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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
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1 3 6 10 11 1421
2936
55
*84
*122
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ISBE Illinois Statewide Technical Assistance Center
ISTAC
Braiding Initiatives
Steve Goodman
Braiding means
Consider 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
.
• 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
Sch
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