Character Education

CHARACTERS COUNTS, EVERY DAY, FOR EVERY STUDENT

Bayless Elementary School was recognized as a 2021 Missouri State School of Character and a National School of Character. The goal of the National Schools of Character (NSOC) awards program is to recognize all schools and districts that demonstrate an exemplary level of implementation of Character Education Partnership's Eleven Principles of Effective Character Education. The awards recognize the level of excellence that schools and districts have achieved in the Eleven Principles of Effective Character Education of Effective Character Education. These principles guide the process of creating a culture based on the community’s shared values. In 2019, the Bayless School District reexamined our core values. The new core values have taken the form of a Portrait of a Graduate. These core values what we want every Bayless graduate to have and they are taught in every grade PreK - 12.

PBIS on the Bus

POSITIVE BEHAVIOR INTERVENTIONS & SUPPORTS (PBIS)

A badge featuring the state of Missouri, given to gold PBIS schools

Bayless Elementary School prides itself on the respectful and productive behavior of students and staff. As a staff, we feel the need to continue working toward this goal by helping children learn necessary skills and behaviors for school success. To accomplish this, we implemented a school-wide program called the Positive Behavior Interventions & Supports (PBIS). The program is based on students demonstrating positive behavior traits from our Character Education programs. PBIS allows us to use data to make informed decisions and Character Education is the foundation of everything we do at Bayless Elementary. These programs use a proactive educational approach, instructional strategies, and logical consequences.

During the first two weeks of school, our teachers spend time discussing school and classroom procedures. We believe that taking this valuable time to allow all students to obtain the knowledge of our expectations, rewards, and consequences that each child will have an optimal learning experience for the entire school year. All students are expected to abide by certain standards of behavior in every area of the school, and under the supervision of every adult staff member, not just the classroom teacher. Each staff member has his or her own classroom expectations. However, the following expectations have been adopted by the entire faculty, staff, and administration as the basic guidelines students should follow at Bayless Elementary School.

Tier 1: Universal School-Wide Expectations:

Our school-wide expectations are posted in all areas of the school and are taught frequently throughout the school year. Teachers follow classroom vs. office managed behavior training to ensure fairness in behavior management. Teachers use Responsibility Reminders for minor behavior infractions (classroom managed behavior) and Office Referral Forms for major behavior infractions (office managed behavior). The goal of PBIS is to provide students with knowledge of expectations and behavioral skills so they can act appropriately in all areas of the school. We come to school to learn. This is an excellent opportunity for students and parents to discuss the importance of respect, responsibility, and kindness, and how they help achieve academic success.

Tier 2: Group Behavioral Interventions:

Three times a year, all teachers complete the SRSS-IE: Student Risk Screening Scale for Internalizing and Externalizing Behaviors on all students in their classroom. This data is analyzed and used to identify students who could benefit from additional behavioral support. Our research-based PBIS Tier 2 interventions include Check-In/Check-Out (CICO), Small Group Social Skills, Self-Monitoring and Newcomer Club. If your child is selected to take part in one of these group interventions you will be contacted by the school in order to obtain your consent, share specific details regarding the intervention, and explain your role in supporting your student to be successful. If you have any questions about these interventions or the SRSS-IE, please contact the school counselor.

Tier 3: Individual Behavior Intervention:

Students who require intensive behavior intervention are selected for an individual screening process based off of data collected from behavioral and academic interventions. After this data is analyzed and it is determined that a student does require a more intensive behavioral intervention, the Tier 3 PBIS team will complete a Functional Behavior Assessment (FBA) with student, teacher and parent input. If your child is selected to take part in a Functional Behavior Assessment you will be contacted by the school in order to obtain your consent, share specific details regarding the intervention and explain your role in supporting your student to be successful. If you have any questions about this intervention or the FBA process, please contact the school counselor. Our core values guide every aspect of life in our school and can also be reinforced at home.

CHARACTER TOUCHSTONE

Every day our students say the Character touchstone during the morning announcements. The purpose is to focus our students on the core values we expect to see them do every day. Below is our touchstone:

No matter where I’m going,
No matter what I’m doing,
I will be a problem solver and a collaborative communicator.
I will be a global citizen who thinks critically and creatively.
Because we are a family.

Portrait of a Graduate Core Values:

Problem Solver
Creative and Critical Thinker
Collaborative Communicator
Global Citizen

Did you know? Bayless Elementary is a 2021 National Schools of Character recipient, but also recognized with 13 Promising Practices, 2009 Missouri School of Character, and 2010 Profile in Character.

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