and teachers (and among students as well). (J. Wright, personal communication, May 23, 2017)
In addition to consistency, high expectations are key to success. When educators establish high expectations for student success in conjunction with student participation, students recognize that their teachers and principal believe that they can achieve these behavioral skills at high levels, and they rise to the occasion.
But what does achievement at high levels look like? The next important step in behavioral RTI is to define your chosen behavioral skills. This will be discussed in the following section.
Defining Key Behavioral Skills
Once you identify your key behavioral priorities, a representative team of staff, students, stakeholders, or all of these, should fully and purposefully engage in defining what the behavioral priorities look like and sound like. Identifying behavioral priorities is not enough. We as educators must also clearly and consistently define these priorities in ways that allow us to observe and measure success. At Shaw Middle School, Principal Jon Swett and staff focus on the same behavioral skills (or noncognitive factors) that KIPP adopts—grit, self-control, zest, social intelligence, gratitude, optimism, and curiosity. Staff use the school’s character report card throughout the school year as a way for students to monitor and reflect on their strengths and weaknesses. Swett explains, “They set social goals and become aware of themselves as learners. This is how our students get good grades—through research-based best practices” (personal communication, June 9, 2017). Setting goals for what success looks like allows the students to optimize their learning and empowers them by giving them agency, or the opportunity to influence their own life and learning path.
Defining academic concepts, content, and skills is important—and challenging! So, give this process an adequate amount of time to complete. Principal Derek McCoy of West Rowan Middle School, North Carolina, notes that:
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