5600A - STUDENT DISCIPLINE

Guidelines for Building Administrators

The administration will take a shared role in the establishment and maintenance of appropriate discipline in the school and in the enforcement of the Code of Conduct in accordance with the following guidelines.

Each Principal will review the building Code of Conduct prior to the start of the year, make any changes required by revision of the School Corporation's Code of Conduct by the School Board, establish a plan which will ensure that all members of the staff understand what it says, and develop to a common approach for supervising and disciplining students to be applied by all building personnel.

The Principal will devise and implement a plan whereby students receive a copy of the Student Handbook and confirm that they understand how to use it and what each of the major sections says and means.

Since it is in everyone's best interests to have parental understanding and support for appropriate student behavior, the plan also should ensure that parents are aware of:

1. the Code of Conduct;
2. the school's disciplinary procedures;
3. the process for communicating their concerns to the school;
4. the actions they can take to provide support for proper student behavior and attitudes.

Parents must be sent Form 5500 F1 for their signature.

Each Principal also should:

1. plan and conduct in-service activities on classroom management, discipline procedures, follow-up, and any other strategies which will help the staff use effective discipline;
2. provide for supervision for all school-sponsored activities;
3. refer any parent concerns about student conduct and discipline to the appropriate teacher as the first step in resolving the situation.

A copy of the supervisory guidelines, communication plans, and proposed in-service activities and all subsequent revisions to each should be sent to the Superintendent for review and approval as they are completed. They should be submitted for approval and modification prior to the start of each school year.

Guidelines for Teachers

Teacher effectiveness and purposeful, well-planned activities are prerequisites to good discipline. Most students will exhibit "good" behavior when they perceive the teacher is competent, consistent, fair, and supportive of school policies.

The following guidelines should contribute to effective discipline:

1. Establish fair, workable, consistent, and educationally-productive procedures by which the classroom and other areas of learning will operate, based on an analysis of the program, the maturity level of the students, and their needs, abilities, and interests.
2. Help set the tone for good discipline by modeling the behaviors expected of students.
3. Initiate parental contact where appropriate and necessary.

Revised 8/11/15

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