Supporting Positive Behavior

Why Supporting Positive Behavior is Important to KPS

All children can learn.   For this to happen all students must be educated in schools that focus on ensuring academic success for each student.  The Kalamazoo Public Schools is committed to establishing  safe and orderly schools where an environment of mutual respect and responsibility creates schools where students want to be successful. 

The Student Services Department is dedicated to supporting all students in their quest for a good education.  We recognize some students are dealing with difficulties that make success in school a challenge for themselves and others.  Our work is designed to assist students and staff in the important work of teaching and learning.
 
The Michigan Department of Education has awarded the Kalamazoo Public Schools a grant to support a district-wide program that will support positive behavior in school buildings.  The MiBLSi (Michigan's Integrated Behavior and Learning Support Initiative) system will be operating in all schools by the start of the 2008 school year.  The grant process combines Positive Behavior Supports (PBS) with academic support in literacy.

PBS has been in some KPS schools since the 2000-01 school year.  Northeastern Elementary was the first KPS school to implement the process designed to create a new social structure throughout the building.  Other schools that are using or beginning the positive behavior support process are Arcadia Elementary, Edison Environmental Science Academy, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. School in Westwood, Lincoln International Studies School, Milwood Elementary, Parkwood-Upjohn Elementary, Spring Valley Center for Exploration, and The Woodward School for Technology and Research.

This web-site is designed to provide you with the latest information coming from this work.  The site will also contain resources for teachers, students and parents to help ensure that Every Child benefits from Every Opportunity offered by the Kalamazoo Public Schools  Every Time  one is offered.


"An error means a student needs help, not a reprimand or ridicule for doing something wrong."
- Marva Collins