Academic

• Students will acquire and demonstrate academic self-management for lifelong learning

Career

• Students will develop career and educational awareness

Personal/Social

• Students will acquire and demonstrate self-knowledge and self-acceptance
• Students will acquire and demonstrate self-management and responsible behavior
• Student will develop interpersonal and communication skills

Classroom Guidance: Lessons will be designed based on the counseling standards and the needs of the classroom. Lessons will range from social skills, conflict resolution, peer relationships and career exploration. Other lessons will be taught based on teacher request, while still following the counseling standards.

Small Guidance Groups: Students may be referred by parents, teachers, or based on school data. The groups will depend on the needs of the students. Some of the groups offered yearly are: divorce/separation issues, self-esteem, anger management techniques, or friendship skills. Other groups will be created based on student need.

Scheduling an Appointment: I have an open door policy. Please feel free to call or email me to set up an appointment. Students are also free to stop by when they need to talk about any issue. 

Jaclyn Simmonds:

simmondsj@pcsb.org

727-552-1703 ext: 2010

What is School-wide Positive Behavior Support?

PBS is our school-wide discipline plan and the way of work to monitor behavior. The PBS goals in our School Improvement Plan are to increase the number of students being successful and to reduce the number of students receiving numerous referrals. Students need to be TAUGHT the correct behavior and this is best done through modeling and repeated practice. Super Sprockets reward students when they are showing the correct behavior. Achievement scores also increase when students are actively listening and participating in class. Super Sprockets are used to buy rewards throughout the year, whether it be for a big event, popcorn, or at the school store.

PBS...

• Is a collaborative assessment-based process to developing effective interventions for problem behavior.
• Aims to build an environment in which positive behavior is more effective than problem behavior.
• Emphasizes the use of preventative, teaching, and reinforcement-based strategies to achieve meaningful and durable behavior and lifestyle outcomes.

What does PBS look like in our school?

• We use school-wide expectations and rules to teach students appropriate behavior.
• Reward system (Super Sprockets) to encourage and model appropriate behavior, and effective consequences, to discourage inappropriate behavior.
• Trailblazer Assemblies to reward appropriate behavior.
• Big events to reward students with no referrals and events that students have saved their Super Sprockets to attend.
• Use data from referrals and minor infractions to target problem behavior.

Levels of PBS are:

• School-Wide: Procedures and processes intended for all students, staff, in specific settings, across campus.
• Classroom: Processes and procedures that reflect school-wide expectations for student behavior, coupled with pre-planned strategies applied within classrooms.