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Electronic Data-based Reporting
The following Peer-to-Peer Behavior Rubric has been provided by Walter Wallace, principal of Brunswick Junior High School.
Procedure
Any staff member who witnesses negative peer-to-peer behaviors that are listed on the rubric (below) intervenes and address the situation, ensuring safety in the moment. Depending on the level of the incident, the staff member will either enter the incident into the school’s data management system (mostly Level A behaviors), or they will refer to administration.
For Level A behaviors, the staff member logs into the data management system, selects the level of the behavior, and makes a brief note, including time, date, and initials of individuals involved. The teacher also puts his/her initials.
Although this takes an extra step by the teacher, Wallace has been able to establish patterns of low-level bullying/harassment before it goes too far or looks as though they do not address it. Sometimes a teacher will log into the system to enter a Level A incident and see that the student had engaged in similar behaviors in another part of the school on a different day. This allows the staff to systematically intervene, keep necessary records, and prevents low level behaviors from rising to bigger problems. The time taken to record the behaviors is far less than the time needed to work with bigger level problems that could be prevented. The message to staff, students, and parents is clear: Brunswick Junior High does not accept any type of bullying/harassment, and each incident will be addressed and recorded.
At Brunswick, the vast majority of Level A incidents are not repeated. The students understand that there is a system in place, and the school takes it seriously.
Rubric
Peer-to-Peer Behavior Code |
Examples of Behavior |
First Incident |
Second Incident |
Third Incident |
Level A:
“Gray Area” |
* horseplay |
Teacher discusses behavior w/student Small consequences (chill chair) |
Behavior reflection form w/ teacher Conference with student/teacher Lunch Detention Parents contacted Teachers & Guidance notified |
Behavior reflection form w/ teacher Conference with student – team/ 2 Office Detentions |
Level B:
General |
* teasing |
Behavior reflection form w/ teacher Conference with student/teacher Lunch Detention Teachers & Guidance notified |
Behavior reflection form w/administration Conference with student/administration 2 office detentions parents contacted Teachers & Guidance notified |
Behavior reflection form w/administration Student-parent conference w/administration Individual Plan ISS SRO, Teachers, Guidance Contacted |
Level C:
Behavior that Violates the Law |
* stealing |
Behavior reflection form w/administration Conference with student/admin. ISS (In School Suspension Parents contacted SRO, Teachers, Guidance Contacted |
Behavior reflection form w/administration Conference with student/parents OSS (Out of School Suspension) Individual Plan Student-parent conference w/administration SRO, Teachers, Guidance Contacted |
OSS Student-parent conference w/administration Review Individual Plan SRO, Teachers, Guidance Contacted Possible Police Intervention |
