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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]In short, Responsive Classroom (RC) is an approach to the social curriculum that teaches kids to be independent and caring members of a learning community through structures such as morning meeting. When kids misbehave, there are logical consequences. Teachers use language that promote kids taking responsibility. Teachers spend a lot of time getting to know their kids and their developmental needs. There are no “prize boxes” or sticker charts or “red-yellow-green card charts” or similar extrinsic reward systems.

PBIS stands for Positive Behavior Intervention System. A school sets up a way for staff to recognize positive behavior. The goal is to recognize 4 positive behaviors for every 1 negative behavior. The recognition might be a ticket or “school bucks.” It’s an extrinsic reward system. And there’s a system for recording misbehavior so that staff can look at the data frequently to make adjustments for the problem areas.

At my Title 1 school, we are fully implementing RC. AND we have a system for documenting “big deal” misbehavior. Kids are not sent to the office (unless it was something huge like a fight, which has not happened to my knowledge), but instead our admin works closely with teachers to come up with appropriate consequences.  It works pretty well and i feel very supported by my admin when there are behavior issues.

[b]I’ve been in a school that does PBIS with all the tickets and will never go back. Kids turn into “barking seals.” They do something positive for someone and then expect a reward ticket. [/b]With RC, we teach kids that we do positive things because we’re part of a community. [/quote]

Exactly. I’ve seen kids spill something on the floor on purpose when they think no one is looking and then want a ticket for cleaning it up. I wish our school would move away from PBIS. It doesn’t truly change behavior and the perception from most kids is that the ones who usually aren’t making good choices get rewarded more often than the ones who regularly make good choices. [/quote]

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