Lying/cheating
Tier 1 interventions
Signs
Seem like they are hiding something
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Appear suspicious, tense, nervous, uptight,
Blame others
Suddenly do really well on a test, quiz, or assignment
Have difficulty taking responsibility
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Blames others can create problems so best to isolate incident
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Use neutral tones
Acknowledge positive behaviors
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Take away privileges :
Diminishes the students power to control the situation
Recognize student for following rules and participation, Children respond to positive reinforcement.
Present positive tones and express excitment to increase effectiveness.
Give praise to more frequently.
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Gives children power over outcomes
Children respond well to losing privileges
forces children to take responsibilities.
is seen as adult and motivational by student
Sets a good model and behavior for students to model
Tier 2
Behavior contracts
Mentoring
Reward system
Holds students accountable
Increases students motivation
provides structure and routines and organization
sees more in a positive light
improves motivation
Provides a more personal connection and more connected with task
Should increase movtivation
Helps reinfoce positive behaviors and also expectations
Provides tangle incentives
lack of participation
Tier 1 interventions
Assign buddy system
Helps teachers with time management
lowers stress, and anxiety levels
Decreases challenges to authority
Teach social skills
gives students a common language
Helps students to make friends
Helps students fit in
Non verbal cues
is discrete and quick
Easy to do and effective
Improves cofidence and self-esteem
Signs
Avoids contact including eye
Short attention span
Poor self esteem
Often has poor attitude including "I don't care"
Appear sad or unhappy
Tier 2
Breaks
Cool down time is provided for students
Counselor referral
provides more one on one support
makes student feel secure
increases privacy for student
Peer tutoring
Helps student relations and creates trust
Creates safe spaces and less embarrasment climates
Provides quick feedback and attention
avoids power struggles between teachers and students
Gives kids sensory input
Teir 3
Tier 3
Examples
Noting students effort out loud
Praising an act they did maybe they didnt notice
Rewarding a good grade in private
David Stewart
Strategies for the classroom 1-3
(www.pbisworld.com/)
Examples
Loss of activity they enjoy
Loss of a class perk
Timeouts with a clearly stated reason
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Example of Consul form http://www.waverly-shellrock.k12.ia.us/forms/SCHOOL%20COUNSELING%20REFERRAL%20FORM.doc
Grade 1-3
Researching a few students in my class to be a more personal approach and relatable. I teach ages 3-7 and two common problems jump up from time to time. Often students will cheat for various reasons. The first being their devalued idea of their work or assignment. (Simmons, A .2018) and the second biggest reason is the pressure to preform well and the feelings of inadequacy.
The second behavior issue is simply low performance or little care for any of the class assignments which is under lack of participation. Two students come to mind. The first is a boy with poor response in class and constanly refuses to do any work and spends his time looking at the walls. The other student is smart but recently was caught cheating on an exam. This surprised me because she knew the answers during the review.
Comparing and contrasting different approaches yielded interesting results. The first Tiers were a little different but both pointed at social or self esteem issues. The corrections were often simple ego boosters or light guidance such as non verbal clues. Simply mentioning good work has a great result and positive motivation seemed to inspire. Tangible results are also great as a reward system seems to work for both cases.
Data tracking was heavily suggested so I found a few useful templated i will share. also an interesting app.
As we moved into second and third tier approaches the material seems to overlap with social help. a lot of these tactics involved using help from outside sources or peer. I think its important that they don't feel in trouble but more people to support them. This has multiple effects but the raising of their expectations was one of them. a useful tool i found was the behavior contracts and examples of consul forms which give a clear idea of what to look for.
These concluded with the same ideas and often had the same paths to success.
Tools:
https://www.interventioncentral.org/behavioral-interventions/challenging-students/behavior-contracts
http://www.waverly-shellrock.k12.ia.us/forms/SCHOOL%20COUNSELING%20REFERRAL%20FORM.doc
Resources:
A Complete Tier 1 Through Tier 3 Positive Behavior Interventions & Supports System. (n.d.). Retrieved January 12, 2020, from https://www.pbisworld.com/.
Simmons, A. (2018, April 28). Why Students Cheat-and What to Do About It. Retrieved January 12, 2020, from https://www.edutopia.org/article/why-students-cheat-and-what-do-about-it.
Creates space for adjusting, returns emotions to normal
This is important to remain in the supportive role
Feedback is an important tool for educators.
Social skills and teamwork
group work improves outlooks and creates ideas of cooperation. no longer a single problem but a pair's puzzle
This time is useful to recover or provide breathing room and a return to normal emotions. Teachers also can use this as much as students
Parent approval is needed here. pretty important and team effort
Focus is not on the problem but the solution. The student is not in trouble but getting help
Rewards and gifts or even perks of the class.
Kids love tokens or signs of progress
Teachers can provide much more focused time with students to cordinate success.
Teacher controls the dialoge and acts towards showing whats important or why
A natural and social conditioning to not be at a disadvantage, not the most pleasing but effective
after explinations. Remove privileges can be effective
Teachers should encourage and motivate with participations and positive reinforcents including tones.
Often signs that in contrast to class preforance
A smile or a nod, anything to reinforce their positives
Much of the issue can be related to self-esteem, moving away from low self esteem can have amazing results
Contracts can be great tools for motivation, it implys an extra tone of serious that students might respect more