Rockfield is committed to being proactive in teaching positive behavior and good character. Positive Behavioral Interventions & Supports (PBIS) is a framework that Headlinepromotes positive behavioral systems of support and school culture. Tier 1 emphasizes universal, school-wide systems while Tier 2 addresses targeted student needs.  

Did you know?!  Rockfield has won two Promising Practice Awards from the Wisconsin Character Education Partnership!  This honor celebrates the steps our school has taken toward Character Education.

2018 – Game Leaders
Game Leaders are trained 4th and 5th graders who are given the responsibility to help foster a positive play experience for fellow students during recess. Students receive training during the summer. Skills taught in the training include communication, leadership responsibilities, cooperative team-building, problem-solving, good sportsmanship, specific recess games, and safety. During the school year, Game Leaders are assigned a few days each month to lead at recess. The program provides safe and exciting play for the primary-aged students and builds leadership skills in the student Game Leaders.

Feedback shares these positive attributes of the practice—it builds friendships across grade levels, supports our youngest learners, and most importantly, it creates an opportunity for fun. 

2016 – Building Great Habits
Parent involvement in the character education effort is a key element in this practice. The leadership team uses the book The 7 Habits of Happy Kids by Sean Covey to create a dialog and discussion between students and adults to start building positive habits (responsibility, teamwork, balance, respect, vision, and planning). Each month every teacher reads a story from this book to the class, and the book is sent home with a special folder describing the school goals and plans and an activity. Follow-up includes the family reading the story and completing a reflection either by drawing a picture or writing down a time when the student or family demonstrated the habit.

Be Safe
Be Responsible
Be Respectful

The Rockfield Way provides a common language to promote social-emotional well being and positive behavioral expectations.