School Climate

The article titled, “Tapping into the Power of School Climate to Prevent Bullying: One Application of Schoolwide Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports” by Kris Bosworth and Maryann Judkins shows how School-wide Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (SWPBIS) are used in school to stop bullying. Bullying is defined in the article as the “repeated, unwanted aggression perpetrated by someone with greater power against a weaker target.” Bullying is an issue in every school across the world and there is definitely something that needs to be put in place to help combat the bullying in today’s schools. Most programs designed to reduce bullying that are in place today state that bullying is “restricted to individuals.” This can be an …show more content…
The first dimension is the structure and support placed at said school. The best environment in a school is when they are heavy on adult’s being in control and adult’s caring about the students. Setting fair and equal rules is extremely important in maintaining a high-level school, as well. The next dimension is the positive relationships dimension which is, as stated above, having a positive and strong teacher-student relationship, this predicts higher levels of academic success as well as lower levels of bullying within the school. The final dimension is the schoolwide approach which is defined as having universal positive strategies that influence the whole school. This helps discover the underlying causes of behavior school-wide. Changing the behavior school-wide is a positive approach to combating …show more content…
Since I work in a school setting as a substitute teacher/after school teacher and also as a Nanny to my one-year-old nephew, I could use positive reinforcement with my students as well as my nephew. For example, when teaching a lesson in the classroom or assisting a child with homework in the after-school care setting, when they get an answer right or actively participate, I could give out a treat or, with my after-school group, I could offer longer outside play time. I also think that positive teaching is connecting with the students. I witnessed bullying when I was walking my students down a hallway one day. As I was stopping my class so I could help alleviate the situation, another teacher separated the two students, then she got down at the level of the student who was the aggressor and I watched her talk to him in a calm manner and asked him why he did what he did and what was going on with him. I remember that moment anytime I see this sort of behavior at my work. Connecting with your students, in my opinion, is the number one way to becoming a teacher who actively stops