Positive School Wide Behavior Program

What does the School Wide Positive Support Behavior Program (SWPBIS) look like at Durham Nockamixon Elementary School?

  • Students, staff, and parents are taught the expectations throughout the school year.
  • Expectations are displayed throughout the school.
  • Students and staff are able to state the expectations.
  • Staff members model positive behavior expectations for students.
  • Students are reinforced for displaying appropriate behavior in school.

How can parents help with Positive Behavior Support?

  • Reinforce school-wide expectations with your child by discussing their school day and how they were responsible, respectful, and safe.
  • Keep communication between you and your child’s teacher active throughout the school year.
  • Become a volunteer and participate in school activities including celebrations.
  • Celebrate your child’s accomplishments when they bring home a positive paw.

What are the benefits of family involvement with Positive Behavior Support?

  • Positive student motivation
  • Improved attitudes about school work
  • Students earn better grades, increased attendance and homework completion

Student Acknowledgement System - Bulldog 100 Club

Each day ten randomly chosen teachers and staff members will be given one bone to a student displaying any of the expected behaviors which show students being respectful, responsible, or safe. Teachers and staff will recognize students meeting these expectations by presenting them with a bone and specific feedback on the action they are being recognized for during the course of the day. Students who receive a bone will take home a positive paws certificate so parents are aware of what behavior their child demonstrated and why. When a student receives a bone, they will celebrate their accomplishment proudly by going to the office:

  • To sign the Bulldog Celebrity Book
  • Pick a number from the jar
  • Hang their bone on the matching number displayed on the Bulldog Wall of Fame

Once an entire row is filled in any direction, the ten students whose names are listed in that row will receive the mystery reward on Mrs. Collie’s door.  After the row is filled and rewarded, bulldog bones are taken down and the chart begins again.

Responses to inappropriate behavior may include:

  • School Discipline Report completed   
  • Restorative Conference with the student
  • Warning Issued
  • Loss of Privilege
  • Time in Office
  • Parent Contacted
  • Detention and/or suspension in accordance with district student conduct policy