The entire school staff presents a unified front by being actively involved and committed to implementing the system. In cases where school staff have significant concerns about discipline, a school-wide system may be a welcome solution. High rates of problem student behavior, resulting in loss of academic time. Behaviors are not managed consistently at a school level. Families and the community are dissatisfied with the school's response to problem behavior.
Teachers express dissatisfaction with the current school-wide discipline plan.
Likely candidates include schools where existing discipline policies reveal inadequacies, such as unclear policies and behavioral expectations, lack of consistent procedures for enforcing consequences, and no existing structures for supporting students. The ultimate goal for schools is to implement a school-wide behavioral management support system that prevents problem behaviors while being responsive to the teachers and other staff members who work directly with the children. And, as the researchers described here will tell you, it takes consistency and ongoing training to make it work.