The below comprehensive rating form can be used to collect performance information twice during the school day, once in the morning and again in the afternoon. If more frequent ratings are needed, see the individual measure rating forms for: Tolerance, engagement and participation •  Green Zone Performance  •  Green Zone and Tolerance/engagement/participation: Combined Measures • Episode Data • Intensity of Behavior •  Student Performance During Distance Learning •  Sportsmanship Scoring Key  •  Levels of Independence with Competitive Game Play Rubric  •   Documentation of Deterioration in Mental Status and Emotional Stability

Direct download: Student Performance Rating Scale

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Even after the forced school closings of 2020 have generally ceased, the option of providing distance learning under special circumstances remains. Just as instruction has been adapted to fit a distance learning approach, measuring student performance has also been adapted. These measurement guidelines are based upon unique environment of distance learning. In-school performance measurement guidelines are here.

Direct download: Student Performance During Distance Learning

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Much of student behavior is captured by the tolerance, engagement and participation data.
Related: Intensity of Behavior Scale
Measuring Student Performance
Monitoring Student Engagement Tolerance & Program Participation
Rating Guidelines
Program Student Evaluation
Documentation of Deterioration in Mental Status and Emotional Stability

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It is common, at the end of the school day, for the teacher to write a note home to parents of selected students to report on the students’ performance during the school day. These notes are narrative, anecdotal accounts. Please also see 2019 article Teacher Guidelines for Parent Feedback (transitioning to numerical rating system)

See also: Episode Data – a Rating Form • Intensity of Behavior • Student Performance During Distance Learning

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This article is a supplement to all the restorative breaks articles that can be found on this website. Those articles explain the purpose of breaks, the different types of breaks, and the types of activities that students engage in to take restorative breaks. This article provides a checklist that you can use to measure break proficiency, to determine if your restore program is operating at a high enough level of sophistication.
Please also see: Stress Feedback: Getting to Calm and Settled

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Soft skills are a combination of social skills, work habits, communication skills, character traits, and attitudes that enable people (and students in particular) to work well with others and manage the demands of learning and working. It is difficult to acquire the “hard skills” (e.g., learning to read, write, solve equations, understand basic principles of physics, etc.) if a student hasn’t developed the soft skills to enable the process of learning new things.

Please also see:
Social Emotional Learning: Soft Skills for School and Life (this page)
Soft Skills Proficiency Criteria
Soft Skills Programming
Social Emotional Learning Routines/Reset Routines

Social Comprehension Breakdown
Social Detecting Worksheet

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Check charts are probably the most familiar behavior management tool to school staff and parents. In response to disruptive behavior, poor work habits, lack of independence and responsibility, inattentiveness, failure to follow the rules, social violations, and many other common childhood problems, teachers and parents have been told to set up a chart…

See Also:
The Green Zone: Basic Guidelines and Reminders for Staff
The Green Zone: Quick Guidelines 
The Green Zone: Performance Rating
For Parents: Understanding the Daily Green Zone Ratings
Why Visual?

Direct document link: Green Zone

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Direct link: Causes of Trauma in Children

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Direct Link: Impact of Trauma at School

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The Impulsive Responding Program is a type of “Coupon Program”…

Related Articles:

Impulsive Responding Program (directions)
Impulsive Responding Coupons
Impulsive Responding Book
Impulsive Responding Story

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