Creating A Safe and Positive Playground

A complete professional development program that gives administrators materials they need to train playground/supervisory staff in effective active supervision techniques.

Systematic Supervision will help reduce negative behavior and increase positive behavior on the playground, and make playground supervisors' jobs easier and more rewarding. 

This 35-minute program teaches tested techniques supervisors can use to foster and maintain a safe and positive playground:

• Keeping track of playground behavior with movement and scanning methods
• Establishing and maintaining a positive environment and relationship with students
• Focusing on positive, appropriate behaviors
• Responding effectively and efficiently to problem behavior
• Working as a team to support appropriate student behavior

The program includes:

• 1 VHS of Systematic Supervision
• 1 DVD of Systematic Supervision
• 1 DVD of Play by the Rules - a 7 minute video that teaches elementary students positive playground expectations
• 1 playground supervisor's workbook
• 1 administrator's guide

Developed by Stephen Smith and Jeffery Sprague, Ph.D. of the Institute on Violence and Destructive Behavior at the University of Oregon and IRIS Media with a grant from the National Institutes of Health, Systematic Supervision offers DVD, video and print materials that are flexible, research-based and always on-site.

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Audience

• Elementary school playground supervisors
• All school staff who have playground supervision responsibilities

Developers

Developed by IRIS Media Inc., Stephen Smith, and Jeffery Sprague, Ph.D.

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Resources

• Teaching Rules & Expectations (.pdf)
• Moving & Scanning
• Using Positives to Support Good Behavior
• Responding to Problems
• Teamwork