Positive Behavior Incentives

Every month, staff identifies students who best demonstrate our IB Learner Profile Attributes: Inquirers, Knowledgeable, Thinkers, Communicators, Principled, Open-Minded, Caring, Risk-Takers, Balanced, and Reflective. These students are eligible to receive wide recognition for seeking to become more internationally minded through their actions. The IB Award includes a letter home to parents, an IB sticker, a school T-shirt, and a certificate awarded at our monthly assembly. Once a year we honor our Global Citizens with an award for the student who demonstrates all ten IB learner profile traits.

Good attendance is a good indicator of success in school. Students are honored at our school-wide assemblies for meeting our attendance goals.

• Buffalo Bucks are given to reinforce positive behaviors, given with a 5:1 ratio of positives to negatives. 
• Students are told in writing and/or orally exactly why the ticket was earned. 
• A system should be in place to help students safely organize/store tickets. 
• A classroom system is in place to reward students within the classroom. 
• The Buffalo Buck should be the primary form of a classroom economy. 
• Students have been made aware of the school-wide system. 

• IB Brag Tags are IB cards on lanyards, which recognize students for specific IB Attributes. 
• Students are taught the purpose of Brag Tags and how to receive them. 
• Teachers hand them out to students throughout the day that they see living the IB Attributes and going above and beyond. 
• Staff positively recognize any student they see wearing a Brag Tag in the school. 
• Staff members have a system for collecting Brag Tags at the end of the day. 

Held monthly during the year, we honor students for good attendance, academics, and behavior. We focus on building a positive school culture and celebrate each other at these school PBIS assemblies . Students often perform, and we have a visit from our school mascot, Thunder!

The Student Culture Team creates and organizes a monthly incentive for positive behavior. Students earn this celebration by demonstrating positive behavior throughout the month.