Ms. Ashley SCENARIO
Ms. Ashley is a teacher in a three-year-old preschool room. She has taught the classroom rules to the children and reviews them daily. One of them, Rose, generally follows the rules but consistently has a hard time cleaning up after free play. When Ms. Ashley announces that it is time to go outside and reminds the children, “Put the toys away,” Rose immediately runs to the door, leaving behind a pile of toys. Typically, Ms. Ashley has to give Rose three reminders before she cleans up her toys, and the whole class has to wait for her to finish. Ms. Ashley would like to help Rose learn to clean up her toys after free play.
For the Scenario respond the following:
1. What foundational assumptions come to mind when consider this challenge? Explain.
2. What strategies would best address Rose’s behavior, and why? Consider such things as establishing and teaching behavior expectations and rules, encouraging appropriate behavior, or partnering with families.
3. In light of the strategy you have selected, what would you do if: On Tuesday, Rose was playing at the art table and cleaned up her crayons and paper, but left a glue stick and pom poms. Provide an example of what you would say and do when implementing your strategy.
4. Ms. Ashley would like to discuss Rose’s behavior with her parents, Discuss at least two things that she and the family should discuss in relation to Rose’s behavior.
5. How could school wide PBIS help this challenge?