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PBIS Initiative Offers a Fresh Look at Improving Student Behavior in the Classroom In April, 14 schools in the Public Schools of Robeson County were recognized for their achievement through the PBIS program. The 2012-13 Green Ribbon PBIS Schools are Green Grove, Pembroke Elementary, Peterson, Piney Grove, Rex-Rennert, Rosenwald, Tanglewood, Townsend, Union Elementary. The Model PBIS Schools are Janie Hargrave, Red Springs Middle, Rowland- Norment and W.H. Knuckles. The highest PBIS marks go to West Lumberton for their Exemplar status. Kimberly Jacobs says this year she has seen a real difference in her son as the PBIS program teaches him to handle things positively. Jacobs has two sons at Orrum Middle School. “I really see it in his behavior as he is getting along better with other children. He will now stop before he speaks and look for the positive,” says Jacobs. PBIS or Positive Behavior Intervention and Support is an initiative the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction is spearheading across the state. The initiative requires school leaders to think in a proactive versus reactive way to behavior. Leslie Drennan, the PSRC - PBIS Coordinator, says school staff members are being trained to recognize appropriate behavior in students and call attention to it. One key component in the program is student incentives. Several elementary schools across the district have a school store where students can purchase items with school bucks they earned for good behavior. Oxendine Elementary’s incentives allow students to be a teacher’s assistant or sit in the teacher’s chair for a period of time. Some incentives allow students to attend an ice cream celebration or class party. In the past three years, office referrals at PSRC decreased by 20 percent with PBIS. Those include teacher, bus driver or school staff writeups sent to the principal. The decrease gives teachers more time to focus on instruction. “In the past teachers might send students to the office for not doing homework or chewing gum, but now they find other alternatives to deal with those behaviors. This allows administrators to deal only with behaviors which seriously threaten the instructional day or safety of the school,” said Drennan. PSRC began looking at the behavioral initiative at West Lumberton Elementary in 2004. Today the district has 34 PBIS schools in kindergarten through 8th grade. Each of these has a PBIS team to collect and analyze monthly behavior data. That data is used to resolve problem areas. PBIS extends beyond the classroom to the school bus with some drivers giving tokens or incentives. Poor bus behavior also dropped by 20% this year. A third component of the PBIS initiative is recognition for teacher accomplishments. Educators receive rewards such as a dress down day or an early leave pass for going the extra mile. One school wanted to decrease poor behavior on the school buses by allowing teachers to ride. Those teachers who volunteer multiple times receive a gift certificate. “I had a principal tell me since implementing PBIS she found she is a more positive person. If teachers see behavior such as one child help another child pick up their books or another good deed, they are trained to recognize that pro-social behavior as a part of responsibility”, said Drennan. PBIS receives federal funding which pays for training, substitutes for teachers to attend training and coordinator training at the state and national level. For more information, visit ncpublicschools.org/ Leslie Drennan 4
Arts Education News As a continuation of Music in Schools Month, the PSRC vocal music programs showcased their vocal talents during the All County Choir Concert April 11 at Berea Baptist Church. Participating Beginning Choir schools included Carroll Middle, Littlefield Middle, Prospect Middle and Lumberton Jr. High Schools. Under the direction of Dr. Jose Rivera and Angie Carter, pianist, the students performed four selections that impressed the capacity audience! High schools participating in the Advanced Choir were Fairmont HS, Lumberton HS, Purnell Swett HS, Red Springs HS, South Robeson HS and St. Pauls HS. These students were under the direction of Dr. Jaeyoon Kim and his pianist, Dr. Seung-Ah Kim; they performed six wonderful pieces that showcased three-part music at its best! A complete gallery can be found on the Arts Education Website http:// www.robeson.k12.nc.us/Page/40521 Middle and high school band students who were selected to participate in the 2013 All-County Band Clinic and Concert worked with visiting directors during the daylong clinic at RCC and showcased musical results at the All County Band Concert on April 26th at RCC. Jayme Taylor, the Assistant Director of Bands at the University of South Carolina, directed the high school band; David Stroud, director of bands at Newport Middle School in Carteret County, worked with the middle school band; and Lorenza Floyd, director of bands at Magnolia Elementary School worked with the honors band students. Each band performed from a list of selected works and each student received a bronze All County Band medallion. The gallery can be found on the Arts Education Website http:// www.robeson.k12.nc.us/Page/163 The 2013 All County Orchestra Concert was held Thursday, April 18, 2013 at Lumberton Jr. High School. Students from the St. Pauls and Lumberton Strings Program auditioned for and prepared, specially selected music for the performance. Our guest conductor for the Concert Orchestra was St. Pauls’ Director Peggy Marshall; Philharmonic Director was Janice Swoope who directs the Reid Ross Classical 7th & 8th grade and High School Orchestras; and directing the Symphonic Orchestra was Nathan Artley, he is the director for both the Pine Forest Middle and Pine Forest High School Orchestras. This year's All County Orchestra participation was the largest to date with over one hundred and fifty students in grades 5th through 12th. The gallery can be found on the Arts Education website http:// www.robeson.k12.nc.us/Page/164 High school visual art students continued Youth Art Month by participating in the first Small Works Squared Exhibition sponsored by the Arts Education Department. Each of the one hundred seven pieces are 6” x 6” and include a variety of mediums and techniques. The exhibition opened with a reception on April 11 and is up for view through May at the Carolina Civic Center located in downtown Lumberton. As students, parents and teachers viewed the exhibit, students were asked, “How did you like working in a small format”. Responses for the artists ranged from “I loved it” “I like working small better” “I like working big” to “I didn’t have enough room to put all the things in my picture I wanted.” The exhibition was judged by Columbus County artist Teresa Wuebbles who was very impressed with the overall quality and variety of work in the exhibition. A complete list of winners and gallery can be found on the Arts Education website at http:// www.robeson.k12.nc.us/Page/40568 Visual Art students in K-12 had their annual All County Art Show at Biggs Park Mall April 15-25, 2013. Each school had their own display of fantastic artwork that included two and three-dimensional works. Paintings, drawings, mixed media, printmaking and collage were some of the mediums used to create the nearly 500 pieces in the exhibition. Student artists received a bronze medallion in honor of their participation in this year’s exhibit. A complete gallery can be found on the Arts Education Website http:// www.robeson.k12.nc.us/Page/165 Visual Art students Olivia Billings (Fairmont HS) and Natalie Jones (East Robeson) were selected to represent Region 4 for NC in the National Art Education Association exhibition in Washington, DC. These students, their families and their art teachers, Ashley Berdeau (Fairmont HS) and Barbie Coble (East Robeson) will travel to the nation’s capital to attend the award ceremony June 21 at the LBJ Building of the Department of Education. The artwork will be exhibited during the months of June and July 2013. 5
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