KC3 Citizenship In Motion National Champions Share Success Stories
"Our school benefited from participation in the KC3™ Positive Label Program in the following ways....
"Teachers and bus drivers noticed that students were trying harder to get along with each other. Students and teachers are feeling more safe and that is creating a more positive learning environment. Name-calling and negative comments have decreased and classroom instruction and learning have increased."
Dr. Sara Cocolis, Winnwood Elementary, Kansas City, MO - National Winner, Year One
"Many ways – just a few teachers, bus drivers and students all reported that our learning environment has become a more friendly positive place to be. Name calling, teasing and saying mean things student to student has decreased. Teachers report other teachers saying more positive statements to each other. Teachers have been able to take the information from the program and use it in other areas of teaching. Any time a positive program comes along is a good thing. KC3 meets those requirements!"
Lynda Casey, Principal, Kansas City, MO - National Finalist
"The program connected the bus driver and the school together. Transportation and the school were using the program to achieve a common goal, for the good of children.
"Drivers and Aides were encouraged to view the riders in a different way: not as 'cargo' to get from place to place, but as special people with varied and valued characteristics. Drivers, aides, students, teachers and administrators all worked together as a team on a common project. This created a synergy never before experienced in our district."
Shirley Patrick, Assistant Director Transportation, North Kansas City Public Schools - National Champion, Year One
"Less name calling; less bullying-type behavior; more positive interest in others; the school worked more as a team; more comradeship among faculty and staff; continuity of teaching between home and school; a wonderful way to reach required character education."
Billie Anderson, Braelinn Elementary - National Champion, Year Two
"The Para pros were very excited about creating lessons and teaching. The children were more kind to each other. The children included others more."
Karen Hines, CARE Team Member, Braelinn Elementary - National Champion, Year Two
"Heightened awareness of the importance of our words; 'fun' opportunities for students to give positive recognition to others; opportunities for students to recognize positive qualities in themselves as they received from others and as they gave to others; opportunities for staff to give and receive positive recognition among themselves and with students. This was a unifying program, bringing together students, staff, parents, and extended staff (bus drivers, cafeteria staff)."
Cris Force, King Springs Elementary - National Champion, Year One
"The positive concepts taught in the KC3 Positive Label Program have become ingrained in the fabric of our school, benefiting our students, staff and community. Several offshoots of the Program that were initiated after the introduction of KC3 remain a part of our school's focus. We try to put a positive spin on the school day with an encouraging or inspiring quote read by a student on the morning broadcast.
Leslie Fear, East Fayette Elementary - National Champion, Year Two
"Our schools are constantly charged with the responsibility of finding ways to improve the classroom climate (behavior) in order to increase learning, decrease discipline referrals, and preserve teaching time (that is often spent disciplining) for instruction. The KC3 program is result driven and the results at East Fayette Elementary were phenomenal. As a result of diminishing classroom distractions (due to discipline issues) East Fayette Elementary teachers gained a total of six days in which to offer instruction in core curriculum. In addition discipline referrals decreased by 11.09% comparing discipline reports from 03/04 to 02/03. Awareness of the importance of positive labels for self and others increased by 77%."
Karen Spangler, C.A.R.E. Program Specialist, Fayette County Schools - National Champion, Year Two
"The After School Program at Kedron has benefited in countless ways from the KC3 program. Our students gained a higher respect for not only others, but also themselves. The staff gained personal knowledge of the students' lives through our group meetings because the children felt safe in sharing their concerns with a small group. Our staff changed the way they handled problems, trying to focus on what the students could learn from the situation and how to turn the situation around and label the children positively. Our discipline problems drastically decreased, giving office staff more time to plan and implement activities rather than managing paper work concerning discipline."
Marie D. Aycock, Kedron Elementary - National Champion, Year Two
"Increased student PLP awareness by 85%; increased positive labeling behaviors by 50%; decreased negative statements/name calling by 30%; kind word exchanges between students more than doubled; teacher awareness of students positive qualities increased by 85% and kind words from adults to students nearly doubled."
Rebecca Mason, J. J. Daniell Middle School - National Champion, Year One
"Our school atmosphere definitely became more positive and hopeful. The camaraderie among teachers has always been positive, but there was even more pleasantness in our school."
Jackie Uttley, Robert J. Burch Elementary - National Champion, Year One
"It created a positive connection between school, bus and home. It gave students a positive way to interact with their peers and increased vocabulary knowledge! Because the program was school wide, it was reinforced in all the rooms that the students visited. Students spoke favorably about their bus drivers and bus rides. Students were focusing on the good of themselves and their peers. Improved behavior on the bus."
Dale G. Pugh, Kanoheda Elementary - National Champion, Year Two
"Decreased number of major referrals and parent notification forms, which has helped decrease negative behavior; a relationship vessel to allow transportation employees and school employees to work together to accomplish goals; promoted positive interaction between the transportation team; promoted positive communication between the drivers and students; promoted positive vocabulary to students and raised awareness to being positive to others; increased the students and drivers relationship by helping to build trust."
Carla Hart, Transportation Supervisor, Lilburn Elementary - National Champion, Year One
"We primarily gained through significant improvement in our students' behavior. We had dramatically reduced discipline referrals and fewer driver distractions, which improved our safety."
Cathy Ross, Transportation Supervisor, Kanoheda Elementary - National Champion, Year Two
"During our participation in the program we experienced a reduction in discipline issues leading to improved student attitudes. Parents, teachers, bus drivers and students were brought together for a common goal where everyone benefited. Many parents even felt it created more quality time for them with their children."
Grant Reppert, Director of Transportation, Gwinnett County Schools and Steve Turner, Supervisor
"Improved bus safety; marked increase in positive school atmosphere; decrease in bus referrals; improved relationship between drivers and school staff; significant decrease in name calling."
Jackie Beasley, Principal, Lilburn Elementary - National Champion, Year One
"Subjective evidence along with both pre and post survey data has shown a significant decrease in bus referrals involving bullying and name calling."
James Dutton, Simonton Elementary - National Finalist
"The transportation department and school joined together to implement the program at Knight Elementary School. The school counselor coordinated the program. The KC3 Positive Label Program blended with our school wide discipline program, STAR, Students Taking Awesome Responsibility, and it became part of our annual school climate goal for local school improvement. We worked out a calendar of themes and built the activities around existing activities such as October's Red Ribbon Week, November's Food Drive and December's Toy Drive."
Diane LaCharite, Knight Elementary - National Champion, Year One
"Lawrenceville Elementary students developed a positive vocabulary base used to express their feelings toward themselves and others. The atmosphere that was created by the positive labels carried over into the school and got our students off to a wonderful start every day. The Program helped to support the relationship between students, bus drivers, and school personnel."
Dorothy Hines, Principal Lawrenceville Elementary - National Champion, Year One
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