Over time, we see the success of this teaching strategy, with improvements evident in
Kickboard behavior data points as well as observed student behavior.
During the meeting, each teacher shares and discusses
the Kickboard behavior data they have analyzed for their classes and students.
During this work session, a Kickboard coach will guide the school leadership team in making decisions about and planning specifics for systems to engage stakeholders in
Kickboard behavior data.
Not exact matches
That software, called
Kickboard, allows teachers to make notes about their students throughout the day, noting, for example, discipline problems, difficulty in grasping key concepts, and positive
behavior as well.
While programs like
Kickboard, PBIS World, and ClassDojo can help track and identify student
behavior issues, so can lower - tech practices like focused observation, simplified reporting, and team input.
In addition, you can motivate those desired
behaviors with goal - based incentives or rewards — e.g.
behavior points, scholar dollars, student paychecks, or school store rewards — which are automatically tracked in
Kickboard.
You likely know that
Kickboard's
behavior intervention plans take care of the number - crunching for you.
With
Kickboard, you can easily collect, access, analyze, share and act on behavioral data in real - time — for both problem
behaviors and desired
behaviors.
«With
Kickboard, not only do we say we have these core values and
behavior expectations, but we can hold ourselves accountable and share that information with students and their families.
«
Kickboard provides the best way to track all of the
behavior decisions our students are making, whether they're positive or negative,» said Hein.
Kickboard makes it easy for teachers to enforce our policy because all of the
behaviors we track are in the system, organized alphabetically.
«Having our
behavior intervention plans in
Kickboard makes it easier to see what's working and what's not, so we can adjust our interventions accordingly.»
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Each quarter, administrators also use
Kickboard data to prepare Tier 2
behavior intervention plans for students who are struggling.
Using
Kickboard, teachers can instantly record when students demonstrate these traits or other
behaviors, and automatically assign merits or demerits to individuals or groups of students.
Mr. Washington is walking around his 3rd grade classroom narrating
behaviors and awarding
Kickboard dollars as his students work.
With
Kickboard, administrators can look up the positivity ratio — the ratio of positive to negative
behaviors — to see if teachers and students are meeting school expectations.
A unique combination of technology and personalized leadership coaching, the
Kickboard school culture system helps educators streamline and simplify
behavior management and interventions, positive
behavior reinforcement, classroom management, social and emotional learning, and district - wide school culture analysis.
When a teacher marks a
behavior,
Kickboard automatically assigns merits or demerits.
With
Kickboard, teachers can closely monitor student responses to interventions and determine even small changes in
behavior.
«When we first implemented
Kickboard, it was more about the punitive piece — giving marks for negative
behaviors.
«
Kickboard makes it easy to log positive and negative
behaviors in real time, assign consequences and rewards, and create visual reports for students and families,» said Anna Klafter, chief academic officer.
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Firing students up about
Kickboard, and ultimately about making the best
behavior choices, is easy to do with a little intentional planning.
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Aperture Education and
Kickboard created a white paper «The DESSA SEL Inventory: A strength - based approach to promoting positive student
behavior» which coincides with the launch of
Kickboard's DESSA SEL Inventory.
A unique combination of technology and personalized leadership coaching, the
Kickboard school culture system helps educators streamline and simplify
behavior management and interventions, positive
behavior reinforcement, classroom management, social - emotional learning, and district - wide school culture analysis.
Charlotte N.C. (Feb. 28, 2018)-- Social - emotional learning (SEL) company Aperture Education and
Kickboard, which provides technology and coaching for school culture initiatives, have partnered to help schools collect, monitor and analyze data on 40 student
behaviors that tie to the Devereux Student Strengths Assessment (the DESSA) core SEL competencies.
As part of the partnership,
Kickboard and Aperture Education have developed the DESSA SEL Inventory, a new tool to help districts more frequently monitor student
behaviors related to key social and emotional skills.
Kickboard naturally causes schools to establish and positively reinforce consistent expectations of
behavior.
Whether schools are analyzing patterns of specific
behaviors over time, checking in on class or individual
behavior goals, or watching the health of the school using the positivity ratio,
Kickboard provides the data to inform where adjustment or support is needed along the way to ensure the success of whichever program they've employed.
During this working session, a
Kickboard Coach will guide school leaders to develop automated lists for identifying students needing Tier 2 and Tier 3
behavior support based on their
Kickboard data.
With
Kickboard, educational leaders can set school - and district - wide
behavior expectations to help teachers keep students engaged in learning.
The following year, the urban Title I school began using the
Kickboard school culture system to make it easy for teachers and administrators to collect, analyze, share, and act on student
behavior data in real - time.
«With
Kickboard, we can take all of the CHAMPS ™ components and customize the
behavior buttons in the system to meet our needs.
Educators can quickly and easily record students» demonstration of key SEL skills and
Kickboard's robust reporting platform provides flexibility for analyzing and reporting on SEL skill and
behavior data.
Part of St. Louis Public Schools, Lyon Academy began using
Kickboard in August 2014 to improve student
behavior.
With
Kickboard's student reports, educators can get an entire snapshot of a student's
behavior and contribution to the school culture over any period of time.
In addition, you can motivate positive
behaviors with goal - based incentives or rewards — such as
behavior points, scholar dollars, student paychecks, or school store rewards — which are automatically tracked in
Kickboard.
Once a student earns five negative
behaviors in
Kickboard, a green flag automatically appears next to the student's name, letting the current teacher know it's time for a
behavior reset.
Use
Kickboard Answers filtered by positive
behaviors to see the number of positive
behaviors tracked over time.
«One of things we like most about
Kickboard is that it has options for tracking both positive and negative
behaviors,» said Owings.
In addition,
Kickboard users can now integrate social emotional learning assessment through the new DESSA SEL Inventory, a curated set of 40
behaviors related to the DESSA's eight evidence - based social - emotional competencies.
Kickboard's real - time
behavior tracking platform is an essential component to social emotional learning monitoring and assessment.
In order to take effective data - driven action, rather than jumping to conclusions, you must first ensure the
behaviors recorded on
Kickboard show a complete picture of the whole school.
It depicts how a school leader can use
Kickboard in a proactive manner that will drastically improve
behavior RTI Tier I supports.
Patti really wants to ensure bullying never becomes a problem on campus so the counselor uses an automated trigger for any pre-bullying
behavior entered in
Kickboard.
Kickboard believes that positive encouragement and affirmation promotes productive classroom
behavior and gives students the opportunity to shine and show their leadership.
Kickboard Coaches will study your current Tier I schoolwide
behavior support systems by conducting staff and student interviews, observing existing school culture practices, analyzing results of a leadership self - assessment, and reviewing current culture data.
Here at
Kickboard we have seen many schools turnaround student
behavior by using our PBIS mobile app, web platform, and professional development services to support their classroom systems.