Cafeteria Supervision& Procedures

Do we need to make changes to our cafeteria?

Is the cafeteria safe and welcoming?

Do students go into the cafeteria to eat or horseplay?

Is the noise level in the cafeteria acceptable?

Do students responsibly keep the cafeteria clean?

Are students polite and respectful to others?

Rethinking the Value of SupervisionCommon area issues

become classroom issues – instructional time is lost.

Quality supervision provides an important

opportunity to establish positive relationships

and acknowledge appropriate behaviors.

Rethinking the Value of Supervision“Cafeteria Relief”

Kids who don’t feel safe in the common areas,

don’t feel safe at school.

Rethinking the Value of Supervision

Why Do I Supervise?

“It’s part of my job. I have no choice.”

“It’s the law. We don’t want to get sued.”

“To keep kids from getting in trouble.”

“To ensure kids’ safety – decrease bullying”

“To improve the quality of instructional time.”

“To reward kids who behave appropriately.”

“To improve adult/student relationships.”

If we want student

behavior to change at this

school…

…then staff practices will

have to change.

Positive Adult ContactAdult attention is one of the most powerful motivators for

kids – and it’s FREE!

Positive Adult Contact

The average student:

Four positives to every negative

The at-risk student:Eight positives to every

negative

Institute on Violence and Destructive Behavior (IVDB)

Positive Supervision Be friendly, helpful, and open.

Give non-contingent attention.

Be proactive rather than reactive.

Acknowledge groups of students demonstrating appropriate behaviors.

Engage in a high number of short interactions.

Institute on Violence and Destructive Behavior (IVDB)

Active Supervision

Movement

Scanning

Institute on Violence and Destructive Behavior (IVDB)

Movement Constant (30 feet/minute)

Unpredictable Planned and purposeful to target:

areas activities individuals groups

Institute on Violence and Destructive Behavior (IVDB)

Scanning Look for and acknowledge

appropriate behaviors

Monitor problem locations

Listen for whining, bickering, arguing

Look for students who are withdrawn or bullying others

Pay attention to the surroundings

Follow-up with discipline

Be proactive –“pay now or pay later”

Non-violent Crisis Intervention: Crisis Prevention Institute (CPI)

Verbal De-Escalation ProcessJust because someone asks you to dance, does not

mean you have to accept.

Student Student BehaviorBehavior Staff ResponseStaff Response

ANXIETYANXIETY SUPPORTIVESUPPORTIVEDEFENSIVE:DEFENSIVE:

QuestioningQuestioning Information seekingInformation seeking ChallengingChallenging

EVALUATE & EVALUATE & RESPOND:RESPOND: Provide informationProvide information Ignore and/or redirectIgnore and/or redirect

DEFENSIVE:DEFENSIVE: Refusal Refusal and/or Non-complianceand/or Non-compliance

SET LIMITSSET LIMITS(clear, simple, reasonable (clear, simple, reasonable and enforceable in calm tone) and enforceable in calm tone)

RELEASE / VENTINGRELEASE / VENTING REMOVE AUDIENCEREMOVE AUDIENCEINTIMIDATIONINTIMIDATION TAKE IT SERIOUSLYTAKE IT SERIOUSLY

CAFETERIA Student Expectation Teacher Active Supervision

• Students must be at level 0 when walking to lunch

• Stay seated until released to lunch or snack cart

• Walk to designated lunch line or to snack cart when dismissed

• When exiting lunch line, walk to the right and walk all the way around the tables back to their seats – one way traffic.

• Students should use a Level 1 Voice Volume

• When dismissed to dump trays clean up your own area, pick up all trash on and underneath table

• Line up in a single file to dump trash, recycle and to put trays away

• Walk to the right one way traffic back to your seat

• Voice Volume Level 0 when quiet signal is given by grade level principal

• No food may leave café unless you have a signed pass to eat lunch somewhere else

• When leaving cafeteria to go to next class keep a level 0 voice volume until you reach the double doors then you may use a Level 1 Voice Volume

• Classroom Teachers will walk their students to the café for lunch everyday.

• Classroom teachers should stop at the end of each Hall and at top of each Landing (use this time to correct any behavior that is not meeting hall expectations)

• Classroom teachers sit students by 3rd Block teacher’s table

• Lunch Supervisors release tables to lunch line’s 1, 2, 3, or 4.

• Lunch Supervisors monitor students standing in line

• Lunch Supervisors constantly move and scan students

• Dismiss tables to empty trays by table. Ensure no trash in left on or underneath table.

• Grade Level Principal should give quiet signal (clap two times then closed hand in the air)

• Grade Level Principal release student’s by side A then side B

• 8th Grade Principal will release by electives

Cafeteria ExpectationsLevel Red Level Green

Students display… Loud voices, messy tables, disruptive, fighting, posturing and/or throwing food

Sitting appropriately, indoor voices, good manners, clean cafeteria, following adult instructions

Student privileges… Sit according to 3rd Block classesDismiss by teachersNo Snack Cart

Consecutive days on green, possibility to sit according to teams or open seatingMicrowave useDismiss by tablesSnack Cart

For those students not able to meet the cafeteria expectations…

•You will be asked and expected to move to one of the detention desks, with the possibility of lunch detention the following day.

Student’s following cafeteria expectations…

•Will have the opportunity for “fine dining” with other students

When stoplight is on:RED – Voice Volume Level 0

YELLOW – Warning Voice Volume too loud

GREEN – Great Voice Volume Level 1

Quiet SignalClap two times closed fist in the air

Addressing Specific Behaviors Monitor noise levels:

stop light used to let students know when Voice levels become too loud

Reduce litter: prompt students to pick up all trash as you move & scan acknowledge when students meet

expectations

Manage traffic patterns: Students walk in one way traffic Students should only come back to

café line when everyone has been served

Students line up to empty trash

Addressing Specific Behaviors Food consumption:

All students stay in the cafeteria for a minimum of 10 minutes prior to being excused

Ensure food stays in cafeteria: Assign supervisor to stand next

to a trash can at the exit

Monitor students as they leave tables

Place a trash can outside the cafeteria

Good Supervising!Good Supervising!