Getting started

Getting started …

Implementing PBIS in Your Building
“Even
Even if you’re
you re on
the right track,
you’ll get run over
if you just sit
there”

- Will Rogers
 Goals
Every school’s ultimate goals in establishing a School-wide Positive
Behavior Support program should include the following:
• Set into place consistent and proactive management practices
• Everyone in the school will be teaching/modeling appropriate
behavior
• Cl
Clearly
l ddefined
fi d rules
l s and
d behavioral
b h i l expectations
t ti s will
ill be
b iin place
l
• Maintain a systematic correction and acknowledgement of student
behavior
• School-wide
h l d improved dbbehavior
h
• School-wide improved academic performance
 Six Basic Recommendations for
I l
Implementing
ti PBIS
• Never stop doing what is already working
• Always
Al llook
kffor th
the smallest
ll t change
h that
th t will
ill produce
d
the largest effect
• Do not add something new without defining what you will
st d
stop doing
i tto makek th
the addition
dditi possible
ssibl
• Collect and use data for decision-making
• Adapt any initiative to make it “fit”
fit your school
community, culture, context
• Establish policy clarity before investing in
implementation
 Building-level
C
Commitments/Structures
i /S N
Needed
d d
• Three-five
f year focus
y f to get
g sustainable changeg
• Active administrative support and participation
• Administrative leadership for PBIS teams
• Commitment from staff (80%)
• Ongoing communication and support with staff
• C
Completion
l i and d use of
fddata collection
ll i
¾ Discipline and academic data, survey, checklists
• Staff participation in ongoing training/coaching
YEAR 1 OUTCOME OBJECTIVES
• Establish
Establish leadership team
leadership team
• Establish staff agreements
• Build working knowledge & foundations of 
ld k k l d &f d f
PBIS practices & systems
• Develop & begin implementation of 
l &b i i l i f
individualized action plan for PBIS
 What Will PBIS look like in
Your School?
h l
• >80% of students can tell you what is expected of them & 
give behavioral example
• Positive adult‐to‐student interactions exceed negative
• Function‐based behavior support
Function based behavior support is foundation for addressing 
is foundation for addressing
problem behavior
• Data‐ & team‐based action planning & implementation are 
operating
ti
• Administrators are active participants
• Full continuum of behavior support
u co t uu o be a o suppo t is available to all students
s a a ab e to a stude ts