What is the WBSD Way?

The goal of the WBSD Way is to promote and teach appropriate pro-social skills and behaviors to maximize academic success for all students.

The West Bend School District is proud to offer the WBSD Way, a framework of supports designed to maximize academic engagement and achievement for all students. It includes proactive strategies for defining, teaching, and supporting appropriate behaviors in order to create a positive environment in our schools and our community.

If a child doesn’t know how to read, we teach.

If a child doesn’t know how to swim, we teach.

If a child doesn’t know how to do math, we teach.

If a child doesn’t know how to drive, we teach.

If a child doesn’t know how to behave in school, WE TEACH.

How does WBSD Way benefit students?

• School environment is positive and predictable
• Increased instructional time and improved academic performance
• Increased safety and improved school climate
• Reduction in problem behaviors, office discipline referrals and suspensions

How to Support

Family and community members can use the language of respectful, responsible and safe when talking about behavior at school, home and in the community. We can recognize our children’s positive behaviors and celebrate their behavioral successes!

For more information about the WBSD Way contact Kerry Hughes at khughes@wbsd-schools.org or (262) 335-8331.

Community Partners

The WBSD Way is proud to have a large number of community partners that support, encourage, and recognize students who display the WBSD Way out of the school buildings. Working together to reinforce common skills, expectations, and language, students have the opportunity to be acknowledged for being respectful, responsible, safe, and ready. To learn more about becoming a community partner, contact Kerry Hughes at khughes@wbsd-schools.org or 262-335-8331. 

Partners in West Bend: 

West Bend East Athletic Department

West Bend West Athletic Department

Cousin's (Paradise Drive)

Family Promise

Kettle Moraine YMCA

Riteway Bus Company

The Chocolate Factory

WAPI Bricks

We Rock the Spectrum

Boys & Girls Club of Washington County

Eaton's Fresh Pizza

Stinger's Golf

Buffalo Wild Wings

Candyman on Main

Dooley's

Good Day Cafe

Maven's on Main

Mountain Outfitters

Pizza Ranch

Respawn Retro Gaming

Riverside Brewery

Starbucks (N. 18th Ave.)

The Hub Coffee and Volunteer Center

West Bend Community Memorial Library

Dunkin' Donuts

Dairy Queen (West Bend)

Casa Guadalupe

JACKSON BUSINESSES

Boys & Girls Club of Washington County (Jackson)

BP Gas Station East/West Amoco

Coffeeville

Culver's of Jackson

Dairy Queen - Jackson

Jackson Joint Parks and Rec Department/Jackson Area Community Center

Jackson Police Department

Pleasant Valley Tennis and Fitness Club

 

 

 

District Team

The WBSD Way has a strong leadership team that leads the assessment and action planning process. The objectives of the team are to increase capacity in training, coaching, evaluation, and coordination. The WBSD Way leadership team work together to:

• Completing a self assessment and support other sites in areas of strength
• Create and revise action plans
• Establishing regularly scheduled meetings at each site
• Work to secure stable funding for efforts
• Develop communication plans to increase visibility
• Identify coaching and professional develop needs to build and sustain school-wide PBIS practices.
• Develop a coaching network (each school identifies a school coach to facilitate)

Contact Kerry Hughes for the team member at each school.