1. Britni Walz Science Teacher/PBIS Lead
SHS Spartan Way
Britni Walz
Science Teacher/PBIS Lead

2. Sparta High School Population: 9, 522
Rural area -20 miles east of La Crosse area
-Economy based on farming , large factories & military
High Transient Community
-Military (Fort McCoy)
- 350 to 400 students move in & out each year
-Federal Impact aid
County Seat
-Group Home/Foster
High SES ~53% Free and Reduced Lunch
-40% of students enter workforce upon graduation

3. Data To Support PBIS
Data prior to PBIS and the Spartan Way implementation at Sparta High School:
*** SAILS (Alternative School) Enrollment was over 100 students prior to 2009
School Year
Total ODRs
Enrollment
SAILS Bound***
Graduation Rate
1295
710 29
93.7%
1021
676 33
94.9%
1256
700 20
94.2%
Add in demographics

4. Universal Tier I All Students, Staff and Settings
Started PBIS implementation school year:
“Spartan Way”
Committee with at least one department representative
School-Wide matrix (with all areas included)
-Student discussions during resource period; “What does being respectful look like?”
-Student behavior expectation videos

5. Universal Tier I Throughout the 2014-2015 school year
Monthly PBIS student activity during resource period
Business donations for once a month prizes
Data at each monthly meeting
End of the year prize drawing
Spartan Way banners in all hallways
Matrices displayed in every classroom

6. Universal Tier I 2015-2016 School Year In school prizes
End of the year celebration
High School specific Spartan Way cards
Online ODRs
-Skyward

7. Challenges Tailoring PBIS to fit a High School model
-Last school in the district to implement Spartan Way
-Met with local HS that had successful PBIS HS model in place
-PBIS conference and networking
-PBIS training (Tier I) ***wasn’t done until school year
-Best Effort added to HS PBIS
Staff Buy-In: “Students should just know these behaviors”
-DATA, DATA, DATA!!
-Handbook with training
-Each department represented

8. Challenges Funding -Principal budget Student Buy-In
-Doing more with less and utilizing staff
-community support with donations and funds
Student Buy-In
-Having a student representative on the committee
-Monthly activities using student input
-Asking students what they want for incentives

9. Why does PBIS matter?
Source: pbismaryland.org
SAVINGS

10. Universal Tier I 2016-2017 School Year
School Improvement Plan goal focused on decreasing tardies at SHS by 20%.
-Music between hours (last 50 seconds)
-First hour cookies (once a month)
- sent home to parents about policy change and importance of being on time

11. Universal Tier I  Tier II
School Year
Focused and targeted staff training
Character traits
Guest speaker
-Applying the Spartan Way to the work force
Post Cards
-Sent home to each student who receives a Spartan Way card
Minor behavior tracking

12. Minor Behavior Tracking: The Rationale to Staff
Looking for trends in behaviors that are not tracked through Skyward
Monitoring minor behaviors
Higher student engagement in the classroom
Allows collaboration between teachers on successful interventions
Goal is for this to be an easy system for teachers to use

13. Minor Behavior Tracking: The Implementation
Subcommittee to implement minor tracking behavior
Defining Minor vs Major
Definitions for each offense
Creation of a Google form
Staff training with step-by-step tutorials
Minors are monitored every day by Assistant Principal
3 Minors, of the same offense, in 3 weeks = a Major

14. Minor vs. Major
Minor Offenses:  Minor Offenses are misbehaviors corrected “on the spot” (classroom, common areas, etc.). Interventions used to address minor offenses are documented on the Minor Offenses Reporting form.
Major Infractions:  Major Infractions are violations which require the immediate attention of administrative staff. The interventions used to address and correct major infractions. Parents/guardians are notified and Skyward Online Discipline Referral form.  

15. Definitions PBIS Staff Handbook Other HS models/SWIS Major vs. minor
Staff input

17. Google Form
Sent to staff
- New link sent to form
-Each midterm

18. Data Generated From the Minor Form:

19. SHS DATA: School Year Total ODRs Enrollment SAILS Bound
Graduation Rate
1295
710 29
93.7%
1021
676 33
94.9%
1256
700
94.2%
PRE PBIS
School Year
Total ODRs
Enrollment
SAILS Bound
Graduation Rate
846
721 27
93.7%
928
746 30
Increased
561
737
SINCE PBIS IMPLEMENATION

20. Trends in the data 22020 14680 367 245 46 31 Academic Time
Total Student
Total Teacher
Minutes
22020
14680
Hours
367
245
Days 46 31