A Summary of May’s Friday Five Series Creating a culture of belonging, motivation, and shared success is strengthened through intentional acknowledgements and celebration. Our 5-part series dives into best practices for acknowledgement from a tiered approach — from school-wide to the classroom to individual students, and staff. Each post shares a resource tool which highlights… Read More Celebrate to Elevate: A 5-Part Series on Building Better Acknowledgement Systems
May Friday 5: Building Better Acknowledgement Systems
#1 School-wide Celebrations and Acknowledgements Building a sense of community for everyone is the goal of school-wide acknowledgements and celebrations. Ensuring that every member of the school community is included is a core element of school-wide celebrations and acknowledgements. Another important aspect of acknowledgement is that the whole school feels as if they have earned… Read More May Friday 5: Building Better Acknowledgement Systems
5 Tips for High Quality Professional Learning
TFI 1.7, Professional Development, calls for a written process to be used when orienting all faculty/staff to the four core Tier 1 SWPBIS practices: teaching school-wide expectations, acknowledging appropriate behavior, correcting errors, and requesting assistance. The Every Student Succeeds Act calls professional development an integral part of an educator’s work, and says for an activity… Read More 5 Tips for High Quality Professional Learning
