Student Contributor: J. Pruneda
Behavior goals are letting your students take responsibility for their behavior by setting a daily behavior goal, and taking notes on their results at the end of class. This tool will help students stay well behaved throughout the class by trying to meet their chosen goal.
The purpose of Behavior Goals is to have students choose one rule per day to focus on. Once they decide what their behavior goal for the day will be, they get a card with a picture of the rule for their desk or add it to the Behavior Goals board. This visual reminds them of what they are working on for that day. It is important to ensure teachers approach the students who struggle meeting their goal. If a student is not meeting their behavior goal, try to pull them aside to have a quick one on one. Together, come up with ideas that will help them do better tomorrow. That student should choose the same behavior goal the next day. Students should be able to take responsibility for their actions and work really hard to meet their behavior goal.
Behavior goals was placed in the Preventative phase because the students are setting their goals before learning. The students ensure that they choose a goal prior to learning so that they focus on good behavioral choices throughout class. Behavior goals can also be a part of the supportive phase because students are given a card to be reminded of their chosen behavior throughout the lesson. Behavior goals can also lead to the corrective phase because the teacher should pull aside the student who does not meet their goal so that the issue is corrected. The theory that best fits into behavior goals is student-centered and collaborative. This tool is a great example of student-centered because the students are making their choice on what goal they want to meet. This tool is also collaborative because the teacher is performing check-ins to ensure students are staying on task with their chosen goal. At the end both the students and teacher have participated to set a behavior goal.
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Tool Source: Sweet for Kindergarten – https://bit.ly/30MFBIo
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