Pyramid of Responsibility
Raymond Elementary School uses Responsibility-Centered Discipline. This approach to discipline balances proactively promoting positive behaviours with appropriate responses when inappropriate behaviours happen. Here is a brief description of Responsibility-Centered Discipline:
Theory Video:
School establishes the Pyramid of Responsibility:
Pyramid of Responsibility Video:
Leading the Challenging Moment
- Clear Expectations: We are COMETS! We are helping every student understand that at Raymond Elementary School we are:
- Curious: Comets are brave enough to ask questions because we know knowledge is power.
- (take) Ownership: Comets are accountable because we know our actions make a difference.
- Mindful: Comets think about others’ feelings because we know people matter.
- Empowered: Comets are strong and confident because we stand together.
- Tenacious: Comets keep trying, even when it gets difficult, because things that are worth doing can be hard.
- Safe: Comets keep others and ourselves physically and emotionally safe.
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- Consistency: Inappropriate behaviours are always address.
- Emotional Control: Adults remain in control to show respect to students and to keep the focus on the student behaviour.
- Benefits for Changing Behaviour: We help students understand the reasons they would want to change their behaviour.
- Response-Ability: We help students think through solving the issues they have created.
- Leadership in Challenging Moments: All staff know how to respond in challenging moments.
Give 'Em Five
During Challenging Moments, staff use the following progression:
Use Give 'em Five to address Behaviour:
Give ‘em Five Video
- Introduction
- Give ‘em Five
- Levels of Intensity
- This includes a statement that helps students understand:
- Support: We are on the same team.
- Expectation: Remind students of what we expect.
- Breakdown: Be clear about exactly what went wong.
- Benefit: Help student understand why they would want to change their behavior.
- Closure: Ensure understanding and encourage student.
- When a student needs more time to work through their behaviour, they will be given a place to sit in the office to regulate, problem solve and then address their behaviour.
- Consequences, such as lost recesses, repairing the action, suspensions, etc., may also be put in place depending on the behaviour.
- This includes a statement that helps students understand:
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