PBIS(Positive Behavioral

Interventions and Supports)

Northwest AEALDA of Siouxland

November 18, 2010

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PRACTICES

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Positive Behavioral

Interventions and Supports

SW-PBIS – Creating A Culture of Competence?

• Define behavioral expectations• Teach behavioral expectations• Monitor and reward appropriate behavior• Provide corrective consequences for

problem behaviors.• Use collected data to solve problems and

make decisions.

Practices

All students

Some students

Few students

Positive Behavioral Supports Systems and Practices

Define School-Wide Expectationsfor Behavior

• Identify 3-5 Expectations• Short statements• Positive Statements (what to do, not what to

avoid doing)• Memorable

Longfellow Elementary

• Show Respect• Positive Attitude• Ownership/Responsibility• Try your Best

Longfellow Elementary

Expectations: Hall Classroom Lunchroom Playground Bathroom

Show Respect for self

and others.

* Hands to self.

*Walk single file.

*Quiet feet

*Silent

*Work quietly.

*Eyes on speaker.

*Pleasant voice.

*Use manners.

*Hands, feet, and

objects to self

*inside voices

*Silent when adult

raises hand *Use

walking feet at all times

*Invite others to join in

*Hands and feet to self

*Polite language

*Leave rocks on the

ground

*Respect privacy

*Hands, feet, and

objects to self

*Quiet

Positive Attitude

* Thumbs up to friends

*Smile

*Kind words

*Acknowledge when

spoken to positively

*Use appropriate

language and manners

*Be patient

*Good sportsmanship *Use manners

Ownership

*Keep hallways clean

and clear. *

Take quickest, shortest,

and most direct route.

*Feet on floor

*Hands in own personal

space *Take

turns- raise hands, wait

for permission to speak

*Be honest

*Keep lunch room clean

and clear *Eat

your lunch *Clean

up area around tray

*When the bell rings,

stop playing and walk to

line

*Quiet voices on the line

*Follow rules of the

games

*Use equipment

appropriately

*Flush tiolet

* Wash hands

* Toss trash

*Return to class

Try Your Best

*Be aware of others. *On time/on task

*Participate

*Complete all

assignments

*Table manners

*Clean up after yourself

Teach

Expectations & behavioral skills are taught & recognized in natural context

On-going Monitoring and Acknowledging of Appropriate

Behavior

• Create a system to support frequent acknowledgement

• acknowledgement of appropriate behavior.

• System to make acknowledgement easy and simple

• Different strategies for acknowledging appropriate behavior (small frequent rewards more effective)

• Often multiple methods of acknowledgement

Akron-Westfield

Name: _______________Class___________

Respectful Responsible

Prepared Kind

!

Consistent Corrective Consequences Problem

Behaviors• Do not ignore problem behavior

• Provide clear guidelines for what is handled in class versus sent to the office

• Corrective Consequences include logical punishment and penalties for misbehavior

• Do not relay on negative consequences to change chronic behavior patterns

Progressive Consequences – (Unity Elementary)

Use of data

• Use data to make decisions and solve problems

• Data about student behavior• Use of data to determination

implementation integrity

Data

Office Discipline Referrals

• Data shared frequently with all staff - presented visually for easy interpretation

• Behavior tracking should be simple– very little teacher time to fill out

• Consistency across school staff– Clear, mutually exclusive, exhaustive definitions– Distinction between office v. classroom managed

Accountability

How are we doing?

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Systems To Support Practices• Administrative Support and Active Involvement• Team implements and works to sustain efforts over time• Data systems that are easy to access and use• Embedded into school routines and activities• Written policy

– Expectations– Lesson plans– Systems to make acknowledgement easy– Consequence rubrics/guidelines– Using data

• Budgeted support Systems

All students

Some students

Few students

Positive Behavioral Supports Systems and Practices

What Schools Are Implementing PBIS• Longfellow Elementary (Sioux City) - SPOTS• Akron-Westfield Elementary – Double RPK• Akron-Westfield MS – Double RPK• West Sioux Elementary – Bee Ready, Responsible, Respectful• West Sioux MS - PRIDE• Boyden-Hull Elementary - COMETS• South O’Brien Elementary - PAWS• South O’Brien Junior High - ROAR• Smith Elementary (Sioux City) - PAWS• Sacred Heart Elementary (Sioux City) - STARS• Unity Elementary (Sioux City) – TEAM U• Gehlen Catholic (LeMars) – BIRDS• Hinton Elementary (PK-3)• Lark Elementary (West Monona School District) – Spartan STARS• Central Elementary (West Monona School District) - Spartan STARS• Crescent Park Elementary (Sioux City)

Jerome Schaefer

Northwest AEA

712-222-6338

jschaefer@nwaea.com