Behavioral System

The Three Step Level System is designed to motivate students through positive reinforcement and to maintain
appropriate behaviors in the classroom. Students are given the opportunity to make appropriate decisions
about academic and social situations with as much structured and individualized attention as they need to
succeed. Making students feel appreciated and rewarded for their involvement at school helps reduce the
likelihood of their involvement in drug use and other problem behaviors. This is because students who feel
acknowledged for their activity at school bond to their school. Lack of commitment to school means the child
has ceased to see the role of student as positive one. Young people who have lost this commitment to school
are at higher risk for a variety of problem behaviors.
 
Giving students opportunities to participate in important activities at school helps to create a feeling of
personal investment to their school. This results in greater bonding and adoption of the school’s standards of
behavior, reducing the likelihood that they will become involved in further problem behaviors later in life.