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If you ever noticed a student behaving badly at school whether they’re failing their subjects, uncooperative in both academic and extra-curricular activities, being hostile, or being withdrawn, or being rowdy and rude, whatever negative trait they are showing must be intervened right away before it gets worse. Teachers are responsible not only to teach their students the lessons taught in school but to also teach their students how to behave well. One way to do this is through making a behavior change contract with the student to motivate them to change their behavior. Read the article below to know how to make one.

6+ Behavior Change Contract Samples

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What is a Behavior Change Contract?

How to Make a Behavior Change Contract

1. Create the Contract

When you create the contract, make sure you already have communicated with the student and their parents regarding the student’s behavior and you will have to do some necessary measures to help the student improve their behavior in school. Know the troubled student first to customize your contract according to their personality and preference. One way to do this is to interview the student regarding their personal life.

Your contract must have the following details:

Behavioral goals: Make sure to set goals for students to comply. The goals must be positive and incite new and improved changes for the student regardless of the behavioral goals are in the form of pro-academic or pro-social. Make sure the goals are easily observed and verified. When writing the goals, describe them in great detail so there will be no misunderstanding that will occur between you and the student.

Reward system: To motivate the student to change and to be consistent with it, reward them whether it be a point, sticker, or token when they showed positive behavior. State this on the contract and explain what certain conditions the student will be able to redeem those rewards. You can also add a bonus incentives system for the student if they showed an exceptional change in behavior.

 Penalty clauses: To help the student learn that if they don’t change their behavior anytime soon, there will be serious consequences that they will have to deal with. State what penalties the student can face if their behavior is getting worse and disrupt the class or endanger their safety or others.

Signature lines: At the bottom part of the contract is where you include the signatures line where you, the student, and the parent sign the contract signifying that you both adhere to the responsibilities in the contract.

2. Hold a Meeting With the Parents

When you’ve written the outline of the contract, it’s time to contact the student’s parents for the meeting. If necessary, you can also invite the guidance counselor to the meeting too. Discuss the contract with the parties involve and agree on what changes the student must be able to do to improve their behavior. Reinforce positive traits and activities so the student won’t feel betrayed or scared regarding their situation. You will also need to discuss how you will track the progress of the student and how you will enforce consequences and give rewards to the student as well. Be specific in all of these aspects.

3. Make a Follow-Up Meeting

Schedule a follow-up meeting after 6 weeks or so from your initial meeting with the student and the parents to discuss the student’s progress and make adjustments to the plan as needed. Let the student know beforehand that you plan to hold a meeting to discuss their progress.

FAQs

Once you’re done writing the final version contract, make sure to review it first and check to see if any errors or wrong information are in it. Discuss the contract first with the parents and the student to make sure they allow you to create a contract in the first place and know what activities and interventions you will do for the student’s best interest. Make sure to talk to the student regarding the contract and so they will also know what is expected of them. Don’t forget to be extra patient with the student. They are struggling and they need more care and affection so do give them some patience if they don’t adjust to the contract terms right away. Soon, they will learn and change for the better. To help you get started making the contract, download our free sample templates above to use as your guide!