Political Support, Policy, & Sustainability of PBIS: A National & State Perspective

Political Support, Policy, & Sustainability of PBIS: A National &

State Perspective

• Matt Cregor, NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund

• John Gardner, Illinois PBIS Network

Working the Blueprint!

Leadership Team

Funding

Visibility PoliticalSupport

Training Coaching Evaluation

Local Demonstrations

Active Coordination

BehavioralExpertise

Policy

Illinois PBIS Network Statewide Leadership Team

• About sixty strong• Includes reps from several code agencies with

interrelated missions: i.e.: ISBE, ROEs, ISCs,• universities, local districts, special education

cooperatives, juvenile justice, legislators• Ill. Ed. Association and Ill. Federation of

Teachers• Family and community participants

State Leadership Team

• Meets Quarterly for a 5 hour work session• Is an important forum for helping support the

overall objective of the PBIS Network “ expediting the effects of our work for the most vulnerable of populations”

• Staff leads and elicits ideas and suggestions from SLT members

Building Capacity

Implementing PBIS in Illinois Schools Over 13 Years as of June 30, 2011

FY99 FY00 FY01 FY02 FY03 FY04 FY05 FY06 FY07 FY08 FY09 FY10 FY110

200

400

600

800

1,000

1,200

1,400

1,600

23120

184

303394

444520

587654

895

*1,081

*1,307

1,460

Implementing PBIS in Illinois High Schools Over 13 Years as of June 30, 2011

FY99 FY00 FY01 FY02 FY03 FY04 FY05 FY06 FY07 FY08 FY09 FY10 FY110

20

40

60

80

100

120

140

160

180

1 3 6 10 11 1421

2936

55

*84

*122

156

ISBE Illinois Statewide Technical Assistance Center

ISTAC

Braiding Initiatives

Steve Goodman

Braiding meansConsider the core features of an initiative, what other current initiatives share these features and may be combined to

– Share resources

– Share activities (e.g., Professional Development)

– Share information (e.g., data collection)

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Illinois Statewide Leadership Team

Funding

VisibilityPoliticalSupport

Training Coaching Evaluation

Statewide Leadership Team Workgroups

Active Coordination

BehavioralExpertise

Policy

Illinois Statewide Leadership Team Workgroups

Related Initiatives

Operations

PoliticalSupport &

VisibilityTier 2/3 High School

Violence

InteragencyDemonstrations

Funding

School, family,Community Partnership

Disporpor-tionality

Demo

Political Support/Visibility Work Group

FY07-11 PBIS School Recognition

Level of Recognition 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11

Start Up NA NA 46 102 128

Emerging 25 81 71 197 264

Implementing 84 145 64 139 156

Fully Implementing 4 27 18 17 31

Exemplar 0 0 0 1 2

Total Awards 113 253 199 456 581

School Recognition• A record number of schools (581) applied to be recognized for

their progress implementing PBIS during the 2010-11 school year…nearly 30% increase over last year.

• Early this fall, all schools will receive congratulatory letters from the Network, and some will also receive letters from ISBE’s Elizabeth Hanselman and Chris Koch.

• Go to www.pbisillinois.org under the “Implementers” link, then the “Recognition Process” link.

Legislator VisitsResponse to Network’s annual mailing last spring inviting Illinois legislators to selected PBIS schools in their local legislative districts: • IL Representative Norine Hammond - District #94: Monmouth-Roseville Junior High

School, Monmouth-Roseville CUSD 238 - April 18th.

• IL Senator Linda Holmes - District #42: McCleery Elementary School, Aurora West USD 129 - April 28th

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• IL Representative Lisa Dugan - District #79: Manteno Middle School, Manteno CUSD 5 - week of May 9th

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• IL Representative Joe Sosnowski - District #69: Caledonia Elementary School, Belvidere School District #100 – scheduled for August 23rd

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• IL Representative Rich Brauer - District #100 and IL Representative Raymond Poe -District #99: inquired about visiting PBIS schools in the future.

• IL Senator Toi Hutchinson - District #40: Provided information about PBIS schools implementing in her district.

