1. PAS P OSITIVE A TTITUDES FOR S UCCESS Ursala Burns –Teacher Angela Smith – Para Professional

2. U RSALA B URNS T EACHER I’m thrilled to be working at Ereckson as the PAS teacher! This is my 11th year teaching. I’m a graduate of The University of Texas at Austin where I met and married my college sweetheart, Dwight. We have three kids. Ari is our oldest and is a freshman at UT Austin majoring in music. Lex is our middle child and is a sophomore at Allen High School. Our youngest child, Kara, is a 7 th grader here at Ereckson.

3. PAS P ROGRAM P OSITIVE A TTITUDES FOR S UCCESS The PAS program uses the Boys Town Education Model. It is based on four components. 1. Social Skills Curriculum 2. Teaching Interactions 3. The motivation System 4. Administrative Intervention Students are required to carry their own Daily Points cards. Students are praised for their positive behavior, resulting in positive points. Students are penalized for their negative behavior, resulting in negative points. Students are able to earn back up to half of their negative points if they are able to identify and correct their negative behavior. Students should earn an average of 25,000 to 30,000 points per day.

4. P ARENTS R OLE IN PAS You can help support your child by asking about their day, signing their communication sheet, practicing and reinforcing their target skills at home, and providing appropriate consequences when your child earns a referral. Thank you for you support!

5. G RADES Grades are based on the following rubric in the PAS Study Skill classroom: Morning Procedure: *Entered room properly (2) ____ (Quietly and greet teachers) *Filled out progress card (2) ____ *Filled out comment card (2) ____ * Filled out daily procedure card (2)_____ *Worked quietly in carol (2) ____ Group Discussion/Social Skills Lesson: *Participated in the discussion (2) ____ *Listened attentively (2) ____ *Signaled to group/ waited for pause in conversation before speaking (2) ____ *Respected my group members (2) ____ Conference: *I shared my perspective of the day (2) ____ *I listened to my teacher’s summary of the day and suggestions (2) ____ * I returned my point sheet today with all teacher signatures (10)______ Post Conference : *While other students conference, I participated quietly in approved activities (4) _____ *When conferences were complete, I participated quietly in approved activities (4) ______ TOTAL POINTS:______ Rate your overall day: 1 2345678910 

6. C ONTACT I NFORMATION Ursala Burns ursala_burns@allenisd.org 972-236-0600 ext 6529