Positive Behavioral Interventions & Supports
Bailey Avenue Recess Program

What is PBIS?
Family Involvement in PBIS
PBIS Teams
Behavioral Expectations
Recess Program

Philosophy:

Bailey Avenue’s recess plan was developed to address ongoing concerns that the majority of office referrals came from recess. The program was developed to be proactive and to have a clear and consistent way for everyone to address recess behavior.

Proactive Strategy:

Each student receives direct teaching time to go over the expectations for playground behavior. The various pieces of equipment as well as the field and process for lining up are all specifically taught. The children then have an opportunity to practice “playing” while adults supervise and reinforce positive interactions in the playground.

Incentives/Rewards for Appropriate Behavior:

Each week the noon hour monitors chose children who have done an exceptional job at recess. Buzz the Bee visits their classroom and they receive special stickers for doing a great job. Their class also receives a sticker on a bulletin board in the cafeteria whenever a child receives a “buzz sticker” in their class. T the end of each month the class with the most buzz stickers gets their name announced and an ice cream treat! The children also receive random visits by Buzz on the playground and receive stamps on their hand when they are caught following the 4-Bees.

Consequences:

Children are consistently reminded and redirected when they are seen having a difficult time following the 4-Bees at recess. If children do not immediately correct their behavior they are asked to sit at the picnic table. The monitor then problem solves with the child and they have to color a letter from the word “recess”.

The first offense they would color an “R”, the next an “E” and so on. After children have colored the fourth letter, a letter goes home to parents to let them know their child has had to color the letters and the type of infractions they have made. If a student colors all of the letters in the word “recess” another letter goes home to parents and the child must spend a week in Recess Camp (detention) where they meet with an adult and review what the issues were.

The children are then re-taught the correct behavior they should be striving for. In order for them to be able to go to recess they must have two problem-free days. If they are unable to make positive choices on those days, they will need to go back for some more structured re-teaching time.