Social Emotional Learning

Positive Behavioral Intervention and Supports (PBIS) is a process to create a safe, positive, and productive learning environment for all children. 

At our school, we use SOAR as our acronym, which stands for: Safety, Ownership, Achievement, Respect.

Rewards and celebrations occur in classrooms and throughout the building to let students know that we see how amazing they are and how hard they are working every day to model these behavior expectations!

How can you support your student at home?

• A core principle of PBIS that you can use at home is the 5:1 rule. 
  • For every corrective statement made, provide five positive statements or praises of your child's behavior. 
• Use your schools acronym and expectations to reinforce student behavior at home.
• Talk to your student about what these behavior expectations look like at home and in the community.

Fremont will be using Restorative Practices and Proactive Circles throughout the school year.

Quick overview of restorative practice

• What is Restorative Practice?

Restorative Practices is a term used to describe a relationship-oriented approach (rather than a punishment-oriented one) to resolving issues that arise in school. The five Rs of Restorative Practice are relationship, respect, responsibility, repair, and reintegration. 

• Proactive Circles — happen weekly in the classroom for the purpose of connection and belonging (usually a question with a brief answer where everyone participates)
• Responsive Circles — happen as needed in classrooms to address incidents that may cause harm (bullying, playground conflict, or unsafe behavior) or denote a change in the community (new student or a student’s last day)
• Informal Conferences — used to talk to an individual or small group about an issue (student/teacher conflict, habitual tardies, etc.) using 4 questions to reflect on effects of the behavior:
  • What happened?
  • Who did it affect?
  • What might you have done differently?
  • What is a solution so it doesn’t happen again? 
• Preconferences — fact-finding review of the 4 questions with each individual in conflict prior to determine whether to put them together in a formal RP Conference
• RP Conferences — conference with two people in conflict or a reintegration of a student who has been suspended that results in a signed, mutually agreeable and student-generated solution 

How can you support your student at home?

• Use the 4 questions when helping your student to problem solve through a conflict they have at home.
• Take turns answering questions around the dinner table.

Kindergarten classrooms are using the We Thinkers curriculum. This curriculum helps students strengthen their perspective taking and social awareness skills. The curriculum also helps students have flexible thinking, understand expected behavior and problem solving skills. 

Second Step is taught in every classroom 1st–5th. The lessons provide instruction in social and emotional learning with units on growth mindset and goal setting, emotion management, empathy and kindness and problem solving. 

Second Step uses four key strategies to reinforce skill development: 

• brain builder games
• weekly theme activities
• reinforcing activities
• home links

These links offer you an overview of the lessons being covered in your child's class as well as tips and practice opportunities for you to use at home. 

• Second Step

Check In, Check Out (C.I.C.O.)

C.I.C.O. is used to reinforce positive behavior of students using a quick check in and check out method each day with a designated adult as well as reinforcement during the day with their teacher.

Small group and one-on-one sessions

Used to work on specific skills needed to be successful both academically and socially/emotionally.

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