Academics
The Marie H. Katzenbach School for the Deaf is committed to creating a positive learning environment where students are academically and socially successful. To meet this commitment, we have established a universal set of core values for our campus: Respect, Responsibility and Kindness (R2K). To foster these values, adults at MKSD will help students actively learn how to make appropriate behavioral choices by:
- clearly defining and communicating what is expected of students
- explicitly teaching behavioral expectations and using proactive strategies to prompt appropriate behaviors
- providing students with positive feedback for following expectations
- recognizing and rewarding positive behaviors using frequent reinforcement, individual incentives and fun activities
Goals of R2K
- Increase instructional time
- Decrease referrals to the office
- Decrease suspensions for all students
- Provide quicker and more effective support to students engaging in repeated behavior problems