IL PBIS Implementation: Action Planning Considerations George Sugai OSEP Center on PBIS Center for Behavioral Education & Research University of Connecticut Aug 4, 2010 www.pbis.org www.pbisillinois.org www.scalingup.org www.swis.org
IL PBIS Implementation: Action Planning Considerations
George SugaiOSEP Center on PBIS
Center for Behavioral Education & ResearchUniversity of Connecticut
Aug 4, 2010
www.pbis.org www.pbisillinois.org www.scalingup.org www.swis.org
PURPOSE
Engage in discussion about
maximizing our future
effectiveness (action
planning)by reviewing lessons
learned & precorrecting for
current trends
“So, I was talking w/ Bets….
2011 CHALLENGES
School BudgetsJob Security
Teaching Resources
High Stakes Testing & Accountability
Student & Family Risk StatusBuilding & Grounds
Community Resources & Supports
Implementation Fidelity
Professional Development
Trend: “Where does it look like we might be headed?”
Concern: “What should we be worried about?”
Precorrection: “How can we maximize our success?”
“So, I was talkin’ to Rob….
“Making a turn”
IMPLEMENTATION
Effective Not Effective
PRACTICE
Effective
Not Effective
Maximum Student Benefits
Fixsen & Blase, 2009
Trend #1: Increased integration of general & special education
Concern: Will support for students w/ disabilities be affected?
RtI Continuum of Support
Demonstrated effective
practices & outcomes
Specialized knowledge
Trend #2: Increased use of data for decision making, in addition to
accountability
Concern: Are most educationally important questions being asked?
Student need & outcomes
Evidence-based practices
Implementation fidelity
Trend #3: Reactive solutions to economic downturn
Concern: How will we ensure that our decisions will be wise,
preventive, effective, & doable?
Exemplars, not demonstrations
Investment in real
implementers
Implementation capacity
Concern: Can we maintain a focus on schools when communities & families are struggling to secure
meaningful & supportive employment, adequate health care,
safe housing, etc.?
Inclusion of families
Investment in family capacity
Meaningful use of &
collaboration w/ community resources
Trend #4: Increased isolation/separation of schools from communities because of failure to close achievement gap, & generally raise overall
achievement
Concern: Will criticism disengage & alienate families & communities from schools?
Documentation of successes
Meaningful inclusion of families &
communities
Establishment of range of exemplars
Trend #5: Increased emphasis on applying “implementation science” to
school reform
Concern: Does an effective, demonstrated science of implementation exist? If yes, does
infrastructure for resource utilization & allocation exist to support science?
Doable implementation
blueprint
Data-based decision making
Functions & behavior
Capacity building
Improved organizational
functioning
Trend: #6: Increased emphasis on expecting “failing schools” to do more to
improve their outcomes
Concern: Haven’t ineffective schools already demonstrated that they lack the capacity to reform practice & implement with fidelity?
Implementation blueprint Do less, better Data &
evidence-basedCapacity building
State, district, & school
leadership
Trend #7: Enhancement of NCLB by reauthorization of ESEA
Concern: Can we maintain investments in effective practices & systems w/ reauthorization
under change in political leadership?
Exemplars, recognition, &
data
Organizational & resource efficiency
Pre- & in-service professional development
Political & policy advocacy &
action
Implementation logic, science, &
blueprint
• Keep max. air pressureBicycling
• Keep cue level & follow throughBilliards
• Examine behavior in contextBehavior analysis
• Describe the mechanismResearch
• Keep knife sharpCooking
• Establish measurable outcomePBIS
Fundamentals