Woodson celebrates state PBIS award
Published 7:02 am Sunday, September 13, 2015
Students give certificates back to teacher Julie Loveland Friday at Woodson Kindergarten Center. Woodson staff were recently recognized for their work implementing positive behavior programming at the school.
Trey Mewes/trey.mewes@austindailyherald.com
Woodson Kindergarten Center celebrated its good behavior with a ceremony Friday.
Woodson teachers were lauded Friday for their leadership in making Woodson Kindergarten Center one of 36 schools recognized by the state Department of Education for its work with the Positive Behavioral Intervention and Supports program.
“We’re just holding a small celebration to recognize the teachers today,” Woodson Principal Jessica Cabeen said.
PBIS is a school climate-based program dedicated to improving positive behavior and student achievement throughout a building.
Students in Julie Loveland’s kindergarten class pose with some of the certificates Woodson Kindergarten Center received for being a Sustaining Example School after a ceremony Friday to recognize Woodson staff. Trey Mewes/trey.mewes@austindailyherald.com
To that end, Woodson submitted an application to document its PBIS work over the past few years, which resulted in its status as a Sustaining Exemplar School. Woodson staff have worked to reduce behavioral incidents and increase student pride through PBIS.
Since its launch in 2005, PBIS has spread across the state and is currently being implemented by 523 Minnesota schools, or 27 percent of the state’s nearly 2,000 schools. To establish a PBIS program, 80 percent of a school’s teachers and staff need to agree to implement a more positive approach to discipline.
