Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports

at Orchard Place School

Orchard Place School is a PBIS school. PBIS stands for positive behavior interventions and supports, which is a new and exciting way to incorporate the teaching of pro-social skills into the daily curriculum. Teaching students appropriate social skills helps all of us manage behavior and promote a positive school climate where achievement for all is the goal.

At Orchard Place School, our school-wide behavior expectations are based on the Circle of Courage philosophy and the universal values of belonging, mastery, independence, and generosity. These four values are taught, reviewed, and modeled regularly in all classrooms so that every student learns what it means to be a Circle of Courage student.

As a part of being a PBIS school, we have implemented school-wide recognition for staff and students who demonstrate belonging, mastery, independence, and generosity. Students earn PBIS ‘tickets’ for demonstrating Circle of Courage behaviors. When a student accumulates 25 tickets, he/she is able to exchange the tickets for various incentives. The incentives are public acknowledgement that students at Orchard Place are students of good character who model the Circle of Courage.