School-Wide Behavior Plan
Woodward’s mission is, “You must reach them before you teach them.” All our students participate in our evidence based, school-wide behavior plan to help students develop resilience by encouraging skill-building in the areas of empathy, engagement, self-awareness, and citizenship.
All our students participate in our evidence based, school-wide behavior plan to support growth in students in a multitude of ways. Our unique system helps students develop resilience by encouraging skill-building in the areas of empathy, engagement, self-awareness, and citizenship. Through this, our students are taught and encouraged to utilize expected positive behaviors proactively on a daily basis.
- Clearly defining and teaching a set of behavioral expectations
- Positivity
- Consistently acknowledging and rewarding appropriate behavior
- Constructively addressing problematic behavior
- Effectively using behavioral data to assess progress
Our school wide positive behavior interventions and supports (SWPBIS) emphasizes and highlights Woodward’s mission,
“You must reach them before you can teach them.”

School-Wide Behavior Plan
Caring for others, offering support, showing kindness, fostering a judgement free zone, respecting others
Participation, working together, remaining in class, paying attention, attending mandated sessions, completing assigned task
Personal goal created by a student to focus on and achieve.
Respecting school property, keeping school environment clean, maintaining appropriate conversation, following staff directions, adhering to school policies
Using appropriate language, maintaining the privacy of others, demonstrating sportsmanship, using coping skills, accepting responsibilities for actions, seeking support