School-Wide Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports: District Coaches’ Meeting Donna Morelli Cynthia Zingler Education Specialists Positive Behavioral Intervention and Supports Trainers

PURPOSE 1.Clarify Coaches’ Role in Positive Behavioral Interventions and Support 2.Outline Goals for Year Provide Support and Resources for Implementation PURPOSE 1.Clarify Coaches’ Role in Positive Behavioral Interventions and Support 2.Outline Goals for Year Provide Support and Resources for Implementation

Welcome, please share: Your Name Your School

Main Messages Good TeachingBehavior Management Student Achievement Increasing District & State Competency and Capacity Investing in Outcomes, Data, Practices, and Systems

Implementation Levels Student Classroom School State District

Roles and Responsibilities of District PBIS Team Regular team meetings (at least monthly) Assess the current status of behavior and discipline practices Examine patterns of behavior through data Develop and implement a district SW-PBIS action plan with specific goals less than 1 year old Obtain and maintain staff commitment Ensure parental participation and input Oversee, monitor, and evaluate all planned objectives and activities developed

District Coaches’ Roles & Responsibilities District Coaches’ must be committed to: Attend training dates Communicate needs and successes with the District PBIS Team Participate in the roll out of PBIS Play an active role in the school-wide PBIS change process Actively communicate their commitment to the process Be familiar with school’s current behavioral data and reporting system Meeting with the District Level team throughout the year Support the school-based coaches’ Communicating with PBIS trainers

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District Coaches’ Foci Establish and maintain a continuum of evidence based practices in district. –What are you going to stop doing in order to do the smallest number of high impact evidence-based things well? Establish systems to support all staff. –Staff Buy-In –Classroom Management Establish district wide systems to support data based decision making. Focus on the long term – support systems change. Show the connections between SRBI and PBIS. Support School-Based Coaches.

Invest in Systems Support!! An Essential Element of PBIS Administrative Leadership SYSTEMS PRACTICES DATA Supporting Staff Behavior Supporting Student Behavior OUTCOMES Supporting Social Competence & Academic Achievement Supporting Decision Making Integrated Elements Buy-In Classroom Management

Obtaining Teacher Buy-in Universal Support for Teacher Buy-in: General Knowledge from Staff Meetings Data Reports Administrative Support Opportunities to Participate in Process Reinforcement System Secondary Support for Teacher Buy-in: More in depth understanding; Data that Supports Outcomes; Positive Personal Experiences; Long-term Sustainability of PBS; Frequent Administrator Reminders and Clear Commitment to Systems Change Intensive Support for Teacher Buy-In: Administrator Intervention; Individual Supports; Long-term, Continuous Monitoring; Individual Data Reports Peer Mentoring ~80% of Staff ~15% ~5% SOME FEW Administrator Support Increases

Focus on DATA… Self-Assessment Efficient Systems of Data Management Team-based Decision Making Evidence- Based Practices Multiple Systems Existing Discipline Data Data-based Action Plan Data-based Action Plan

What we know… Takes years for systems adoption and to see sustained behavioral outcomes.* *National Technical Assistance Center for PBS, OSEP Focus on long-term – support systems change

IMPLEMENTATION PHASES Need, Agreements, Adoption, & Outcomes Local Demonstration w/ Fidelity Sustained Capacity, Elaboration, & Replication 4. Systems Adoption, Scaling, & Continuous Regeneration

Sample Implementation “Map” 2+ years of school team training Annual “booster” events Coaching/facilitator school & district levels Regular self-assessment & evaluation data On-going preparation of school-based team Development of local/district leadership teams Establishment of state/regional leadership & policy team (CT PBIS Collaborative)

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C ONTACT I NFORMATION Donna Morelli PBIS Trainer Cynthia Zingler – PBIS Coordinator/Trainer