Easy, Effective, and Sustainable Implementation

Organization, Distribution, and Maintenance: 

Number and store Tier 1 Blue Safe Pouches in 27-gallon bins. Number and assign all classrooms a Blue Pouch magnet and an Orange Safe Pouch.

Should schools check out Blue Pouches for all students? Never! It’s easier to ask a few campus supervisors to collect the pouches after school than to ask hundreds to thousands of students to bring their pouches daily.

DAILY PROCESS

ARRIVAL:  Upon entering the school, students TURN OFF their phones, show them to a staff member, and lock them up along with their earbuds and smartwatches.

ALTERNATIVE (If there is extreme weather or there is a long line): Students pick up a pouch, turn off their phones, and lock it up themselves.

Proactive Daily Interventions: First-period teacher double their students using the hole.

Critical Requirement: All students must have a ‘good’ pouch that locks their device or item inside. They will be charged for damage or loss if they don’t have a “good” pouch at the end of the day.

Common Challenges & Solutions:

• “I don’t have a phone.” Students open their backpacks and pockets to let staff see. Students lock up earbuds, smartwatches, or other distracting items).
• Students with documented medical needs or IEP: All staff have a magnet to unlock for them whenever those students request. Schools can give students a laminated card to let staff know to unlock it for students whenever they ask.
• “I forgot or damaged my pouch” (only when you check out all the pouches for students to take home and bring daily: Students turn in their student ID as collateral to borrow an Orange Safe Pouch. They return the pouch after school to get their IDs back.

Instant Enforcements: If a staff member catches any student with their devices out, they lock up the devices in a Tier 2 Orange Safe Pouch. The staff member retains the students’ IDs and hands them to the Office. These students must wait in line at the Main Office and “answer a reflection question” to ask a staff member to unlock the pouch so they can retrieve their IDs.

DISMISSAL: After school, teachers unlock the pouches, collect the borrowed ones, and return them to the bins at the Main Office or nearby designated pick-up areas. They collect any damaged pouches, including students’ personal pouches, and report students who have lost or damaged school or loan pouches, charging parents for repairs ($5) and replacements ($15).

How do schools identify school pouches from student pouches?

All school pouches have a number.

How Tier 2 Orange Safe Pouch Transform Your School’s PBIS, MTSS, and Discipline

By having a Tier 2 Orange Safe Pouch in all classrooms and on every campus supervisor and administrator, all staff members can enforce immediate “positive consequences” to proactively prevent and reduce tardiness, cyberbullying, fights, bullying, defiance, and chronic absences. Schools can redefine traditional discipline by adding Orange Pouch to counseling, detention, and suspension. Or, they can provide an alternative “positive consequence” for minor infractions.

The pouch is a positive choice of consequence compared to Saturday School, Detention, or Suspensions. However, it has a greater impact on improving students’ behavior.

Phone-Free and Enhanced PBIS of Elementary School

Districts that start early in elementary schools help establish expectations and skills early on, mitigating problems in middle school and high school.

Implementation in Elementary School.

Organization and Maintenance: It’s much easier in elementary schools because the students have the same teachers for the entire day. Number and give your teachers a class set of Blue Safe Pouches, 1 Magnet, and 1 Orange Safe Pouch.

ARRIVAL: The teacher locks up students’ phones in students’ ASSIGNED pouches, and students keep the pouch in the backpack.

Common Challenges:

“I don’t have a phone”: Students have their parents fill out an Agreement Form. If parents have not done it yet, students only need to open up their backpacks and pockets to show the teachers. Students lock up earbuds, toys, or other distracting items.

DISMISSAL: After school, teachers unlock the pouches and collect them for tomorrow’s use. Teachers also collect and report any damaged pouches and report students who lost or damaged their pouches to charge parents.

How Tier 2 Orange Safe Pouch Transform Elementary School’s PBIS, MTSS, and Discipline.

By having a Tier 2 Orange Safe Pouch in all classrooms and on every campus supervisor and administrator, all staff members can enforce immediate “positive consequences” to proactively prevent and reduce tardiness, cyberbullying, fights, bullying, defiance, and chronic absences. Schools can redefine traditional discipline by adding Orange Pouch to counseling, detention, and suspension. Or, they can provide an alternative “positive consequence” for minor infractions.