Parents/Guardians and PBIS
To be successful, our behavior program
needs to be a partnership between home
and school. Throughout the school year
the PBIS team will send updates and
information about PBIS. We invite your
comments, concerns and ideas to make
PBIS work at our school.
PBIS Team at Greenfield: 715-684-3334
Ms. Tiffanie Grodevant Principal, x 2106
Mr. J.R. Dachel: Principal, x 2105
Ms. Brenda Bergquist: School Psychologist/
Team Coach, x 2205
Ms. Erin Johansen: JK-5 Art Teacher/ Team Coach,
x 2311
Positive Behavioral
Intervention and
Supports
Ms. Anna Gough: Teacher, x 2125
Ms. Brenda Kerr: Playground Para,
[email protected]
Ms. Carol Lebo: 3-5 Counselor, x 2201
Please support PBIS at Greenfield by:
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Ms. Denise Corrigan: Teacher, x 2215
Ms. Denise Paulson: Teacher, x 2221
Reviewing behavior expectations
with your child.
Signing and returning the behavior
matrix slip sent home with your
child.
Reinforcing the expectations to Be
Kind, Be Safe, and Be Responsible.
Providing positive reinforcement
(rewarding good choices with
compliments or quality time) at
home.
Sharing comments with or asking
questions of PBIS team members.
Mr. Karl Karau: Teacher, x 2134
Greenfield Elementary
Ms. Kelly Veenendaal: Teacher, x 2132
Ms. Mary Staiger: School Nurse, x 2104
Mr. Matt Vande Berg: Special Education, x 2305
Ms. Melissa Fitzenberger: JK-2 Counselor, x 2203
Ms. Nicole Kriener: JK-5 Media Specialist, x 2118
Ms. Rachel Hanson: Special Education, x 2317
Ms. Tammy Johnson: Teacher, x 2227
Where every day begins in a
positive way!
What is PBIS?
Positive Behavioral Intervention and
Supports (PBIS) is an approach to
teaching and encouraging pro-social,
positive behaviors. PBIS promotes the
success of ALL students. This school-wide
approach to discipline focuses on building
a safe and positive environment in which
all students can learn and thrive.
BEHAVIOR MATRIX
The behavior matrix is a detailed description
of expected behavior in each setting of the
school. For example, in the hallway it is
expected that students will walk on the right
side of the hallway, single-file and quiet. The
matrix will be posted in classrooms, around
the school, and sent home to families.
In addition to our behavior expectations,
PBIS has four other components:
1. A Behavior Matrix which explains
the behavior expectations in each
school setting.
2. Direct Teaching of the
expectations
3. PBIS Recognition Activities
4. Behavior Tracking Forms to record
behavior and reteach appropriate
behaviors.
BEHAVIOR TRACKING FORMS
Even with clear expectations and positive
reinforcement, sometimes children will
misbehave. Discipline issues are divided into
major and minor infractions. Major and Minor
infractions are described below:
Major infractions are issues that may result in
office time. Parents/guardians will always be
notified by school staff.
The foundation framework of PBIS at
Greenfield Elementary is the three schoolwide expectations:
 Be Kind
 Be Safe
 Be Responsible
incentives as well as participating in quarterly
school-wide celebrations.
Throughout the school year, students will be
taught how to behave according to the three
expectations. Teachers will help students
learn what the expectations “look” and
“sound” like in every setting during the school
day. These lessons will be taught and
reinforced throughout the school year,
strengthening the foundation of our school
climate.
Acknowledging and
reinforcing positive behavior
is one of the best ways to
change inappropriate
behavior and encourage
appropriate behavior. At Greenfield, each
student will earn Recognition Activities for
meeting behavior expectations. When goals
are met, students will enjoy classroom
Minor infractions are behaviors that are
disruptive to the learning environment, but
are handled by the supervising staff member.
If a child receives three minor infractions in
one week, it becomes a major infraction.