Positive Practices

Fultonvale Elementary/Junior High School reflects pro-active, positive practices to teach, reinforce and encourage student self-discipline, respect and responsibility. The behaviour expectations are flexible and reflects positive practices, interventions and consequences that are clear. The positive practices at Fultonvale include

  • Positive and caring staff, students and parents
  • Positive referrals/phone calls/comments
  • Positive recognition/awards/incentives
  • Firebird Fun Day
  • Special activities that encourage and promote positive student behaviour and participation (i.e. Dances)
  • Clubs, sports, fine arts activities, extra curricular involvement
  • Agenda use encouragement programs
  • Support through individual and group counselling
  • Contracts -- individual, class
  • Individual behaviour improvement plans
  • Clear, consistent class/school expectations and consequences
  • Programs that provide a continuum of services to all students ie. Saffron, PARTY program
  • School Dances linked to celebrating respect and responsibility
  • Class Clinics to review at risk students
  • C.M.P. Liaison program

Interventions For Students Experiencing Difficulties

Positive interventions for students experiencing difficulties include:

  • Review of student records
  • Conduct Parent/Student/Teacher conference
  • Counsellor Case Conferences
  • Conduct/academic/intellectual/psych-ological testing
  • Revise or modify the academic/complementary program
  • Consider a class/school change
  • Consultation with Instructional Services staff
  • Request support from system specialists/consultants
  • Referral to medical practitioner/consultants
  • Referral to community agency ­ e.g. Mental Health, AADAC, Child Welfare, Strathcona Connections, etc.
  • Referral to private psychologist upon parent request
  • Referral for psychiatric evaluation ­ e.g. C- Child, medical referral, etc.
  • Request educational assistant support if appropriate
  • Referral to special programming
  • Consider Home Education