Update on my research action plan

My bus incentive action research project has been running smoothly. The first incentive will be given to students on Monday. The first 15 buses of students have earned 15 days of “thumbs up” behavior. I look forward to giving the students their “Free Dress” stickers tomorrow. I’m sure they will look really nice in their regular clothes instead of the boring uniforms. The students have been very excited and every time I’m walking down the hall I have students stop me to ask a question about the incentive program. It is good to see them participating. There are 5 buses that did not earn the incentive yet. I suspect that four of them will earn in in the next week or so. I rode a school bus during the afternoon run last week. This bus has not earned the incentive yet. I spoke with some students about how they feel about the bus incentive and the majority of the students point the blame at a select few students. The bus drive confirmed these statements. I need to come up with some individual incentives for those students so the entire bus doesn’t continue get penalized for the behavior of a select few. Perhaps I can devise a bus behavior improvement point sheet similar to the ones we have for student behavior in the classroom? I could give them small incentives including pencils, stickers, and of course, praise and attention. I know a few of the students and their home life…a little positive attention could go a long way with them. I will pull those students on Monday and work something out with them.