C13 – District Integration of PBIS and Restorative Justice Lead Presenters: Lori Lynass & Kerri Berkowitz Exemplar Presenter: Mary Ann Ayala Key Words: Systems Alignment, Tier 1, Equity, Youth Voice National PBIS Leadership Forum October 27 & 28, 2016 www.pbis.org
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C13 – District Integration of PBIS and Restorative Justice
Lead Presenters: Lori Lynass
& Kerri Berkowitz Exemplar Presenter: Mary Ann Ayala
Key Words: Systems Alignment, Tier 1, Equity, Youth Voice
National PBIS Leadership Forum October 27 & 28, 2016
www.pbis.org
Maximizing Your Session Participation Consider These Four Questions:
– Where are we in our implementation? – What do I hope to learn? – What did I learn? – What will I do with what I learned?
Presentation Agenda • Historical Context of BEST Plus in SRCS
• What is BEST Plus • Goals
• Multi-Tiered Systems Framework
• Lens & Approach
• Tier 1 Practices
• How Are We Implementing It
• Outcomes
• Q & A
Pre-session Reflection Questions:
• Where are you in your implementation efforts of PBIS, Restorative Practices, or both, PBIS & Restorative Practices
• What do you hope to learn?
Context for BEST Plus: SRCS Historical Journey 2012- Positive Student Interventions Task Force: to address SRCS’s high expulsion rates & disciplinary disproportionality:
2010-11: 4,587 students suspended (a number exceeded by only 3 other large districts in California)
Taskforce Outcome: Adopt a multi- tiered approach to improve school climate and implement:
1. BEST 2. Safe School Ambassadors 3. Restorative Justice Practices
Context for BEST Plus: SRCS Historical Journey 2013:
• Expulsion diversion district-wide using Restorative Practices • 2 Pilot RJ Schools
New student discipline state legislation • Sept 2012- AB 1729, 2012 requiring documentation of alternative means
of correction prior to suspension • Jan 2014- AB 420 to Eliminate Student Suspension for Minor Behavior
Infractions in grades K-3
SRCS Climate Transformation Journey: Continued
2014 Cont: • Four SRCS district goals established and included goals
around increasing student wellness and family engagement & creating safe, inviting learning environments.
• New Positions Hired: Restorative Specialists, Family Engagement Facilitators and Student Activity Workers per the LCAP to support student wellbeing goal.
• SRCS awarded the School Culture Transformation Grant to provide funding for implementation roll-out of Taskforce recommendations.
2014- School Climate Transformation Grant
Scope: Beginning with 9 schools in year 1 with the intention for all schools to be fully implementing by 2019.
Grant supports:
• Professional Development
• Coaching
• Capacity Building
• Sustainability
What is BEST Plus?
BEST Plus = Intentional Blending of Restorative Justice Practices & PBIS
A multi-tiered, prevention systems framework and relational approach establishing the social culture,
behavioral supports and disciplinary responses necessary for SRCS schools to be a safe, caring and effective learning environment for ALL members of the
school community.
What stands out to you about the SRCS BEST Plus statement?
District Capacity Assessment (DCA) 2014-15 2015-16
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Abraham Lincoln Brook Hill James Monroe Herbert Slater Hillard Comstock Lawrence Cook Rincon Valley Elsie Allen Piner
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Reduction in Suspensions Across Five Years
SRCS BEST PLUS VIDEO
Where are you in the implementation process? Adapted from Fixsen & Blase, 2005
• We think we know what we need so we are planning to move forward (evidence-based)
Exploration & Adoption
• Let’s make sure we’re ready to implement (capacity infrastructure)
Installation
• Let’s give it a try & evaluate (demonstration)
Initial Implementation
• That worked, let’s do it for real and implement all tiers across all schools (investment) • Let’s make it our way of doing business & sustain implementation (institutionalized use)
Full Implementation
Questions?
Post-session Reflection
• What did I learn?
• What will I do with what I learned?
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