redirect them (i.e. stand close to them, tap their desk, etc.) without any documentation. However, if you have to give a verbal warning or anything else, document it in the binder.  

Each student needs to have his/her own page and cannot see any other student’s page(s); it is for this reason that I do not print the pages double-sided.

If you need to use the Conduct Book, flip to the appropriate class period and look to see if the student already has a page (they should be in alphabetical order). If not, start a new page for the student in the appropriate section. If you need more pages, you can print them here: http://bit.ly/2MyJJlT 

At the top of the page, write the student’s first and last name. Fill out each field in the table according to the offense. I ask the student to initial each time I sign the book, since it’s a good way to ensure the student understands what’s going on. Consider having the student fill in the box to state his/her offense (it’s great for accountability), but be sure to watch the student as he/she fills in the boxes to make sure all information is accurate. I add any additional notes about the incident, initial in my box, and we move on with our lives.

If the student misbehaves again within a month, he/she needs to add documentation to the next row of that same table. If the misbehavior is outside the 20-school day time frame, the process starts all over with a new table (or page, if the student has already filled both tables on his/her page).

If you get to rows 3 or 4, those require a certain form that goes to our Assistant Principal, Mr. Silvia, as well as the parents. Katie Luther across the hall usually has some if you end up needing it, or you can get some from the office.