Behavior Management 

Since parents are the primary and principal influence on their children’s lives, it is essential that both parents and staff afford themselves every opportunity to establish a positive relationship in support of the students. Effective communication between the adults in a child’s life will allow for coordination between actions at home and at school to modify behavior and enhance individual progress. 

At Nysmith, we believe that discipline means teaching and not punishing. We are devoted to nurturing children and helping them develop positive self-esteem, practice self-control, and achieve a sense of self-respect. Careful supervision by skilled teachers enables us to redirect negative behavior. 

BEHAVIOR GUIDANCE 

Discipline shall be constructive in nature and includes techniques such as: ● Using limits that are fair, consistently applied, appropriate and understandable for the child’s level 

• Providing children with reasons for limits 
• Giving positively worded directions 
• Modeling and redirecting children to acceptable behavior 
• Helping children to constructively express their feelings and frustrations to resolve conflict 
• Arranging equipment, materials, activities, and schedules in a way that promotes desirable behavior 

TERMINATION OF STUDENT’S ENROLLMENT 

Although Nysmith’s behavior management procedures are preferred as the method of controlling student behavior, the administration reserves the right to terminate a student’s enrollment on the basis of his or her behavior at any time during the behavior management process. Please see your tuition contract for the conditions of termination/withdrawal.