According to the report, CMOs with positive impacts tend to emphasize two practices in particular:
high expectations for student behavior and intensive teacher coaching and monitoring.
Ensure that school discipline policies specifically and positively state
high expectations for student behavior, promote respect for others, and make clear that engaging in harassment and violence, among other problem behaviors, is unacceptable.
A successful arrival system engages the transportation staff in holding
high expectations for student behavior, and for maintaining safe functionality of the bus space.
Not exact matches
If teachers of color hold
higher expectations for minority
students — stemming from their perceptions about
student ability, effort, and
behavior — they might be more likely to push
students to work hard and to insist on their best effort in all assignments.
a set of extremely
high expectations for students and families with regard to academic performance, a strong work ethic, appropriate
behavior, and responsibility.
The
highest - performing charters are those that that have most fully embraced a «no excuses» approach to teaching and learning; have created strong school cultures based on explicit
expectations for both academic achievement and
behavior; have an intensive focus on literacy and numeracy as the first foundation
for academic achievement; feature a relatively heavy reliance on direct instruction and differentiated grouping, especially in the early grades; and are increasingly focused on comprehensive
student assessment systems.
According to research sponsored by the Council of Urban Boards of Education (CUBE) and the National School Boards Association (NSBA), they include (1) feelings of safety among staff and
students; (2) supportive relationships within the school; (3) engagement and empowerment of
students as valued members and resources in the school community; (4) clear rules and boundaries that are understood by all
students and staff; (5)
high expectations for academic achievement and appropriate
behavior; and (6) trust, respect, and an ethos of caring (Bryant & Kelly, 2006; Elfstrom, Vanderzee, Cuellar, Sink, & Volz, 2006; Perkins, 2006).
[iii] To the extent that
students attending schools with more demanding
expectations for student behavior hold themselves to a
higher standard when completing questionnaires, reference bias could make comparisons of their responses across schools misleading.
The categories included program characteristics (explicitly articulated objectives and role
expectations, provision
for continuous
student progress, flexibility in matching materials and instruction to
student needs, and stability of programs over several years), leadership
behaviors (establishing reading improvement as a school priority, being knowledgeable about reading instruction, actively facilitating instructional decisions, establishing and maintaining monitoring of
student progress, and evaluating teachers), and psychological conditions (
high expectations for students, calm and businesslike school climate, staff commitment to the reading program, staff cooperation, parental involvement, and attribution of reading failure to program defects).
One of the best ways to help
students meet rigorous academic
expectations is to first set
high expectations for behavior.
Build community around
high expectations for students through implementing
behavior management systems.
White teachers have lower
expectations for students of color, and are significantly less likely to expect Black
students to finish
high school and college» School staff frequently perceive Black boys as threatening and dangerous
for the same
behaviors that are seen as innocent
for White
students.»
One main concern is reference bias, or the effect of survey respondents» reference points on their answers.37
Students,
for example, attending competitive schools often rate themselves as having less self - control or as less hardworking because of their schools» rigorous
expectations.38 Accordingly, some experts caution that using SEL to classify schools could ultimately punish
high - performing schools while rewarding low - performing schools.39 Additionally, teachers may misinterpret
behavior, erroneously rely on first impressions, or incorrectly equate their opinion of a
student with the
student's social - emotional skills.40
Teachers should create a new environment and have
high expectations for their
students in the classroom, and teach proper academic
behavior.
For student behavior expectations, high - performing CMOs were found to place a stronger emphasis on the following: use of a student behavior code with clear consequences for misbehavior, positive reinforcements for desired behaviors, use of a «zero tolerance» policy for potentially dangerous behaviors, and consistent schoolwide enforcement of the behavioral standards and policies in pla
For student behavior expectations,
high - performing CMOs were found to place a stronger emphasis on the following: use of a
student behavior code with clear consequences
for misbehavior, positive reinforcements for desired behaviors, use of a «zero tolerance» policy for potentially dangerous behaviors, and consistent schoolwide enforcement of the behavioral standards and policies in pla
for misbehavior, positive reinforcements
for desired behaviors, use of a «zero tolerance» policy for potentially dangerous behaviors, and consistent schoolwide enforcement of the behavioral standards and policies in pla
for desired
behaviors, use of a «zero tolerance» policy
for potentially dangerous behaviors, and consistent schoolwide enforcement of the behavioral standards and policies in pla
for potentially dangerous
behaviors, and consistent schoolwide enforcement of the behavioral standards and policies in place.
So through collaboration, book studies, workshops, and the adoption of Whole Brain Teaching, we made significant strides in improving our
behavior management system and setting
high expectations for our
students, improving our parental involvement significantly, and dramatically increasing
student engagement.