At my school we are departmentalized: meaning another teacher and I partner together to share two classes throughout the day. The challenge was keeping the behavior consistent between us. After much collaboration and agreement, we decided, along with our entire grade level to create the behavior stick.
Each student had their name and class umber on a clothe pin. We painted a yard stick (less than $1 from Home Depot) with the 3 colors that are in our class agendas corresponding to behavior. I we had to do it again, we would add at least 2 more colors for behavior.
This stick was carried by the students from class to class, to lunch, recess, specials and the bathroom. Everywhere we went we had "the stick." Throughout the year all I had to do was look at the stick, walk over to it or hold it up for students to understand that I am expecting rules to be followed.
Since all of my grade level used the stick, any teacher knew what to do with it. As well as the specialists and any random person in the hallway. It was an easy concept for substitutes to grasp making it easier to manage behavior when I had to be absent.
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