SW-PBIS TrainingAcknowledgment System

Day 3

Chris Borgmeier, PhD

Portland State University

cborgmei@pdx.edu

www.swpbis.pbworks.com

Team Progress Reports

What have you accomplished since the last training?Finalize PBS team membersOn-site meeting & meeting scheduleSW RulesExpectations GridLesson PlansPresentation to staffFeedback & participation from staff

Now that you’ve been working on this…. What questions do you have? Team Representation

Team Process

Communication with Staff Understanding Buy-In & Commitment

SW Rules

Behavioral Expectations

Lesson Plans

PBIS Assessment

www.pbisassessment.org

Introduction towww.pbisassessment.org

Preview www.pbisassessment.org

Review Team Implementation Scores Review Staff Self Assessment Scores

Team Implementation Checklist Subscale

Student Self Assessment Subscale

Staff Self- Assessment

Surveyx Item

Team Work Time

Open up your School Account on www.pbisassessment.orgRequires School ID #

Review your School DataStaff Self Assessment DataTeam Implementation Checklist

Acknowledgement Systems: Catch ‘em being Good

PBS: Defining Features

Teaching Expected Behavior Increase Structure and Predictability by explicitly

teaching Behavioral Expectations and Routines. Reduce the mystery and chaos by making expectations

explicit through formal teaching Develop a “United Front” across all staff through

consistent language & expectations Increased Structure = Decreased Chaos = Fewer

Problems

PBS: Defining Features

Reinforcing Expected BehaviorTeaching alone is not enough, we also need to

regularly Reinforce students for following expectations

Improving the School ClimateBy increasing the number of Positive

Interactions between staff and students we are improving the school climate.

Acknowledgment Systems

Purpose: To reinforce school rules, behavioral expectations &

positive behavior

Promote a more positive school environment School-wide 5:1 positive/negative interaction ratio Regular school-wide celebration of positive behavior

Increase positive interactions b/w staff & students

Prompt busy adults to remember to reinforce positive behavior

FAILURE SUCCESS 5 : 1

Positive Behavior Support is…. What parents, teachers, peers and others do

to increase student success---the whole village!

5:1 ratio, it’s not just for kids

Business teams High Performance teams = 5.6 to 1 Medium Performance teams = 1.9:1 Low Performance teams = 1 to 2.7

Losada, 1999; Losada & Heaphy 2004

Married couples that last 5.1 to for speech acts and 4.7 to 1 for observed

emotions Gottman, 1994

Gottman info.

predicted whether 700 newlywed couples would stay together or divorce by scoring their positive and negative interactions in one 15-minute conversation between each husband and wife. Ten years later, the follow-up revealed that they had predicted divorce with 94% accuracy.

Marriages that last: 5.1 to 1 for speech acts and 4.7 to 1 for observed emotions

Marriages likely to end in divorce: 1 (+) to1.3 (-) ratio likely to end up in divorce

Team Discussion

What concerns might come up at your school regarding ‘caught you being good’, acknowledgement systems, incentives, etc?

What ideas or questions do you have about how to address these concerns with staff?

Acknowledgment Systems

Big pay-off for limited expense Immediate reinforcement with tokens that are

accessible to all students

Link with school wide celebration of positive behavior Lottery system helps to keep incentives cheap

Lot of kids have chance to win… but pay out is cheap Small tangible rewards Public recognition is often powerful

Make the program catchy – link with school rules &/or school mascot

Cougar paws, Pawsitives, Starbucks, Bravo tickets, etc.

To consider when developing an acknowledgment ticket Must be Easy for Staff to use

Limit writing, and make easy to carry around - fit in pocket

If not easy to use & carry, it won’t be used

Frequent feedback for students All staff should have tickets ALL students should be able to access tickets &

acknowledgment, even those students with most challenging behavior

At least 50% of the students should get acknowledged every 2 months

Acknowledgment Tickets

Link acknowledgment to a school rule

Some schools like to include the specific behavior being acknowledged… but don’t want extra writing to reduce use of tickets

Team Task

Develop an acknowledgment ticket that coincides with your SW Rules

OR Evaluate any existing tokens used to

identify potential for improvement

PBIS AssessmentFluency check

Open new browser window Go to pbisassessment.org Open school account Find

Team Implementation Checklist Subscale Graph

Acknowledgement System:

Logistics

Example: Chavez Academy (K-8)

Handing out Thank You tickets is not limited to the students in a classroom. The opportunity exists to positively acknowledge a student's behavior in all areas of the school.

Teach Students during Introduction of system: I'll try my best to notice you. But you can't let me

know; that's my job.“ Students may not solicit tickets for themselves or for

others

Train staff how to hand out Acknowledgments “Sergio, thank you for picking up Jackie’s book for her

you are being very Respectful. I want to recognize your good behavior with a Caught Being Good ticket, I really appreciate it when you follow the school rules.”

1) Always pair the ticket with a verbal explanation that is genuine, clear & specifically identifies the behavior

2) Link with school rule

3) It is best to provide the ticket immediately after the student engages in the behavior

How will students turn in their tickets? In classroom? In box at lunch? In barrel in hallway?

Then, what will happen to the tickets Earn School-wide reward?

Fill the barrel & whole school earns a popcorn party

Earn classroom reward? Classes can earn free time after so many tickets earned

Drawing for individual students?

Example: Chavez Academy (K-8)

A student who receives a Thank You ticket should hold on to the ticket until an appropriate time when he/she can stop by the library and drop it in the piñata.

Staff can remind students to drop off tickets but ultimately the students are responsible for dropping off their own tickets.

There are two different piñatas in which to drop the tickets: one for grades K-3 and another for 4-8.

