1. A Proven Way to Improve Your School Climate Implementing School-wide Positive Behavior Supports at the High School Level Dr. Lorraine Trollinger Jurupa Hills High School Fontana USD Lorraine.Trollinger@fusd.net

3. Abstract The success of school-wide positive behavior supports at Jurupa Hills High School is discussed in this presentation. It describes a three-tiered model of school-wide behavioral strategies (Tier 1), strategic intervention strategies (Tier 2), and intensive intervention strategies (Tier 3). Included is the design of our program and data analysis.

4. SPARTANS S.P.A.R.T.A Goal: To help students recognize their strengths through the use of encouragement and positive reinforcement.

5. School Context 9-12 Enrollment2,039 % Free/Reduced80% Staff139 Drop out rate 3.6% 2013-2014

6.  Professional Learning Communities (PLCs) school.  In-class, department-wide, Saturday School, and after school tutoring is available to all students.  100% of AVID seniors from the class of 2014 being accepted to a college or university.  Modified block schedule. Block days are Wednesday and Thursday.  Fully included Special Education program. Co-teaching.  International Baccalaureate program (IB) with its first graduating class graduating in May, 2014.  Jurupa Hills High School has fully implemented School-wide Positive Behavior Supports (SWPBS) and has seen a dramatic decrease in the number of students who are referred to administration, as well as suspended from school.  JHHS has also seen a significant decrease in the number of non-grad students.  JHHS has placed in the California Educational Theatre Association competitions for the last three years and won 1 st place for the 2013-2014 school year.

7. Principal Assistant Principals (3) Department Chairpersons Psychologists Guidance Counselors Guidance Technicians Regular Education Teachers Librarian Support Staff Special Education Teachers Life Skills Class Autistic Support Classes Speech Therapist Occupational and Physical Therapists School Staffing and Classes

8. Three Tiers Tier 3 Intensive Supports for most vulnerable students Tier 2 “At-Risk” students Tier 1 School Wide Behavioral Supports, all students SWIS Data: 90% of students have 5 or fewer discipline referrals.

9. S.P.A.R.T.A. Clearly Defined Expectations – spelled out in student language in all areas and taught using specially designed lessons.

10. S.P.A.R.T.A.  Successful Team Players  Personal Responsibility  Academic Achievers  Respect  Trustworthy  Always (24/7)

11. WHAT DO WE DO?  SCHOOL WIDE POSITIVE BEHAVIOR SUPPORTS SYSTEM (SWPBS)  SPARTA – TEACHING IT, CLASSROOM MATRIX, SCHOOL - WIDE MATRIX, SWPBS HOMEROOM ACTIVITIES AND DEPARTMENT LESSONS  Reformed Discipline Policies and Procedures  Collecting of Data

12. 2 Lessons per Month  Lesson plans are developed to address: Successful Team Players, Personal Responsibility, Academic Achievers, Respect, Trustworthy – Always (24/7)  Departments  Mini-lessons are taught during ½ hour homeroom time – 1x per month  Video clips  Discussion questions  Written questions and answers

15. Why Acknowledge Positive Behavior? JHHS staff want students to behave positively. Research indicates that acknowledging positive behavior increases positive behavior. Better behavior translates to more time in the classroom = increased student academic achievement and opportunity. We want to connect with our students. Students (people) like to hear when they have done a good job…don’t you? Positive praise builds connections and connections = increased student achievement.

16. RESEARCH Adolescents are described as reward- driven and risk seeking (Blakemore and Robbins, 2012; Galva, 2010). Human adolescents showed increased activation, relative to children and adults in response to high reward. (Galvan et al., 2006)

17. Student Incentives/Lessons You Take the Cake SPARTA Tickets – 100 Club Principal’s Prize Patrol Quarterly Reward Activities Homeroom Lessons Monthly Department Lessons

18. S.P.A.R.T.A. Student Incentives Partners in SPARTA.  Students receive blue Sparta slips for behavior based on the matrix  Student brings the SPARTA slip to the SPARTA station located in the mall area  Student completes SPARTA book, fills out postcard, and randomly chooses a number to place on the board  When 10 student names are in a row (down, across, diagonally), the winners are announced  Students win a special “party” with a friend.

