07-+Behavior+Management+Plan

** High School Biology **
 * Behavior Management Plan **

** Statement of Purpose: ** This classroom will provide a safe, considerate, open and welcoming learning environment where students can achieve their goals, safely express their ideas, and promote their love of biology. Tolerance is the classroom philosophy, each student is expected to accept and respect others, their opinions and ideas, just as they would want to be accepted. ** Expectations: ** ** Classroom Entry/Exiting Procedure: ** ** Restroom Procedure: ** ** Laboratory Procedure: ** ** Discussion Procedure: ** ** Assignment Procedure: ** ** Positive Consequences: ** ** Negative Consequences: ** ** Crisis Behavior Plan: ** ** Medical Action Plan: ** ** General Action Plan: **
 * Be in your seat completing the overhead assignment as the bell rings
 * Listen to others when they speak, do not speak out of turn
 * Respect other’s opinions and ideas, do not belittle others because they do not share you opinion
 * Complete all assignments, labs, quizzes, and exams by their due date
 * Cheating and plagiarism will not be tolerated
 * Treat all laboratory equipment with respect and follow lab guidelines
 * **Always question what you are told!**
 * Take your assigned seat
 * AP students do not have assigned seating and can sit where they choose
 * If there is homework due, place the homework face down on your desk
 * Complete the overhead assignment
 * If an exit card is expected, put thought into a response and turn in before the end of class
 * Do not start packing up until 2 minutes before the end of class
 * Quietly get up from your seat and check the restroom sign out sheet
 * Only one male and one female may use the restroom at one time
 * Put your name, date, and time on the sign out sheet
 * Remember to take the pass with you
 * Please never interrupt class and ask to use the restroom
 * Read the lab procedure before class and come prepared for lab
 * Always wearing close toed shoes during lab
 * Always wear eye protection and your lab coat
 * Only use lab materials the way they were designed to be used
 * Never play with the lab materials
 * Never eat or drink during lab
 * Always clean and return lab materials to their proper place
 * BE SAFE!
 * Listen to others while they speak
 * Never interrupt another person, student or teacher
 * Respect other people’s opinions and ideas
 * Never belittle another person
 * Turn in assignments by their due dates
 * Late assignments will not be accepted without teacher approval
 * Students must provide a valid explanation concerning the late assignment
 * Points will be deducted from all late assignments
 * Never work on homework in class
 * Praise and recognition
 * All students who receive A’s on their exams will receive a phone call (at home) to notify parents and students of their efforts
 * If 70% of the class receives an A on any given exam, the entire class will enjoy a classroom party of their choice
 * If 85% of the class receives an A on any given exam, the entire class will enjoy a field trip of their choice
 * First warning
 * Second warning
 * Detention and zero (0) points for that days assignments
 * Lab- removal from the classroom and a zero (0) on the lab report
 * Parent conference
 * Office referral
 * Classroom referral
 * The teacher’s aid or another student will be sent to the office informing them that there is an emergency regarding a student’s behavior in the class
 * If someone cannot be sent, a phone call will be made to the office
 * The misbehaving student will be dismissed into the hallway
 * Other students will continue their work
 * Appropriate disciplinary actions will be taken be the teacher and administration and the incident will be recorded
 * Call 911 immediately-if needed
 * The teacher’s aid or another student will be sent to the office informing them that there is a medical emergency in the classroom
 * If this is impossible, a phone call will be made to the office
 * Assist the student in any way possible
 * Keep all other students away for the student in question
 * Inform students of the situation and cooperate with the school nurse and administration in documenting the incident
 * Plan: Display mission statement, expectations, rules, procedures, positive and negative consequences at the beginning of the year
 * Teaching the plan to students: Discuss the plan on the first day of class and reiterate the plan during the first week of class, have students ask questions about the plan
 * Sharing the plan with parents: Provide parents with a copy of the purpose statement, expectations, rules, procedures, positive and negative consequences and have the parents sign a copy, discuss the plan further during parent-teacher conferences