Acknowledgement Assemblies

Part of regular school routineAcknowledgment assemblies should happen

every two to four weeks

Be Creative!System & reinforcers must be

developmentally appropriate across elementary, MS & HS

Example: Chavez Academy (K-8)

Each Friday, 10 names will be drawn, five from each piñata, by the principal. These 10 students will be called down to the principal's office.

Each student will share with the administrator why they received the ticket. They will also get to pick an "opportunity" from the opportunity box.

The opportunity box will have several selections for the students to choose from, either a coupon for a special privilege or a small item.

Students will also sign a triangle to glue to the large triangle poster on the wall outside the principal’s office as a visual reminder of students who have been recognized for being safe, responsible, and/or respectful.

Example: Chavez Academy (K-8)

When students put tickets in the piñatas in the library, the tickets will remain in the piñata for the month.

At the end of the month, all tickets will be counted and dumped into the larger, clear container. It will be centrally located and visible to all.

Periodically, there will be drawings from the big container for larger items such as a school t-shirt, etc.

Reinforcer Ideas

Elementary Usually any trinkets paired

with public recognition Toys School supplies Bubble parties

Middle & High School Homework pass Discounts at school store Tickets to school dance Time w/ peers

Pizza party Social & listen to music

Lunch w/ staff Staff serve spaghetti

dinner In-school movie Early release from class Class parties or cultural

events Movie tickets

Team Tasks

LOGISTICS How & where will tickets be turned in? What is the schedule for Acknowledgment

assembly? How will the acknowledgment celebration/

assembly work? What reinforcers will be handed out to

selected students at the acknowledgment celebration/assemblies?

Focus of Acknowledgment System

It is important that an Acknowledgment system is accessible to ALL students all the time

Beginning of year Heavy emphasis on reinforcing all school rules &

expectations

Returning from breaks, or entering months in which there were higher referrals in previous years May want to re-teach expectations & remind staff to

boost up use of acknowledgments

Increasing Staff Buy-In

Link incentive program w/ staff incentives Also recognize staff for using program w/

incentivesHave staff acknowledgement systemAlso acknowledge staff when students is

drawn Staff Incentive ideas

Starbucks dollars Free hour ticket to cash in for principal to cover class Front parking spot for week/month

Frequently Asked Questions

Should we track Positive Referrals?Track it broadly, not individually

Are teachers going through enough referral pads? Are grade levels invested in the system?

How many should be given out?Better to err on the side of more than lessNeed to be genuine & verbally paired w/ reason, not

handed out indiscriminately

Frequently Asked Questions

Shouldn’t students be expected to do these things without being rewarded?

1) Sure, BUT students are bringing a varied set of experiences and skills to school, unfortunately some students may not get enough acknowledgment at home

2) How many of you feel you get acknowledged often enough for the work you do?

3) This system should not replace regular verbal praise and pats on the back for students …all this system provides in addition for most students is a small piece of paper

4) This system is as much to help remind the adults to catch kids doing the right thing in school… we get busy and too often get caught up focusing on predominantly negative behavior (5 to 1 ratio)

Targeted Use of Acknowledgements & Incentives As year progresses, and specific areas of concern come

up in the school Can begin to target specific behaviors or areas in which to more

heavily focus use of acknowledgment system i.e. hallway behavior, appropriate language, etc.

Schools can also have other systems for recognizing students Classroom reward system in addition to school-wide system Incentives for most responsible class in cafeteria Class clean bathroom award Perfect attendance Honor Roll

Tasks

Develop or refine your Acknowledgment SystemDevelop a process for the Acknowledgment

System How to give out & collect acknowledgment slips

Develop & distribute acknowledgement slipDevelop an Acknowledgment assembly

schedule & plan assembliesDevelop a list of ReinforcersCollect reinforcersTrain staff in details of how system will work

Extending SW-PBIS to Substitute Teachers

Help Substitute Teachers Align w/ SW-PBIS Create a sub-folder & hold a sub

orientation Encourage substitutes to review

behavioral expectations during first 10 minutes with class Align expectations with SW-Rules

Help Substitute Teachers Align w/ SW-PBIS Acknowledgment System

Make sure substitute teachers have access to acknowledgment tickets

Encourage them to hand out 3-5 acknowledgment tickets in first 15 minutes while teaching behavioral expectations

Better Yet!! – Make the tickets a different color (Gold) for subs & make them worth double!

Substitute Folder What to include?

Overview of SW Rules & SW-PBISLesson Plan for Behavioral ExpectationsAcknowledgment TicketsOther?

Schedule Lesson Plans (Academic) Seating Chart? Behavior Plans Etc.

Team Work Time

Continue to work on your acknowledgment system

Consider creating a Substitute Teacher PBIS SystemSub Folders? – Orientation?Acknowledgments

Tasks

Develop or refine your Acknowledgment SystemDevelop a process for the Acknowledgment

System How to give out & collect acknowledgment slips

Develop & distribute acknowledgement slipDevelop an Acknowledgment assembly

schedule & plan assembliesDevelop a list of ReinforcersCollect reinforcersTrain staff in details of how system will work

Prioritize, Divide & Conquer Developing Lesson Plans

Developing a teaching schedule for School Rules New Student Orientation (those coming mid-year)

Develop Acknowledgment System PBIS Handbook Ongoing plan for presentation to staff &

feedback Substitute Teacher folders Classroom Expectations

Follow-up Tasks

Finalized SW PBS team & meeting schedule

Developing Expectations Grid Developing Lesson Plans

Developing a teaching schedule for School Rules

Develop Acknowledgment System Ongoing plan for presentation to staff &

feedback