Mrs.
Gearin’s Behavior Focus Classroom
King Middle School – Rm. 98
gearina@santarosa.k12.fl.us
Pacing Guides
Unique Skills:
Quarter 1
Zones of Regulation, recognizing
emotions and their impact, using
coping/emotional regulation skills
Quarter 2
Responsibility for actions, impulse
control, resolving conflict, resiliency
Quarter 3
Expectations, internet safety, rule
following, mindfulness, Zones of
Regulation Refresher
Quarter 4
Mental health, belonging, social
norms, empathy
Learning Strategies:
Quarter 1
SOAR Learning & Soft Skills – learning
skills, organization skills,
communication skills, problem solving
skills
Quarter 2
Reading, writing, vocabulary skills
Quarter 3
SOAR Learning & Soft Skills Refresher,
math fluency, math word problems
Quarter 4
Test tasking skills, time management,
task completion skills
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Classroom Expectations
Students and staff are expected to respect
each other at all times in the behavior focus
classroom. Respect in this classroom looks like:
being prepared, listening carefully, paying
attention, encouraging each other, using safe
behaviors, being polite, and apologizing when
we make mistakes.
Behavior Management Plan
The district-created behavior focus handbook
details the behavior management plan for the
behavior focus classroom. In short, the behavior
focus classroom utilizes a level system and token
economy to reward and encourage expected
behaviors. For unexpected behaviors, we focus
on capturing the teachable moment and
embedding social skills/replacement behaviors.
We also utilize restorative justice which is
research and evidence based.
Grading Policy
To foster an empathetic classroom environment,
students are not assigned homework in my
unique skills or learning strategies classes.
Students are also allowed to redo assignments
and assessments for a higher grade if they are
unsatisfied with their scores. All resubmissions
must be turned in before the end of the grading
period.
Grades are calculated as follows:
Bell Ringers – 10%
Classwork – 50%
Assessments – 40%