2025-2026

NCUJHS PBIS Habits of Work statement of purpose…

The purpose of PBIS in our school is to maximize the academic and social learning of the school community through consistent, universal, and proactive systems that create and maintain a safe and effective learning environment by recognizing individuals and groups.

Falcon Habits of Work:  

Respect

Responsibility

Perseverance

What does PBIS look like at NCUJHS?

Three tiered system to recognize and encourage positive behaviors:

Individuals –PBIS Cards 

• PBIS cards are awarded by staff to students for following expectations and creating a positive academic and social environment.
• Individuals will have an opportunity to “level-up” throughout the school year when submitting earned cards

Small Group - TA Celebrations

• TA celebrations happen at the pace of individual TAs, when the team has earned an average of 24 cards per student.
• TAs will choose the reward they are working towards through a BINGO sheet.

School-Wide – Community Events

• Students and staff will be chosen as “Falcons to Celebrate” and be recognized in front of the school community during our Rising Falcons Ceremony.
• NCUJHS Falcon Community will gather for scheduled events to practice skills during a structured social experience.
• NCUJHS Falcon Community will have the opportunity to earn school-wide celebrations every 10,000 cards. ​​​​​​​

Individual positive habits impact TA progress and the progress of the whole school…ultimately resulting in a positive school culture and environment for all!

Why PBIS?  

The PBIS method of school discipline is different from traditional student management systems in four key ways:

• Prevention 

Correct behaviors are established, taught, modeled, and acknowledged in a systematic way throughout the school.  Students are “caught” engaging in desired behaviors and this behavior is regularly reinforced and recognized.

• Response  

The response to undesirable behavior is organized, systematic, consistent and careful.  Considerable thought and effort goes into getting the entire school community on the same page with respect to common definitions of, and the most effective response to, problem behaviors.

• Data-driven

Discipline data is collected school-wide in a user friendly format.  When this information is entered and analyzed in an established on-line database, the data provides guidance for understanding when and where problem behavior is more likely to occur.  Strategies to address behaviors in these situations are developed, and the data then provides evidence for whether the strategies are working.

• Process

PBIS is not a curriculum or a prepackaged program.   Rather, it is a framework that guides the school community through a process of addressing the unique culture, climate and behavioral issues within each school.  The idea is to work smarter, not harder, to improve behavior and school climate. 

For more information:

Link to PBIS Vermont