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Tracking Student Behavior: The Citizenship Program at CACPS |
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Written by George C Brackett
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Codman Academy Charter Public School, the school I helped found in 2001, regards the development of character as equal in importance to the development of academic skill. This goal is easier stated than met, of course, especially in an inner-city high school where students often display disruptive behavior for a large number of (often understandable) reasons. The School's faculty are old hands at classroom management, but they also want students to take responsibility for their own behavior, academic as well as personal. Beginning in 2004, they devised a technology-supported program called Citizenship to provide an environment fostering both personal and community growth. In addition to weekly reflection in single-sex advising groups, and the requirement to state intentions for character development at the year's beginning, the Citizenship program also states explicitly the behavior expected -- and not expected -- of community members. This article describes how the Citizenship program also uses technology to track student behavior in detail, giving both faculty and students the information needed to foster civil behavior in and out of class.
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Last Updated ( Wednesday, 21 November 2007 18:50 )
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Tracking Student Behavior: 2nd Year Results |
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Written by George C Brackett
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The school year 2006-2007 saw the second full implementation of Codman Academy's Citizenship program and its system for tracking student behavior. (See Tracking Student Behavior: The Citizenship Program at CACPS.) What observations seem to hold true now that there are two years of data available? How do the two years compare? Are there any new patterns that look significant? |
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Last Updated ( Thursday, 22 November 2007 13:28 )
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Tracking Student Behavior: A Little Theory |
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Written by George C Brackett
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The Citizenship program at Codman Academy Charter Public School aims to teach students the behaviors expected in a civil learning community, and to quench behaviors that are disruptive, dangerous or illegal. (See Tracking Student Behavior: The Citizenship Program at CACPS). A key element of the program is a system that tracks events of both positive and negative behavior, accumulates a status score for students and advising groups, and makes this information readily available to students, faculty and families. My article Tracking Student Behavior: Initial Results suggests that such a system can indeed improve student behavior. And, at this writing, the CACPS faculty has continued and extended the tracking system into its third year. Still, it's worth asking the question: Is there any theoretical basis for implementing such a system? |
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Last Updated ( Wednesday, 21 November 2007 14:34 )
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