Case Study: Mound Fort Junior High School improves school climate and teacher recruitment with SchoolMint

Mound Fort Junior High Aligns PBIS and Teacher Observation Efforts Improves School Climate and Teacher Recruitment

Mound Fort Junior High School in Ogden, Utah, was struggling to align its PBIS (positive behavioral interventions and supports) program with teacher observation efforts: behavior rewards were hard to track and lacked buy-in, and observation data lived in cumbersome spreadsheets. To address this, the school partnered with SchoolMint and implemented its Behavior Accountability tool (formerly Hero) along with the Teacher Development and Support platform (formerly Whetstone).

SchoolMint’s tools created a single, customizable hub for tracking student behavior and teacher observations, using point-based rewards, quick feedback, goal-setting, and action steps to drive coaching and culture work. Using SchoolMint’s platforms in tandem, Mound Fort decreased disciplinary infractions by almost one-third year over year, created school-wide action steps for positive development, strengthened recruitment efforts, and improved re-entry behavior supports during the transition back to in-person learning.

Mound Fort Junior High School

Ross Lunceford

Principal