Policies
SWEBS: Schoolwide Effective Behavior System
ICS staff and students have developed a schoolwide effective behavior program: SWEBS. SWEBS reinforces our ICS expectations and helps students develop and sustain the strong character traits they’ll need to be productive, considerate, and responsible members of society.
SWEBS follows a behavior modeling approach. Teachers and staff model desired behavior, and students have opportunities to practice and be rewarded for the use of these skills. Students receive ICS All-Star tickets that are good for purchasing items from our mobile school store. Classroom teachers, specialists, administration, and non-teaching aides carry these tickets and award students they see demonstrating any of these expectations. The Dean of Students, assisted by a committee of teachers, carries out the program. Parent volunteers participate by delivering the mobile school store to the classrooms.
ICS also has a conflict resolution program.
ICS Expectations
ICS has created a citizen’s charter for all students, faculty, parents, and guardians to abide by. This charter is based on two basic themes: First is the understanding that all individuals in the ICS community will treat others with dignity, respect, kindness, and understanding. This is consistent with ICS’s mission to learn from and about people and cultures throughout the world. It is also consistent with a child’s right to receive an education in an environment free of conflict. The second is the idea that behavior, whether appropriate or inappropriate, is a choice, and all members of the ICS community will be responsible for their choice of behavior.
An ICS citizen:
…uses “ICS words.”
Be respectful to others in your speech.
Use kind words toward others.
Use voices and language appropriate for the situation.
…uses “ICS actions.”
Respect school property and the property of others.
Respect the personal space of others by keeping hands, feet, and objects to yourself.
Walk quietly, staying next to your partner.
Go directly to your destination. Use the shortest path.
Eating should take place only where and when permitted.
Chewing gum and candy are not permitted in school (even in your snack/lunch), except as permitted by the teacher for a special in-class activity.
…follows directions.
Listen carefully for instructions.
Do not talk when another person is speaking.
Follow directions promptly the first time they are given.
…is a TEAM player.
Respect the differences in others.
Be kind to everyone.
Raise your hand/wait your turn.
Stay in line or with your class when walking in the halls or outside the school building.
Clean up after yourself when finished. If you see a mess, clean it up.
Follows the ICS dress code.
…respects self.
Come to school ready for learning.
Complete class assignments and homework with care—take responsibility for your learning.
Always be honest. Be sure to tell the whole truth.
