Sometimes a student’s negative experience on the bus can set the tone for the whole day. At Lincoln Avenue Elementary School in Pearl River, PBIS Coach Kathleenann Cool reports that they were able to improve overall behavior on school buses, resulting in significant decreases in bus discipline referrals.
What practices led to this improvement?
Lincoln Avenue Elementary School created a Bus Incentive Program through which students on a bus could earn a Green Light for meeting the posted expectations for being Safe, Responsible and Respectful on the bus. For each Green Light a bus earns, it moves a cinderblock distance around the school, allowing student to visually track their positive progress. If the whole bus doesn’t earn a Green Light, individual students on the bus can still earn Lion’s Paws from the school-wide PBIS acknowledgement system for their individual behavior.
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