You can record an event of unusual student behavior or circumstances of concern that require monitoring or action on the part of school staff. The record, a behavior incident, can cover traditional behavioral infractions, such as bullying or abusive language, as well as non-disciplinary concerns such as poor attendance or a sudden drop in academic performance, and positive behavior such as strong academic performance.
Typically, a student behavior incident is associated with a particular student. However, one incident can also be associated with several students or no students at all until an association is possible; for example, you can record the vandalizing of lab equipment or a swarming in the playground before ascertaining who was responsible.
For serious or complex incidents such as those that involve violence, you can record victims, witnesses, and the names of other people involved. These people might include students and school staff, or people outside the school, such as police, parents, drivers, or students from other schools.
When an administrator records an incident, he or she categorizes it, rates its severity, and describes one or more events or concerns [Figure 126]. Once an incident is recorded, a Teacher or District or School Administrator can add details to it and assign to each student involved one or more actions, such as tutoring, a suspension, or counseling.
PowerSchool SMS offers two versions of the Student Behavior feature; standard Student Behavior and Student Behavior Lite. Student Behavior Lite offers simplified Behavior Incident and Action pages as well as a dialog with which to add persons involved. If your district is using Student Behavior Lite, see Recording an incident using Student Behavior Lite [>>]. If your district is using the standard Student Behavior feature, see Recording a student behavior incident [>>]
When using the Student Behavior standard version, each behavior action is made up of one or more action steps, such as a letter to parents or a transfer to another class, which an administrator can tailor to each student involved [>>]. Note: Student Behavior Lite does not break down each action into actions steps.
Figure 126: Student Behavior incidents
| A | Primary: The principal student involved in this incident, such as the instigator of an altercation or the student who won an award. |
Note: The choices of categories, severity ratings, actions, and their associated steps are set up by a District Administrator to support district policies and procedures
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