How Friendship Woodridge Elementary Decreased Suspensions by 81% With LiveSchool | Case Study
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How Friendship Woodridge Elementary Decreased Suspensions by 81% With LiveSchool

Friendship Woodridge School in DC reduced OSS by 80% when they adopted PBIS with LiveSchool.

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The Problem

“Our culture was a bit chaotic – not a zoo, but you could tell that transitions were messy, social interactions weren’t always positive, and our relationships with parents had room for improvement.”

The Solution

Principal Craig made it his number one priority to address these school culture challenges by working collaboratively with his team. Based on the hard work of the team, student behavior and school culture would look totally different just two years later.

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As a new Principal, Mr. Craig's #1 priority was to improve school culture. His team created a rubric of behavior expectations and began tracking and rewarding scholars' behavior. The result? Out-of-school suspensions dropped 80%.

The Problem

“Our culture was a bit chaotic – not a zoo, but you could tell that transitions were messy, social interactions weren’t always positive, and our relationships with parents had room for improvement.”

The Solution

Principal Craig made it his number one priority to address these school culture challenges by working collaboratively with his team. Based on the hard work of the team, student behavior and school culture would look totally different just two years later.

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The Problem

“Our culture was a bit chaotic – not a zoo, but you could tell that transitions were messy, social interactions weren’t always positive, and our relationships with parents had room for improvement.”

The Solution

Principal Craig made it his number one priority to address these school culture challenges by working collaboratively with his team. Based on the hard work of the team, student behavior and school culture would look totally different just two years later.

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The Results

Friendship Woodridge spent a lot of time discussing the importance of proactively teaching behavior expectations and positively reinforcing behaviors. Although they had high expectations for students, they recognized that students need encouragement and support to change their behavior. The approach has been extremely successful, with out-of-school suspensions dropping by over 80% in just two school years.

171
OSS (before implementing LiveSchool)
127
OSS (year 1 implementing LiveSchool)
31
OSS (year 2 implementing LiveSchool)

Your School's Turn

There are three key takeaways from FWE's success that all school's can benefit from:

1. Identify the Problem as a Team

If there's a repeated issue with behavior or culture in our community, we get together and discuss it. We don’t run from it or hide it – we work as a team to address it head on.

2. Develop Positive Expectations

To stop a negative behavior, we develop positive expectations that everyone can get behind. We focus on what scholars should do so that there’s never an opportunity for negative behavior.

3. Create a System to Reward Students

Our students respond to praise, congratulations, and rewards. We work with our students to identify rewards and events that they are genuinely excited about. Then we celebrate together.

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About the Event

The Problem

“Our culture was a bit chaotic – not a zoo, but you could tell that transitions were messy, social interactions weren’t always positive, and our relationships with parents had room for improvement.”

The Solution

Principal Craig made it his number one priority to address these school culture challenges by working collaboratively with his team. Based on the hard work of the team, student behavior and school culture would look totally different just two years later.

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The Problem

“Our culture was a bit chaotic – not a zoo, but you could tell that transitions were messy, social interactions weren’t always positive, and our relationships with parents had room for improvement.”

The Solution

Principal Craig made it his number one priority to address these school culture challenges by working collaboratively with his team. Based on the hard work of the team, student behavior and school culture would look totally different just two years later.

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As a new Principal, Mr. Craig's #1 priority was to improve school culture. His team created a rubric of behavior expectations and began tracking and rewarding scholars' behavior. The result? Out-of-school suspensions dropped 80%.

The Problem

“Our culture was a bit chaotic – not a zoo, but you could tell that transitions were messy, social interactions weren’t always positive, and our relationships with parents had room for improvement.”

The Solution

Principal Craig made it his number one priority to address these school culture challenges by working collaboratively with his team. Based on the hard work of the team, student behavior and school culture would look totally different just two years later.

Learn more about the author, 
The Liveschool Team
 
Find PBIS Rewards that Students Love to Earn

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The best Houses reflect your school’s unique culture. Browse examples from real schools and start brainstorming your House system!

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Simplify PBIS
Say goodbye to paper.

Track behavior, motivate students, and promote a positive culture — all in one easy platform.

Learn More

As a new Principal, Mr. Craig's #1 priority was to improve school culture. His team created a rubric of behavior expectations and began tracking and rewarding scholars' behavior. The result? Out-of-school suspensions dropped 80%.

The Problem

“Our culture was a bit chaotic – not a zoo, but you could tell that transitions were messy, social interactions weren’t always positive, and our relationships with parents had room for improvement.”

The Solution

Principal Craig made it his number one priority to address these school culture challenges by working collaboratively with his team. Based on the hard work of the team, student behavior and school culture would look totally different just two years later.

Learn more about the author, 
The Liveschool Team
 

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