School-Wide Positive Behavioral Interventions & Supports:

New Team TrainingClassroom Systems

Day 2

Critical Features1. PBIS Team2. Faculty/Staff Commitment3. Expectations and Rules Developed4. Develop Plans for Teaching Expectations/Rules5. Acknowledgement Program Established6. Effective Procedures for Dealing with Problem

Behaviors7. Data Entry and Analysis Plan Established

8. Classroom Behavior Systems9. Implementation Plan10. Evaluation

• Define and teach classroom routines• How to enter class and begin to work• How to predict the schedule for the day• What to do if you do not have materials• What to do if you need help• What to do if you need to go to the bathroom• What to do if you are handing in late material• What to do if someone is bothering you.• Signals for moving through different activities.

– “Show me you are listening”

• Establish a signal for obtaining class attention• Teach effective transitions.

Procedures and Routines

Anchored to the

School Wide rules

EXPECTATIONS

Classroom Procedures/Routines

Class-Wide ArrivalCooperative

LearningGroups

IndependentSeat Work Whole Group

Identify Attention Signal…….Teach, Practice, Reinforce

Be Respectful• Listen to others• Use inside

voice • Use kind words• Ask permission

• Enter/exit classroom prepared

• Use inside voice

• Listen to others• Acceptdifferences• Use kind words• Encourageothers

• Use quiet voice

• Follow directions

• Eyes/ears on speaker

• Raise hand to speak

• Contribute to learning

Be Responsible

• Be prepared• Follow

directions• Be a problem

solver• Make choices

that support your goals

• Place materials in correct area

• Begin warm-up promptly

• Use Time Wisely

• Contribute• Complete your

part

Be a TASK master

• Use your neighbor

• Follow directions

• Take notes• Meet your

goals

Be Safe

• Keep hands, feet, and objects to self

• Organize your self

• Walk

• Walk • Use Materials Carefully

• Keep hands, feet, and objects to self

• Stay at seat• Keep hands,

feet, and objects to self

Classroom teachers use immediate & Specific Praise

• Descriptive• Specific• Contingent upon

student demonstration of expected behavior

(Gable, Hester, Rock, & Hughes, 2009; Hawkins & Hefflin, 2010)

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Classroom Response Strategies & Error Correction

“ When everyone handles infractions with instructional correction

procedures, students learn that what happens when they misbehave

is procedure not personal.”~Bob Algozzine

Are prevention strategies in place?Active supervisionPromptingPre-correctionOpportunities to respond

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Why Focus on Response Strategies & Error Correction?

“The single most commonly used but least effective method for addressing undesirable behavior is to verbally scold and berate a student”

(Albetro & Troutman, 2006)

Considerations for Error Correction

• Embrace correction as a tool to truly help students; correction is not punitive, it is instructional.

• Always correct privately; use preferred adult behaviors that maintain respect for the student.

MO SW-PBS

Responding to Inappropriate Behavior

• Re-direct• Re-teach• Provide Choice• Student Conference

Done privately • Match to frequency & severity of behavior• Increase rates of teaching and praise

MO SW-PBS

The 10 Critical Elements BENCHMARKS OF QUALITY

A, IP, N Notes

ClassroomSystems

Progress Monitoring 42. Classroom rules are defined for each of the school-wide expectations and are posted in classrooms.

43. Classroom routines and procedures are explicitly identified for activities where problems often occur (e.g. entering class, asking questions, sharpening pencil, using restroom, dismissal)

44. Expected behavior routines in classroom are taught

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45. Classroom teachers use immediate and specific praise

46. Acknowledgement of students demonstrating adherence to classroom rules and routines occurs more frequently than acknowledgement of inappropriate behaviors

47. Procedures exist for tracking classroom behavior problems

48. Classrooms have a range of consequences/interventions forproblem behavior that are documented and consistently delivered

BoQ Action Planner

Team Time

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