What is PBIS ?

What is PBIS?• PBIS (Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports) is a systems

approach to enhancing the capacity of schools to educate all children by developing research–based, school-wide, and classroom discipline systems.

• PBIS provides systems for schools to design, implement, and evaluate effective school-wide, classroom, non-classroom, and student specific discipline plans.

• PBIS is NOT a program or a curriculum, but a team-based process for systemic problem solving, planning, and evaluation.

• PBIS has been nationally recognized by Congress as an effective system for creating safer and more effective schools.

PBIS exists …to meet the challenge of…

increasing schools capacity to…• Respond effectively, efficiently, & relevantly

to range of problem behaviors observed in schools

• Adopt, fit, & sustain research-based behavioral practices

• Give priority to unified agenda of prevention

• Engage in team-based problem solving

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School-wideSystems

School-wide PositiveBehavior SupportSystems

Primary Prevention:School-/Classroom-Wide Systems forAll Students,Staff, & Settings

Secondary Prevention:Specialized GroupSystems for Students with At-Risk Behavior

Tertiary Prevention:Specialized IndividualizedSystems for Students with High-Risk Behavior

~80% of Students

~15%

~5%

CONTINUUM OFSCHOOL-WIDE INSTRUCTIONAL & POSITIVE BEHAVIORSUPPORT

Who is PBIS?This year’s PBIS team consists of the following members:

Kindergarten Maureen Hudren1st Grade Mercedes Gill2nd Grade Cassia Douglass4th Grade Elyse MichlewiczSpecialist Danny BenedettiPara-educators Arlene Gottlieb, Teresa MuderCounselor Jennifer JonesParents Holly Rothrock, Karen Revitz, & Tracey ChambersPrincipal Anne DardarianAssistant Principal Pam ParkerCoach Susan Bogart, MCPS PBIS Coach

School-wide Aspects

• Common structure and language to deal with behavior concerns “in this house”• 3 School Expectations & daily pledge on the AM announcements: Take Care of Yourself

Take Care of Each Other Take Care of Our School

• “As a member of the Highland View family, I _______ will take care of myself, others, and our school.”

Eagle Incentives

• Positive expectations for different locations in the building have been written

• Eagle and Big Eagle reinforce positive student behaviors

• “Positive Postcards” • Perfect 10

Earn an Eagle Certificate by getting 5 baby eagles in a week!

Mon. Tues. Wed. Thurs. Fri. Crabtree

Hudren

Mullaney

Justice

Gill

Fleet

Ott

Burns

Sharp

Feffer

Douglass

Crum

Martins

Mutafian

Weill

Michlewicz

Scarato

Gibson

Stonerook

Implementation of “Stop & Think” Social Skills School-wide Curriculum

• Easy to change moral knowledge - difficult to change moral conduct

• To change moral conduct...– Adults must model moral behavior– Students must be taught social skills for success

• Behavior management problems are instructional problems.• Process for teaching social behaviors & academic skills is

fundamentally same – introduce, model, practice skills using role plays with feedback so responses become automatic in emotional situations.

• Emphasis is on teaching functional & pro-social replacement behaviors.

• Instructional supports for social skills are important.

“Stop & Think” Steps• “I need to Stop and Think.”• “I am going to make a good choice.”• “What are my choices?” pick appropriate skill & do steps: showing listening, following directions, DeBug, respecting personal space, solving problems peacefully, etc.• “Just do it.”• “Good job!”

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Traffic Light System #1: Reminder = left side of GREEN

“Stop & Think” – hand signal or verbal#2: Reminder = right side of GREEN

“____, you need to Stop & Think and make a good choice.”

#3: Warning = left side of YELLOW“Student Conference” using framework

“Stop & Think” language steps 1-5#4: Warning = right side of YELLOW “Time Out” / loss of privilege#5: Consequence = left side of RED

“School Report” & Discipline Log#6: Consequence = right side of RED

“Home Report” – signed & returned13

Bully Prevention• Created school-wide definition of bullying based on

Olweus research:“Bullying is when…

1) One or more people are involved.2) They hurt you or your things.3) You feel hurt, scared, or left out over and over.”

• Every class completes bullying surveys each year• At the beginning, there was a bullying assembly

discussed definition & bystander skills (Spring 2010)• Bullying survey data used to strategically target problems

school-wide• Staff using bully prevention through the use of Class

Meetings to support MCPS policy

• Data component of monitoring student behaviors as well as school wide behavioral concerns through Traffic Light & office referral data (SWIS)

• *Bronze* PBIS Recognition Award Spring 2010• *Silver* PBIS Recognition Award Spring 2011

Questions?