ROOSEVELT RAPTORS ARE:

Respectful
Responsible
Ready
1. Teacher
redirection
looks like

Eye contact
Tap on desk
Use students name
Move seat
Stand near student
Tap on desk
IF A STUDENT IS NOT FOLLOWING
EXPECTATIONS, THESE STEPS WILL BE
FOLLOWED:
1.
Teacher
Redirection
IF THE REDIRECTION FROM THE
TEACHER WORKS, AND YOU ARE
FOLLOWING RAPTOR EXPECTATIONS,
THEN YOU WILL CONTINUE WITH
CLASS.
2. Pause
for Cause
PAUSE FOR CAUSE
You will be asked to move to a specific seat in
the room.
At the seat you will be given time to calm
down and reflect on your behavior.
After a period of time, the teacher will quietly
talk to you about your behavior and Raptor
expectations, then you will return to class.
2. Pause
for Cause
IF THE PAUSE FOR CAUSE WORKS, AND YOU
ARE FOLLOWING RAPTOR EXPECTATIONS,
THEN YOU WILL CONTINUE WITH CLASS.
3.
Safe
Seat
SAFE SEAT
Y OU WI L L B E AS K E D
T O MOV E T O A
S P E CI F I C S E AT I N
ANOT H E R
CL AS S R OOM:
Leave the room with
nothing in your hands
Enter the Safe Seat room
quietly and sit down in the
safe seat
Sit without causing any
disruption to the class
WH I L E Y OU AR E AT
T H E S AF E S E AT Y OU
WI L L B E E X P E CT E D
T O:
Fill in the reflection sheet
(why were you asked to
go to safe seat?)
The Safe Seat teacher will
discuss Raptor
expectations with you
before you return to class
3.
Safe
Seat
3.
Safe
Seat
ANY TIME YOU
ARE SENT TO
SAFE SEAT, YOUR
CLASSROOM
TEACHER WILL
CONTACT YOUR
PARENTS TO
DISCUSS
CONCERNS AND
SOLUTIONS.


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Safe Seat Reflective Exercise

Do not write on this sheet. Copy the underlined statements below on your sheet of paper.
Complete the statements using complete sentences. In your own words describe what you did in
class, what effect your actions had on the students and the teaching in the classroom, and what
you can do to make sure this behavior does not occur again.

REFLECTIVE EXERCISE

1. I am a Raptor of Academic Excellence, one who is ready, respectful and responsible. I am
having to do this reflective exercise because today in class I
a. (What did you do that resulted in your teacher giving you this reflective exercise?)

2. (Choose one of the three following statements. Copy the underlined part and complete it in
your own words. Give at least two (2) examples that complete the statement you choose.)
My actions, which I have described above, show I was not READY because
My actions, which I have described above, show I was not RESPECTFUL because
My actions, which I have described above, show I was not RESPONSIBLE because

3. When I interrupted the teaching in the classroom the students in my classroom started to
a. (How did the students in your class behave as a result of your actions?)

4. Because of my actions the teacher had to stop teaching and
a. (What did the teacher have to do with the class AND with you when you did what you
did?)

5. My teacher wants me to be successful in the classroom, to earn good grades and to behave
correctly. Tomorrow and the rest of the school year, I will not repeat the behavior I did today
because instead I will
a. (What can you do as a student in the class to make sure you do not behave like this
again?)


Meet with your teacher to discuss what you have written.





SAFE SEAT
If you choose to disrupt the SAFE SEAT
classroom, or choose not to write the
reflection, you will instructed to go to the
office to complete the reflection form.
Each minute you spend in the office,
away from classroom instruction, will be
made up after school.
3.
Safe
Seat
If you return from SAFE SEAT and
are following Raptor
expectations, you will continue
with class.
4. If you return from SAFE SEAT
and are NOT following Raptor
expectations, you will go to the
office.

4.
Office