Susan Barrett

Outcomes Build Action Plan Using Self Assessment State, LEA, cluster??? 1. Introduce Topic 2. Discuss 3. Action Plan

3 PBS Systems Implementation Logic Leadership Team Management Team Funding Marketing Visibility Political Support TrainingCoachingEvaluation Active Coordination Local School Teams/Demonstrations Braiding Initiatives

Implementers Blueprint Self Assessment More like guidelines Provides common language and framework Outcomes Use revised self assessment to build local infrastructure Discussion Next Steps to ensure we sustain and move forward for expansion (more schools or up the triangle?)

Core Support Program: Provided to all, intended to reach most. Continuum of Supports The required resources to address the problem increases The need to enhance environmental structures increases The frequency for collecting and acting upon information increases As the magnitude of the problem increases….

Leadership Team Language is important e.g. OISM, MISI- Stayin Alive Integration Teams? Who are the players? Do you have folks who can assign dollars to a budget? change policy like job descriptions, code of conduct? Do you have Community Partners? Management team- to do the day to day activities, planning, visiting schools, etc Roles and Responsibilities may change over time depending on implementation phaseRoles and Responsibilities Establish a Partnership Agreement

Local Coordinator Identified Implementation Phase should determine FTE Access to Ongoing Training and Technical Assistance – Support Meeting with other coordinators is critical!! Local Management Team Creating protocols/standards (State v Local) Creating protocols/standards

Funding Partnership Agreements Folks in charge have to understand 3-5 years, systems change MD Example Blending Initiatives Social Marketing Economic Benefits, Serendipity( TN example) Grants Be careful what you wish for…

Marketing and Visibility Who are your stakeholders? Do you have a spokesperson? Using the data to create newsletters, presentations, fact sheets, elevator business cards- important you can get access to what you need to make your case on the fly!! Colorado- Marketing exemplar Be Careful

10 Multiple levels of Visibility State and Local Level: Presentations, Trainings, Stakeholder meetings, Interagency efforts, (Transformation; Mental Health Integration; Wraparound) Multiple Media: Visual, Face to Face, Written, Website Multiple Audiences: School Administrations and Instructional Leaders; University staff; Legislators, Potential alternative funders; State and Local Political appointees; Juvenile Justice; Vendors in the System of Care; Parent and other advocacy organizations; Community Members

Evaluation What are your questions? Do you have the tools to answer? Can you get the answer quickly? Easy, Efficient, Relevant Economic Benefits Behavior Achievement Regular Feedback to all Stakeholders- MD example

December 10, 2007 Management Team meets with Assistant Superintendent of Student Services and Special Education

Evaluation Question: Are schools in beginning or advanced stages of implementation? Data Source: Implementation Phases Inventory Overall, the IPI data suggest a relatively advanced level of self- reported implementation among the schools in Maryland

Problem solving teams with admin support and teacher buy- in Established Universal or SW Practices Behavior Support Coach Local Facilitator or Coordinator Action Plan with outcome measures Tools to assess fidelity and outcomes Sustainability mechanisms (ongoing training, recognition) Data Facilitator

SW-PBS Framework and Logic can easily be link other major education initiatives RtI, Character Ed, Drop Out Prevention, Bully prevention SW-PBS can also be linked to other major mental health initiatives School-based MH, Systems of Care We have a unique opportunity and responsibility to promote integration of services for students across a continuum that meets all students needs

What is Coaching Capacity? Why Coach? presentationpresentation Personnel & resources organized to facilitate, assist, maintain, & adapt local school professional development implementation efforts Coaching is set of responsibilities, actions, & activities Self Assessment Roles and Responsibilities Can you get your data easily?

Coach Competencies

Big Ideas #1 Schoolwide systems need to be in place to support all students prior to building secondary and tertiary systems, therefore need to focus on SW PBIS coaches (at the universal level) first! #2. Prior Experience and Endorsement Attendance at previous introductory PBIS team training sessions Coaches experienced with school team implementation team member Supervisor endorsement District agreements & support given

Big Idea #3 Not enough to be expert in PBIS content knowledge, you also need facilitation skills Curriculum included in coaches PD: Using PBIS Team Implementation Checklist Preparing for Using the School-wide Data Management System Using Data to Guide Decisions Using the Tools Using Data to Guide Instruction: Common Area Routines and Practices Leading the Development of Teaching School-wide Behavior Expectations Teaching Behavior Assessing Classroom Management Developing and Using Strategies for Generating Ideas Learning Walk Facilitation Skills Assessing Committee / Workgroups Year-end Evaluation Action Planning

#4 On-site coaching: Clearly identify roles of External and Internal Coach, Team Leader and Team Members Who develops an agenda? Feedback on agenda Data analysis- Who prints reports? Feedback on data discussion Action planning Feedback on: Running a meeting Opening, staying with agenda, closing, action steps Guiding questions Problem solving Participant Timelines

#5 Need to plan for sustainability and capacity building On-going professional development available to cultivate new building coaches Turnover and burnout Continuous regeneration

Coaching Focus on Role and Functions- not person FTE/Job Description Does your boss know what you do? Internal v. External Community of Practice Funding Buy In Staff Turnover

Coaching Data Facilitator- Do your schools know how to use the tools/forms? Data Facilitator- Readiness Computer Application Decision Making Primary v. Precision Executive Coaching-

Training Regular Training Cycle Curriculum- Illinois, MO, VA, OR Trainers- TOT Focus on outcomes Differentiated Instruction Readiness Follow Up

Type of Skill to be Trained Skinner (1974) distinguishes between two types of knowledge. Knowing About: can describe variables that influence a phenomenon. Knowing About Example: Describe principles of reinforcement. Knowing How: can perform effectively Knowing How Example: Shape the behavior of another. One form of knowing does not imply the other.

Final thoughts Stay close to schools needs Do SETs, visits, ongoing feedback from various roles etc. Other topics need to be addressed Sustainability Scaling Expansion

Sustainability

Scaling Up the Triangle

Scaling Up Does not simply equal more schools or every school within a district/region/state Outcome = increasing schools adoption and sustained use of evidence-based practices with integrity that lead to improved academic and social outcomes for students with accompanying organizational supports to allow replication

New initiatives should be adopted with: 1. Formal assessment of how they may or may not connect with other initiatives 2. Documented evidence of effectiveness 3. Well defined and relevant outcome indicators 4. Mechanism for assessing and evaluating their fidelity of treatment (Adelman & Taylor, 2003)

Best evidence documents what doesnt work: Information dissemination alone Training by itself

What works Long term, multi-level approaches Skills-based training Practice-based coaching Practioner performance-feedback Program evaluation Facilitative administrative practices Methods for systems intervention

Develop partnerships with skilled researchers Establish a community of practices at implementation sites Share lessons learned across functional purveyor teams from different programs

Expansion From 60 to 600: The Perfect Storm Maryland 494 schools North Carolina 548 schools Illinois 611 schoolsColorado 405 schools Florida 250 schoolsNew York 322 schools Michigan 181 schoolsOhio 221 schools New Mexico 130 schoolsWest Virginia 215 schools Oregon 229 schoolsLouisiana 285 schools Missouri 183 schoolsGeorgia 171 schools

5 Year action plan Example