Bus Dismissal Project Overview

Area of Needs Action Plan Evaluation Reflection

Concern Assessment
-Safety issue Teacher and -Change the This project has This project was
during afternoon administrator direction the been a huge one that I felt was
dismissal in the observations. students are success. important.
gym. sitting to allow for Following the staff Dismissal in the
-Students involved each bus to have meeting, the gym was an
are grades 3-5 bus one line. behavior in the unsafe
riders and grades -Create gym improved environment and
K-5 Boys & Girls permanent bus almost needed to be
Club students. signs on the wall immediately. changed. I was
-Students are so students do not Teachers are quite nervous
extremely loud, have to hunt for actively speaking to the
moving around the their bus. monitoring their staff, but it was a
gym, not sitting in -Create CHAMPS students as they great learning
their bus lines, expectations for walk to the gym experience. Our
and exhibiting dismissal and and once they are community
disrespectful distribute them to in the gym. We no superintendent
behavior. the staff. longer have to use happened to be at
-Teacher are not -Create a large a microphone to the meeting as
all actively CHAMPS poster call buses, as the well, which made
monitoring the for the gym to students can now it slightly more
students. reference when hear them being intimidating. The
-Students are not correcting called over the entire staff was
being monitored behavior. walkie-talkie. It is very forthcoming
on the way from -Meet with staff to quiet and orderly with ideas for
the pods to the brainstorm ideas and no longer a improvement.
gym. to help create a safety concern. After the meeting,
safer I met with our
environment. counselor and
-Create and assistant principal
implement plan. to discuss the
changes to be
made. I went
ahead with our
plan; however, the
changes were put
on hold due to the
already much
improved
monitoring by
teachers. As the
end of the year
approaches, I will
be curious to see
what will happen
in the gym. Will
the teachers
continue to
actively monitor?
Will the behavior
revert back to an
unsafe
environment or
will it remain as it
is now?