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PBIS Year 1 Developing An Implementation Plan

Session 6

Dr. Christine Peck

Cooperative Education Services

PBIS Network

Critical Features

1. PBIS Team

2. Faculty/Staff Commitment

3. Expectations and Rules Developed

4. Develop Plans for Teaching Expectations/Rules

5. Acknowledgement Program Established

6. Effective Procedures for Dealing with Problem Behaviors

7. Data Entry and Analysis Plan Established

8. Classroom Behavior Systems

9. Evaluation

10. Implementation Plan

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IMPLEMENTING

SCHOOL-WIDE PBIS

Objectives

• Identify tools to help implementation in your school

• Identify the focus of your initial team meetings

• Identify who to train and areas they should receive

training

• Review other considerations

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Start with your action plan

Sample

• Use the Annual

Action Plan tool

• See examples on the

wiki

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DO YOU FEEL LIKE THIS?

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Initial PBIS Meetings

• Implementation of PBIS

– (Getting the Critical Elements in place)

– Discuss each element and put product book together

– Faculty trainings

– Student trainings

– Faculty and student trainings may occur over several days throughout the year

BOOK OF PRODUCTS

• Description of SW PBIS

• Mission Statement, PBIS Team Members

• Referral Process (flow chart)

• Referral forms (Major & Minor)

• Definitions of Problem Behaviors

• Expectations & Rules

• Lesson Plans

• Suggestions for Effective Consequences

• Description of Acknowledgement System

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Faculty/Staff

Orientation & Training

• Overview of SW PBIS & obtain buy-in (1 hour)

• Basic Principles of Behavior (1 hour)

• Referral process, definitions of behavior, referral forms,

using data to make decisions (2-3 hours)

• Expectations, Rules, Lesson Plans (1-2 hours)

• Reward System, Effective Consequences (1-2 hours)

Introducing SWPBIS to Students

• Intro to Expectations (1 hour)

• Intro to Rules (1-5 hours)

• Reward System (1 hour)

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Regular PBIS Meetings

(1 hr per month)

• After PBIS implementation

• Typical content of meeting:

– Pull data and determine areas needing

intervention

– Decide on ways to decrease problem areas

– Decide next steps

Other Considerations

• Teaching New Staff Members

• Booster Trainings

• Preventing Potential Problems

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Teaching New Staff Members

• Who is responsible for training new staff throughout

the year?

• Means of instruction

– Person-to-person

– Written guide

– Observations

– Video

Keeping it Fresh: Booster Trainings

“Kick it up a Notch!!!” • Plan for refresher training throughout the year

– Person(s) responsible

– Timeline

– Instructional activities

– Training for modifications to the plan

• Example: Review trend data from last year- build in the

golden ticket acknowledgement- worth twice the value of

original ticket

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Booster Training for Staff

and Students

• New staff & students

• Beginning of the school year and near holidays/breaks

• Based on data

Preventing Potential Problems

• Establish a plan to address problems and

concerns during implementation

• Mechanism for communication (dialogue at

staff meetings, note box, emails, PBIS

meetings, etc…)

• Maintaining staff/student involvement

• Family involvement

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Roll Out Checklist

• The Roll Out Checklist includes:

– Teacher trainings

– Teaching students

– Administering rewards

– Booster training sessions

Do you believe in me?

http://youtu.be/Fma3Lvo7e7A

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Your Turn 1. Consider your NEXT steps:

• “Rolling It Out”

• Teacher training, teaching students, administering rewards, booster training sessions, including families

2. Who will do what - when?

• Create your Annual Action Plan for Implementation of Tier 1

3. What else might you need?