Our Clip Chart

The Horace Mann Clip Chart

     This year, as part of our Positive Behavior Interventions & Supports (PBIS) program, all Horace Mann classrooms are using the same system for tracking student behavior.  It is the "clip chart" with an example pictured at left.

     All students start the day on green, or Ready to Learn.  In grades K-2 students either stay on green or, if they have difficulty following behavioral expectations, may go down to yellow, orange or red.  Students in grades 3-5 may clip down, but also may move up the chart to blue, purple and pink for exemplary behavior.

     During the first semester, while we all got the hang of the clip chart, each classroom tracked student behavior separately, and places like the lunchroom, recess and car line were not included.  After just one semester of using the clip chart, our staff and students are doing so well that the PBIS Committee decided we were ready to take the next step...

     Starting on Monday, January 26th, the clip chart will "carry over" throughout a student's entire day on the Horace Mann campus.  Teachers and other staff members will communicate with each other to have behavior demonstrated in all settings reflected on the homeroom clip chart.  We anticipate that students who sometimes have difficulty following the behavioral expectations in settings outside the classroom may be encouraged to do so based on this carry over.

     Although the use of the clip chart is expanding, other elements of the PBIS program will remain the same.  We will continue to use Project Wisdom daily broadcast messages/monthly classroom lessons, star tickets, weekly rewards, star students of the month and quarterly reward activities. We hope to see you at our upcoming  quarterly reward activity--Fun in the Snow--on Friday, January 30th from 2:00 - 3:00 pm!