BASIC TRAINING

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BASIC TRAINING

• Mattoon Middle School
• Presented by
• Chad Arnold John Hicks

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About Mattoon Middle School

• Located in Coles County approximately an hour
  south of Champaign on I-57.
• Approximately 750 students in grades 6-8.
• Approximately 100 faculty and staff members.
• Per pupil expenditure(instructional) 5,701.
• Met or Exceeded in all ISAT tested areas.
• Fifth year as a PBIS school.
• 31 Low Income

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Demographics
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Location
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When a child doesnt know how to read, we
teach.When a child doesnt know how to add, we
teach.When a child doesnt know how to spell, we
teach.When a child doesnt know how to behave,
we _________.When the student is ready, the
teacher will appear.-- variously ascribed
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The Purpose

• We were failing to deliver our matrix
  expectations to students evenly. There were too
  many gaps leaving room for misbehavior.
• Sets the tone right out of the gate.
• Building-wide efforts reach every student within
  the first 2-3 days. No one can say they didnt
  know what our expectations are.
• Year one data ( ASC administration) told us we
  needed to reduce our referral numbers.
• Gave staff an organized schedule of things to do
  the first few days of school.

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The Process

• Discovery Day
• Precursor to BASIC Training for all in-coming
  6th grade students.
• Students are given a tour and are explained the
  expectations of MMS. Planting this seed assists
  when basic begins.
• A parent component has been added
• for the 2007-2008 school year

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Basic training

• ALL faculty and staff members are outfitted in
  basic training shirts.
• Students are directed to a central location upon
  entering the building. Training begins
  immediately.
• Expectations are TAUGHT and MODELED instead of
  just explained.
• WE CANT ASSUME ALL KIDS JUST KNOW HOW TO CONDUCT
  THEMSELVES IN SCHOOL BECAUSE THEY DONT!

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A Dedicated Crew
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DAY 1

• students to MMS
• Students are taught the Before School
  Expectations
• Dismissed to their teams and are taught Hallway
  and Locker Expectations.
• Called back to gymnasium for Assembly
  Expectations and After School Expectations.
• Students have Basic Training cards initialed.
• Students receive PAWS when they model appropriate
  behaviors after the expectation has been taught
• Dismissal.

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DAY 2

• Students report to core team for Classroom,
  Technology and Restroom Expectations.
• During lunch students are given Cafeteria and
  Lunchtime Expectations by the lunch supervision
  staff.
• Students have Basic Training cards initialed.
• Dismissal.

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DAY 3

• Students spend majority of the day in their
  classrooms.
• All students tour the building to receive
  training on Media Center, Office Area,
  Transportation and After School Events
  Expectations.
• Students must have all areas of the card
  initialed
• Matrix Assessment is administered.

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DAY 4

• Complete any makeup training
• Remediation occurs for those who did not meet
  assessment criteria.
• OBSTACLE COURSE
• Students will begin receiving academic
  instruction on this day.

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Celebration Time!!
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Celebration Time contd.
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BASIC TRAINING REVISITED

• Wanted to create a conditioned response to BASIC
  training so that when students see the shirts,
  they know that expectations are being taught.

• Other times Basic is implemented
• Upon return from Winter Break
• Upon return from Spring Break
• At teams discretion

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Areas of Improvement

• Reaching students who are new to our building
  after Basic training opportunities pass by.
• Ensuring that ALL teachers participate in
  teaching expectations.
• Greater staff involvement in Basic.
• Greater individual team use of the training
  principles.

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The Payoff

• Teachers were far more on the same page as the
  previous year as to how to educate students on
  building-wide behaviors.
• Coupled with various monthly/quarterly reward
  activities, we had a way to celebrate our
  successes and still address areas of concern.
• We continue to find ways to make the process our
  own.
• Our data drives our decisions.

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Data as Proof

• As of February 14 over our four years
• 2004-2005 985 ODRs
• 2005-2006 750 ODRs
• 2006-2007 400 ODRs
• 2007-2008 489 ODRs
• At roughly a 500 ODR change, MMS and
  administration have, at 15 minutes average time
  spent per referral, created 125 hours of more
  time.

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A New Wrinkle

• Team STORM
• Student Leadership
• Students
• Teaching
• Others by
• Reinforcing the
• Matrix

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Team STORM contd

• NCA AIMSSTW agreed that student leadership was
  an integral part to our on-going success.
• Students were selected by the teams
• Held meetings and trained them on leadership
  skills, the matrix, and collaboration

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A Testimonial
  I just want to say "thank you" for suggesting
Mary to assist the student in 7A.  It has been
nothing but a positive experience for the
student, Mary, and being able to teach this class
of students.  We are back on track, the student
feels successful, the trash talking has stopped,
and he is working on task.  Mary checks and
connects with him at the beginning or end of
class, so he never knows when she is coming.  But
he jumps through hoops to be a model student for
her.  The Storm is awesome!!!  I am going to do
something very nice for Mary in the near future. 
She is an amazing young lady.
Jeremie,
 
 
Thanks,
 
Jamie W.
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What the Future Holds

• Increase parent and community involvement
• Address the areas of concern
• Targeted Team will continue to build and modify
  BEP to reach the Yellow Zone students Red Zone
  students will be placed in our sights.
• The reward system takes on an intrinsic and
  extrinsic look
• The PBIS system will shed its discipline tag and
  become a more all-inclusive approach
• Committees will work towards common goals
• Academic expectations combine with behavioral
  expectations as part of the norm
• Overlap of services will be reduced
• The whole student becomes the focus, not just
  parts of them

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CONTACT INFO.

• Mattoon Middle School
• 1200 S. 9th St.
• Mattoon, IL 6193
• [phone]
• Email arnoldc_at_mattoon.k12.il.us
• hicksje_at_mattoon.k12.il.us