welcome to the 2014-2015 school year!!. middle school students are inherently well-behaved!
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Welcome to the 2014-2015 Welcome to the 2014-2015
School Year!!School Year!!
Middle School Students are inherently well-behaved!
……until they aren’t!until they aren’t!
Can we really manage student Can we really manage student behavior?!?behavior?!?
PPositive ositive
BBehavioral ehavioral
IInterventions nterventions andand
SSupportsupports
P B I S
It’s all about It’s all about Prevention!Prevention!
How can we decrease the likelihood that certain How can we decrease the likelihood that certain behaviors will occurbehaviors will occur
(and others won’t)(and others won’t) ? ?
By creating environments that are safe, predictable, By creating environments that are safe, predictable, positive and consistent.positive and consistent.
Our ultimate goals:Our ultimate goals:
o Violent and disruptive behaviors are not Violent and disruptive behaviors are not tolerated! tolerated!
o Everyone has same understanding of Everyone has same understanding of expectationsexpectations
o Everyone uses the same language.Everyone uses the same language.
o Responses to behavior are the same.Responses to behavior are the same.
o Regular recognition of positive behaviorRegular recognition of positive behavior
Four critical featuresFour critical features
Clear expectationsClear expectations
o Be safe Be safe o Be responsible Be responsible o Be respectfulBe respectful
Students come to school with broad differences in their understanding of what is
safe, responsible and respectful!.
We can’t assume students OF ANY AGE
know how to behave!
““They should know it by nowThey should know it by now”” ……but maybe they donbut maybe they don’’t!t!
Instead of Instead of punishingpunishing students for not students for not automatically knowing how we want them automatically knowing how we want them
to behave, we spend time teaching them to behave, we spend time teaching them what good behavior looks like!what good behavior looks like!
Be specific!Be specific!
“ “This is how we wait our This is how we wait our turn to get on the bus.”turn to get on the bus.”
“ “This is how we go This is how we go through the lunch line.”through the lunch line.”
Expectations shouldn’t be expressed just one time!
……reteach reteach …… reteach reteach …… reteach reteach …… reteach reteach ……
““Students learn appropriate Students learn appropriate behavior the same way a child learns to behavior the same way a child learns to read – through instruction, practice, read – through instruction, practice, feedback, and encouragement.”feedback, and encouragement.”
PositivesPositives
Positives!Positives!
The use of positives can help
shape attitudes and behavior!
Positive interactions
Positive feedback
Positive relationships
Positive reinforcement
If these thingsare important
to adults, why wouldn’t
they be important to students?
Many students get an abundance of Many students get an abundance of negatives at home.negatives at home.
Kids need (and want) positive adult Kids need (and want) positive adult attention in order to thrive!attention in order to thrive!
The single most important thing you The single most important thing you can do to prevent student discipline can do to prevent student discipline problems is to build a relationship problems is to build a relationship
with studentswith students!!
o Welcome students every dayWelcome students every dayo Smile, make eye contactSmile, make eye contacto Make it a point to use their nameMake it a point to use their nameo Have conversations, ask questionsHave conversations, ask questionso Be trustworthy. Be trustworthy. “What I say today is “What I say today is
still going to be true tomorrow”.still going to be true tomorrow”.o Be fair. Be fair. If the rules are true for one If the rules are true for one
person, they are true for everyone.person, they are true for everyone.
“Nice to see you!”
Try to have at least 4 positive Try to have at least 4 positive interactions to each interactions to each ““negativenegative”” one one
“Thanks a lot for picking that up.”
“Good job of staying in your seat today!”
“Have a great day!”“Oh boy…”
Incentives!Incentives!
Why use them?Why use them?
o They help you learn to look for the good in kids. They help you learn to look for the good in kids. o They give you an opportunity to build They give you an opportunity to build
relationships with kids.relationships with kids.o They multiply the positive reinforcement.They multiply the positive reinforcement.o It is more effective in helping kids change habits It is more effective in helping kids change habits
than verbal praise alone…than verbal praise alone…but it needs to be but it needs to be meaningful and sincere!meaningful and sincere!
PLEASE NOTE: The most effective reward for kids is positive adult attention!
If you If you teachteach it it and and expectexpect it it
and they and they DO ITDO IT,,
acknowledgeacknowledge it! it!
(Catch them being good!)
Children comply with theChildren comply with the
rules 80% of the time. However rules 80% of the time. However
they are complimented for theirthey are complimented for their
behavior less than…..behavior less than…..
2%
Research indicates that you can significantly improve behavior just by pointing out what someone is doing
correctly.
Focus more attention on what kids do right than
on what they do wrong!
CorrectionsCorrections
CORRECTIONS
PUNISHMENTS!PUNISHMENTS!
Not the same thing!
Punishment doesn’t work!Punishment doesn’t work!
The most difficult students have a The most difficult students have a high tolerance for our high tolerance for our punishments.punishments.
Punishment doesn’t work when most
everything in someone’s life
is already punishing.
Jeff Sprague
““If your only tool is a hammer, every If your only tool is a hammer, every problem becomes a nail”problem becomes a nail”
Too often we continue to do the same thing (often punitive)
and expect different results!
PBIS approach to correction:PBIS approach to correction:
Re-teach expected behavior If student complies, acknowledge
them!
If student refuses to comply, generate a written referral about behavior
If student STILL refuses to comply, follow progressive discipline policy.
Data driven decisionsData driven decisions
Data-driven decisionsData-driven decisions
To make good decisions, we need To make good decisions, we need good datagood data …… so our decisions aren so our decisions aren’’t t based on our last worst day!based on our last worst day!
#!*+!#($*%)! !
It’s important to keep data about student behavior! Discipline referral data helps with entering incidents into
SWIS (School-Wide Information System), tracking behavior patterns and making decisions regarding
behavior challenges.
(SAMPLE)
School PBIS teams look at School PBIS teams look at the “BIG 5” in data:the “BIG 5” in data:
HOW MANY referrals per day are we averaging?
WHO are we seeing the most of?
WHAT behaviors are happening?
WHERE are they
happening?
At WHAT times
of day?
Teams make decisions based on that data…
Do we need to do a reteach of a particular expectation?
Does EVERYONE need it…or just one grade level? (Or just one person?)
Is there anything we can alter in the environment? Does a particular area need more supervision? Etc.
Hopefully next month’s data will tell Hopefully next month’s data will tell us if our decisions were good ones!us if our decisions were good ones!
80%
15%
5%
It pays to put the majority of effort and attention into
PREVENTION!!
80% of students will respond to instruction; no
problem!
15% of students may need some “tier two” interventions to help them with behavior.
5% of students may require “tier
three” helps to manage chronic problems with
behavior.
Now the BIG QUESTION!BIG QUESTION!
“ “Does it work?”Does it work?”
o 17,000 schools across the Nation are implementing PBIS
o It is used in Juvenile Detention centers and Mental Health facilities
o Other Nations have adopted it o PBIS is fast becoming the “gold
standard” of behavior management
Adults need to work together to:stay “on the same page”keep their agreementscommunicateuse the same languagedeliver the same message
…consistency, consistency, consistency…
It takes time, effort and practice!It takes time, effort and practice!
Everyone involved with students is an Educator!
Thank you for doing your part to make sure school is the best part of every kids day!
Sue Ann Moore, BA, CPSSue Ann Moore, BA, CPS
PBIS Coach, Roseburg Public SchoolsPBIS Coach, Roseburg Public Schools
[email protected]@roseburg.k12.or.us