Student Behavior Case Studies

Lake Nona Middle School: Increasing Instructional Time, Decreasing Suspensions by 80%

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Apr 23, 2019 8:00:00 AM

Location: Orlando, FL
Website: School Website
Enrollment: 1,400+
Part of Orange County Public Schools

The Challenge

School leaders at Lake Nona Middle School were on a mission to rein in behavior problems and improve the learning environment for all students.

To do this, they chose to focus on implementing a school-wide positive behavior program while also finding a means to streamline their cumbersome paper-based tardy management process.

Ultimately, these efforts would make the school more consistent and efficient with enforcing student behavior management.

The Solution

Identify behavior goals to be addressed through an online behavior management system.
Discover the classroom management and attendance tracking software SchoolMint Hero.
Provide consistent and immediate corrective action to document tardy behaviors and get students back to class as soon as possible.
Acknowledge and reward identified positive behaviors to motivate student participation and reduce unwanted behaviors.
Track and monitor student data to provide needed interventions and encourage a more positive school climate for all students.

“Before SchoolMint Hero, kids had a long line at grade level offices. Per late student, it took 10 minutes to get a tardy pass and another 10 minutes for them to get to class. That’s 20 minutes of valuable instruction time every tardy student was missing out on. By automating tardy management, we’re getting that lost time back and regaining effective classroom instruction time.”

Principal

Lake Nona Middle School

The Results

Decreased out-of-school suspensions by 80%
Decreased in-school suspensions by 40%
Created more ways for teachers and staff to have more positive student interactions instead of always reacting to negative behaviors.
Provided recognition points for expected student behaviors — such as being on time and following the dress code — that students could redeem for various motivating items.
Increased instructional time by streamlining the tardy management process via SchoolMint Hero, which helped students return to class faster.
Decreased both in- and out-of-school suspensions by motivating students to make more positive behavior choices.

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