Bullying Prevention Task Force

• Illinois Prevent School Violence Act 2010• Illinois PBIS Network Director Lucille Eber

addressed this group • Recommendations include elimination of zero

tolerance policies of discipline with supportive and restorative discipline policies and practices

Political Support/Visibility Work Group Focus

• Updates on current activitiesa. Visibility with legislators b. Annual mailing in fall

• Dignity in Schools, National Legislation

School/Family/Community Partnerships Work Group

2009 How do you get these type of partnerships to really work? Do we have any good examples? NoDo we have any parent, family representatives on the State Leadership Team? No

2010/11 We do now and are developing strategies for promoting the concept at the district and school level.

School/Family/Community Partnerships Work Group Focus

• 2011-12 activities to ensure districts are confident on how to share information with families about PBIS implementation

• Next steps with larger ISTAC activities to enhance family voice and leadership activities

Disproportionality Demonstration Work Group Focus

1. Ensure schools have access and knowledge:a. To self-assess with UConn checklistb. To check data by ethnicity and disability c. To add CR strategies to expedite effect

2. Create teaching/learning examples w/data;a. Specific CR strategies (RJ, curriculum, etc.)

Disproportionality Demonstration Work Group

ACCOMPLISHMENTS1. Exploring potential integration of RJ strategies2. Learning from WI and IN on Cultural Relavence

strategies3. UConn Checklist4. Increasing use of ethnicity feature in SWIS5. Partnering with several schools to learn about

their efforts and effects

PBIS Schools Reviewing Discipline Data by Ethnicity as of June 30, 2011

2008-09 2009-10 2010-110

100

200

300

400

500

600

700

800

597 758 746

307

385

505

Number of Schools Fully Using SWISNumber of Schools Fully Using Ethnicity Data

# of

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ools

Educational Environment Work Group

EE Demo Project

• In FY 10, IL had 16,172 students in 5C (5.96%) with target of 10,584 (3.9%)

• That equates to 5,588 students more students in 5c than the target

• Targeted TA to districts with highest 5c rates

EE Workgroup Goals

1. Review potential EE data training content to integrate

into AS50, Coaches Courses, Administrator Academies,

and District Summits

2. Define Demo process for expediting impact on EE data

in selected districts

3. Develop tasks and timelines for re-positioning ISTAC

staff into integrated teams in EE Demo districts

Educational Environment Work Group Focus

• Next Steps in potential sites (Kankakee, East Aurora, U46, others?

• Next steps with School-wide Application Model (SAM-IL)

Connection with School Improvement process– Initiation in East St Louis and Rockford & Chicago

Tier 2/3 Work Group• Year 1 Goals

– Agency partners sitting on Tier 2 PBIS teamsat four sites

– Training agency partners in PBIS overview– Training agency partners in Tier 2 small groups

interventions (common data points and progress monitoring using DPR card)

– Expanding partnershipsTaylor Family YMCA Streamwood Behavioral Healthcare

i3 Grant Resubmission• On August 2, the Network resubmitted an application for the

federal Investing in Innovation Fund (i3) Grant under Priority 4: Innovations that Turn Around Persistently Low-performing Schools, titled “School-Wide Application Model (SAM) Illinois (SAM-IL)”.

• Resources from the grant will allow validation and expansion of this school-reform model using a combined academic and behavioral RtI approach (PBIS) through a fully integrated organizational structure.

Related Initiatives Work Group

To ensure efficiency for districts and schools with related school improvement initiatives• Ensure academic and behavior blend of RtI

Related Initiatives Work Group

• Continue to develop a recommended protocol that acknowledges School Improvement Plan (SIP) efforts already in place, as well as explore how to integrate commonalities across ISTAC projects.

Leveraging State IDEA Funds• Blended ISTAC teams of technical assistance

coordinators (TACs)

• ISTAC staff from CHOICES/IATTAP coaching and co-

facilitating first group of kids in districts with district staff

• Ongoing district planning and data review and intensive

training and repositioning of district specialized service

staff required

• Moving ISTAC staff to training and TA roles (only) after

one year

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High School Violence Work Group

• Many challenges– Getting the right people at the table– Setting a clear purpose– Adjusting to changes

• Year 2– Finding its identity– Moving towards Alternatives to Suspension– Involving the necessary people– Adjusting to staff changes again

Interagency Demonstrations Work Group Focus

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• Plan to pilot ISF facilitation guide in Urbana• Strategies for sharing data and process of teaming

and intervention activities in districts• Process for building continuum of Mental Health

interventions within multi-tiered framework

Questions