Relaunching the behaviour system

Challenges over the last two

months

Relaunching Stoplight

Not all students understood the

actions that were not permitted

Posters to demonstrate clearly

behaviour expectations

Stoplight implemented
inconsistently

School-wide push, with visits

from period 1 tomorrow

Students rubbing off numbers

and not knowing if R, A or G

New wall chart to clearly

highlight students behaviour

No way for dealing with serious

incidents

New escalation policy to be

launched Thursday

Challenge putting together the

Friday rewards

Examples of easy in-class

activities to be shared on
Thursday

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Superstar learning

On time for lesson and

smartly dressed
In SLANT, focused and ready
to answer questions
Clean desk and neat book
Support other students to
learn

Wasted learning

Late for class

No pen or pencil

Not in SLANT position

Call out an answer

Uses inappropriate language

Throws or destroys an object

Making silly noises

Hits/kicks another student

Not focused on work

Cheats in the class

Playing with items on the

Rude to a member of staf

Bullying

desk

High quality work and

contributes
to class discussions

Head down on the desk

Out of seat without

permission

Always polite and positive

Consequence

Disruptive learning

Consequence
Running
in the classroom

Consequence

You stay on Green!

A cross against your name!

Straight to Red!

Your brain grows bigger, your

friends become happier and
the whole class is better!

You miss out on valuable

learning time, your class is
learning less, and you letdown your teacher

You may also need some

timeout to reflect on your
behavior
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Pupil Support Area (PSA) and use of Drop-Down tools to remove

students who are being consistently disruptive
Drop-Down

Pupil Support Area

A student is dropped into another

classroom to complete their work

Separate location where students

have a chance to calm down and
reflect on their behavior

Classroom of a lower grade and

reintegration led by duty manager

Supervised by the duty manager

Duty Manager
Monday
Lesson 1

Lesson 2

Lesson 3

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

@Yerevan, we
need to agree on
who the duty
manager is going
to be each period

Lesson 4

Lesson 5
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Responding to persistently disruptive and extreme behavior

Does the
student
need to
be
isolated?

Drop-down
No with work to
complete

Picked up
by duty
manager
and placed
in lower
class

Walk to
PSA
5 minutes
before
lesson end

Are they
ready to
return to
class?*

Yes

Student in
class,
focused and
learning

Yes
Pupil
Support Area
with work to
complete

Picked up
by duty
manager
and placed
in the PSA

Are they
ready to
return to
class?*

Yes

No
Escalated consequences (managed by the duty manager)
Tracking card

Extend PSA
time

Contact with
parents

Restorative
work

* Being ready requires: 1. Student has completed all set work; 2. Students has the right attitude to
return to class; 3. Student has complete any restorative conversations that need to happen

Lost break/
privilege

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Some examples
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Persistent silliness

Fighting

Inappropriate language

Teacher uses the Spotlight system

to manage the behavior in class
The behavior continues so teacher
WhatsApps the duty manager to
Drop-Down the student
Duty manager arrives and drops
the student into a lower grade class
Student will independently
complete their work in new class
Student reports to the PSA five
minutes before the lesson finishes
Duty manager completes a
restorative conversation with the
teacher and student, and then puts
the student on a Tracking Card

Use Whatsapp to inform the duty

manager who will place the student
in the PSA
Duty manager will calm student
down and pacify the situation
Student will independently
complete their work in PSA
They remain in the PSA for three
lessons because their attitude is
not correct
Student also misses their break
time, whilst they write an apology
letter to the class
Duty manager organizes restorative
conversation with the teacher

Student uses inappropriate

language in class
Teacher WhatsApps the duty
manager to Drop-Down the
student
Duty manager will drop student into
a lower grade class
Student will independently
complete their work in new class
Student reports to the PSA five
minutes before the lesson finishes
having completed all work
Duty manager contacts the parents
and organizes a restorative
conversation with the teacher

Student back into class and learning

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My tracking card

Bringing smiles and peace

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My name is __________________
My Mentor is __________________
My learning goals are
1

= Superstar learning

My tracking card

= Wasted learning
To be signed by the classroom teacher at
the end of each lesson

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

= Disruptive learning
Thursday

Friday

Lesson 1
2

Lesson 2

Lesson 3

Lesson 4

Lesson 5

You must find your Mentor at the end of

each day for the final signature

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