20. SPARTA Student Incentives Marking Period Events  Events held at the end of each marking period to reward students for good behavior:  The “P.R.I.D.E.” is Right  The Match Game  The Dating Game  Relay Races  Field Day  Minute to Win It  All students complete a raffle for a chance to win Prizes.  All students have the opportunity to participate in the games.  Students must have Sparta status to attend.

21. No more than 2 failing grades in classroom subjects No more than 5 teacher/administrative detentions No more than 2 administrative referrals No suspensions (in or out of school) All detentions must be served prior to the event cut-off date Students will begin with a “clean slate” after each event has taken place.

29. Faculty Incentives Partners in.  The faculty member signs the blue SPARTA slip  When the 5 student winners are named, the blue PIP slips are used for a teacher raffle  Winning faculty member receives a gift card

30. SPARTA Faculty Incentives SPARTA Raffles  Faculty member wins the SPARTA parking space – one per grade. Once per week

31. SPARTA Student Incentives Principal’s Prize Patrol  Principals randomly call a classroom  The principal asks if the students all: arrived on-time, have an assignment book, or have their ID’s  If all students in the class “passed”, a student goes to the principal’s office to pick up treats for the class

32. SPARTA Education  Departments assigned a SPARTA focused lesson plan topic MonthDepartmentLesson Aug.ELASuccessful Team Players Sept.MathPersonal Responsibility Oct.SS/HealthAcademic Achievers Nov.ScienceRespect Dec.ELATrustworthy Jan.MathSTP Feb.SS/HealthPR MarchScienceAA AprilSS/HealthR MayScienceT

33. Lessons – 2x per month  Lesson plans are developed to address: Successful Team Players, Personal Responsibility, Academic Achievers, Respect, Trustworthy – Always (24/7)  SPARTA Core Team  Departments  Mini-lessons are taught during ½ hour homeroom time – 1x per month  Video clips  Discussion questions  Written questions and answers

34. Behavioral Support: A Three-Tiered Model SPARTA for ALL Students Classroom/HR lessons Reward and Incentive Program Tier 1 Targeted Interventions – group counseling Mentoring/Tutori ng Academic Support Programs – Math IXL, Read 180,System 44 Tier 2 Individual Counseling Support Family Support Functional Behavior Assessment Special Education Evaluation Tier 3

35. Data Collection  Data is collected on a monthly basis  Data is reviewed according to the referrals  The information is shared with the faculty  Faculty meetings  SPARTA Progress - shared at quarterly faculty meetings  Areas of concern are then targeted by using information gathered about problem behaviors and location in the school  Anticipate months that contain more pressure and plan accordingly  Goals are set for the following school year

36. Referrals by Year and Month YearMonthReferralsYearMonthReferrals 2013-2014 2014-2015 Nov.225 Nov.153 Dec.207 Dec.164 Jan.204 Jan.144 Feb.317 Feb.197 March298 March130 April328 April127 May194 May138 Total 1773 1053

37. Suspensions by Year and Month

38. Significance  40.6% decrease in referrals (district tracked us at 62%)  Students in class learning - increased academic achievement!

39. School Wide Recognition School Wide Consequences POSITIVE SCHOOL BEHAVIOR.

40. Next Steps:  Admin. Shares Identified Pain Points  6th period seniors  1 st period lates  Eating Lunch in hallways, stairs etc…  Leave Very Little To Chance!

41. OUTCOMES Increase positive behavior of students Increase social connectedness between staff/students, staff/parents, students/students Improve school culture – content staff, students and parents Increase academic achievement

42. DID YOU KNOW? WE ARE #1! #1 Graduation Rate in the district 95.6% Lowest drop out rate 3.6% #1UC/CSU completion rate (2014) – 44.2% - higher than the district average, county average and state average (Class of 2015 – 46.6%) #1 Attendance rate Class of 2015 91.6% 4 -2 year college, university, trade school, or military. Class of 2015 – 2.4 million dollars in free money

43. Making School-Wide Behavior Support Systems Work Work  Involvement of all staff and roles in school  Involvement of parents  Shared decision making  Data driven decision making  Ongoing review of progress  Positive reinforcement provided to staff

44. 2015 WE WON!!!!

45. You Got to be in it to Win it!