Assets 5 and 6
• Caring School Climate
• Parent Involvement in Schooling
Schools should provide students with a supportive environment by demonstrating: caring and smiling; greeting students; modeling positive behavior; and providing students and families with resources and alternatives including after school programs.
Asset Building Activities
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Establish a safe and caring school climate from the start of the year. Create community agreements and youth buy-in of school rules by including students in the creation of expectations and consequences. Establish a no-tolerance policy for slurs and harassment so that all students feel safe. Students can create posters illustrating the community agreements to display around the school.
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Create a student incentive system to use consistently throughout the school year. Work with school staff to create criteria, rewards and how to acknowledge student successes.
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Start the year off on a positive note with parents and guardians: make positive phone calls home to report on student successes; coordinate activities to help parents feel welcome at Back to School Night (potluck, icebreakers, personal invitations or phone trees); and share a way that parents can easily communicate with you. Be sure to highlight the Parent Guardian Handbook and the San Francisco Action Guide as a reference for families.
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