Grade 7 & 8 Parents & Students:
This year, I am trying a new classroom management tool called ClassDojo.
ClassDojo is a web based program which allows teachers to track students’
behaviors (positive AND negative) easily and efficiently. The program is based
on points, and students can be given positive points for things like helping others, random acts of kindness and going above and beyond in class and around Palliser Heights School...On the other hand,
points can be taken away if students are inappropriate language, talking out of turn, unprepared, disrespectful, etc. My goal is to fully implement the program right away, but please bear with me as I am learning as I go!
After
students have been added to the system, there is a student access code I will
give to each student so that they can log on to the website. On the site, they
are able to see how many points they have, which positive behaviors were noted,
and which negative behaviors they need to work on. Every student will start at 50 points at the the beginning of every month. Like previously mentioned, students may earn points for helping others, random acts of kindness and going above and beyond in class and around Palliser Heights School. At the end of every month, we will plan, as a class, a reward for staying above 40 points. (This should NOT be very hard to achieve) Those that have dipped down below 40 points, may be asked to complete outstanding assignments, homework, etc. in a different classroom during the reward.
One of the greatest
features of ClassDojo is that it allows us to send parents a “behavior and
skills report” every Friday by e-mail. All
you need to do is use the parent access code to get signed up. My hope is that
this will help you better understand the progress of your student’s behavior on
a week-to-week basis. I will provide each student with a student and parent code tomorrow.
Please contact me if you
have any questions!
~Mme Rogers
