Staff BeliefsVista Grande High School

Casa Grande, AZ

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Beliefs Survey

Positive Beliefs: Goal is 80-90% in the 4-5 Range Negative Beliefs: Goal is 80-90% in the 1-2 Range

Positive Beliefs: About Teaching Behavior

I can prevent most behavior problems by posting expectations, teaching those expectations and rewarding students when they exhibit those expectations.

85% agreed with this statement

Positive Beliefs: Individualized Behavior Support

If I use effective behavior support strategies at our school, I can get 80-90% of my students to achieve grade level behavioral expectations. The other 20% will likely need my careful attention to meet those behavioral expectations.

82% agreed with this statement.

Positive Beliefs: About LRE

All students are entitled to our best problem solving efforts before alternative sites or more restrictive placements are considered.

100% agreed with this statement.

Positive Beliefs: Positive Interactions

All my students are entitled to positive interactions with me, regardless of whether they have behavior problems or low achievement performance.

97% agreed with this statement.

Positive Beliefs: Positive Behavior Support

Positive behavioral interventions and strategies produce lasting behavioral change; while aversive interventions or punishment does not produce the best results.

80% agreed with this statement.

Positive Beliefs: Teaching Behavior

It is my responsibility to help my students learn to behave.

80% agreed with this statement.

Positive Beliefs: Office Discipline

Suspension should be used as an intervention of last resort.

83% agreed with this statement.

Negative Beliefs: Relationships

My students must respect me before I can show respect to them.

82% disagreed with this statement.

Negative Beliefs: Behavior Support and LRE

If the student isn't succeeding, lack of motivation or laziness is likely to be the problem. Maybe they should be enrolled in other classes.

81% disagree with this statement.

Negative Beliefs: Positive Behavior Supports

If a student has a behavior problem, I try punishment first before exploring other options.

84% disagree with this statement.

Negative Beliefs: Positive Supports

If students behave they will academically and socially succeed, and they are entitled to my praise. I shouldn't praise students until they have succeeded in eliminating their behavior problem.

81% disagree witht his statement.

Negative Beliefs: Instruction and Positive Supports

Only students with IEPs are entitled to differentiation of instruction or behavior support.

97% disagree with this statement.

Negative Belief: Fidelity

If I implement only a few of the interventions from a team's recommended behavior plan, then I believe I am doing a good job of attempting to change the behavior.

80% disagree with this statement.

Positive Beliefs: Teaming

I need the support of a team who helps me match my classroom environment and teaching methods to my current students so I can become even more effective.

65% agree with this statement (goal is 80-90%).

Positive Beliefs: Instructional Strategies Linked to Behavior

How students perform behaviorally is directly related to the environmental structure I provide AND my instructional strategies.

75% agreed with this statement (goal is 80-90%).

Positive Beliefs: Fidelity

When a team meets to identify behavior supports, I believe doing all the interventions exactly as described is important.

46% agree with this statement (goal is 80-90%).

Negative Beliefs: Teaching Behavior

My main responsibility is to teach academics, not to teach how to behave.

56% disagree with this statement (goal is 80-90%).

Negative Beliefs: LRE

If students can't or won't behave, we should provide other sites for those students as quickly as possible, such as expanding our “opportunity” or “alternate schools” for those that don't behave.

35% disagreed with this statement (goal 80-90%).

Negative Beliefs: Accountability for Problems

Schools are responsible for academics; parents and the students themselves are responsible for their behaviors.

54% disagreed with this statement (goal 80-90%)

Negative Beliefs: Accountability

Students should behave and study to learn the material. This is their responsibility, not mine.

46% disagreed with this statement (goal 80-90%)

Negative Beliefs: Office Discipline

Office referral and suspension are effective at getting difficult students to behave better.

39% disagreed with this statement (80-90%)

Negative Beliefs: Individual Behavior Supports

I do not have the time to implement individual behavior plans. All students should respond to my rules and procedures.

75% disagreed with this statement (goal 80-90%).

Negative Beliefs: Accountability

The primary reason students misbehave in school is their lack of parental support.

39% disagreed with this statement (goal 80-90%)

Negative Belief: LRE

Students with emotional and behavior disabilities should be educated outside of general education classes.

50% disagreed with this statement (80-90%).

Summaries

Agreement 4-5 with Positive Belief (above 80%): 7 total above 80%, which is 65% of us.

Disagreement 1-2 with Negative Belief (above 80%): 7 total above 80%, which is 47% of us.

Spartan Success Name: Date:____________

Period Class Stays on Task

Not Disruptive

Respectful Teacher Initials:

Comments:

1/2 2 1 0

2 1 0 2 1 0

3/4 2 1 0 2 1 0 2 1 0

5/6 2 1 0 2 1 0 2 1 0

Acad. 2 1 0 2 1 0 2 1 0

Total / 24 / 8 / 8 / 8

Please evaluate your student’ s progress for the day by circling one number in each category below

Please note:

2 = Met goal

1 = Approaches goal (needs improvement)

0 = Goal not met

Student’s comments: ______________________________________________Parent’s comments: _______________________________________________