Philosophy:

• The basis of Make Your Day is built on human dignity, responsibility, and the understanding that actions result in reasonable and predictable consequences for both students and teachers.

• Make Your Day gives students the opportunity to assess their academic and behavioral performance in a positive and caring atmosphere.

• Make Your Day expects students to make choices that will provide them with the best possible learning environment and holds each student accountable for his/her choices.

“No one has the right to interfere with the learning or safety of others.”
“Do what is expected and do it the best you can.”

Make Your Day is based on the premise that every person within the school environment has the right to learn and be safe without interference from others.

In order to evaluate if a student is “doing what is expected and doing it the best he/she can”, students are provided with the opportunity to be involved in a self-peer-teacher evaluation of their efforts/behaviors on a frequent basis by the earning of “Points”.

Advantages:

1. All students can choose to succeed each day.

2. Make Your Day teaches students that they are responsible for their learning and behavior from the time they leave for school until they return home.

3. Make Your Day is positively motivated. It reinforces appropriate behaviors and offers alternative choices for success.

4. Make Your Day constantly points out to students that being responsible for his/her learning is the key to school and lifelong success.

When and where steps are used:

Step One:
When a student chooses to interfere with the learning or safety of others, he/she sits facing away from the class for 2-5 minutes.

Step Two:
If the student is not meeting Step One expectations, he/she is then asked to stand facing away from the class for 2-5 minutes.

Step Three:
If the student is not meeting Step Two expectations, he/she continues standing and is asked to focus on the school rule or choose a Step Four conference.

Step Four:
The student goes to the office to call a parent to come in for a conference regarding his/her behavior or chooses a Step Five.

Step Five:
A student chooses to advance to Step Five when he/she exhibits behavior that is inappropriate for school.

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