1. Minnesota PBIS Summer Institute
State-Level and Local Perspectives on the 2017 PBIS Competitive State Grant Program Clayton Keller: Minnesota Department of Education Kathy Lombardi, Erin Metz, and Kristi Kohn: St. Paul Public Schools Mark Ziebarth: Cambridge-Isanti School District Christine Kasak and Sarah Heller: Austin Public Schools
Minnesota PBIS Summer Institute
June 21, 2017

2. Background
Minnesota Laws of 2016 authorized a onetime appropriation of $2,750,000 to MDE in 2017 for implementation of schoolwide PBIS in schools and districts throughout Minnesota to reduce the use of restrictive procedures and increase use of positive practices.
Approximately $2,000,000 was set aside for the PBIS Competitive State Grant Program.
Grants ranging from $2,050 to $160,000 were awarded to 68 districts to support PBIS efforts in 347 schools.

3. 68 PBIS Grants By region By PBIS experience in districts North: 26
Metro: 18
South: 24
By PBIS experience in districts
> 60% of the schools: 18
1-59% of the schools: 29
No schools: 9
Charters: 12

4. PBIS Grants + PBIS Districts

5. PBIS Experience in the Grants’ Schools
56.2% (195) have received PBIS training in Cohorts 1-12
43.8% have NOT received PBIS training
6.3% (22) accepted for Cohort 13
37.5% (130) have neither received nor are signed up for PBIS training

6. Well-Represented in 2017 Exemplar Districts and Schools
All 3 Exemplar PBIS Districts: St. Paul, St. Cloud, Eastern Carver
80.5% (33/41) of the Exemplar Sustaining PBIS Schools
South Education Center Academy
Heritage E-STEM Magnet School
Farnsworth Aerospace PK-4 Magnet
Lincoln Park Middle School
Chanhassen High School
Kennedy Community School
Pleasantview Elementary School
North Education Center Academy
Linwood Monroe Arts Plus (Lower Campus)
Oak Hill Community School
Apollo High School
St. Paul Music Academy
Technical High School
Murray Middle School
Princeton Intermediate
Westwood Elementary School
Battle Creek Middle School
Madison Elementary School
Highland Park Middle
Talahi Community School
Wyoming Elementary School
Linwood Monroe Arts Plus (Upper Campus)
Phalen Lake Hmong Studies Magnet School
Lake Park Audubon Elementary School
South Junior High School
West Education Center
Washington Technology Magnet
Epsilon School
Chaska Middle School West
Como Park Elementary School
Farnsworth Aerospace Upper Campus 5-8
Highwood Hills Elementary
Rice Lake Elementary

7. Goals of the PBIS Grants
Begin, develop PBIS (6)
Implement, improve, advance PBIS (26)
Tiers II and III (11)
Improve student outcomes (9)
Improve use of data (5)
Add interventions to complement, enhance PBIS (15)
Community, parents, environment (9)
Disproportionality, cultural responsiveness (4)

8. Approaches Used in the PBIS Grants
Incentives, recognition, rewards, celebrations, materials, room (22)
Professional development (18)
Planning, meetings, development (14)
Videos, online modules (5)
Coaching (4)
Training for staff, paraprofessionals, bus drivers (3)
Leadership team (3)

9. Initial Outcomes Good progress on one of the goals of the funding
Increase the use of positive practices
How do we know?

10. Many Schools Assessed Their PBIS Fidelity

11. PBIS Was Implemented With Fidelity

12. Local Perspectives for Other Outcomes
What were the needs related to PBIS implementation or student behavior that you were seeing in your district that you felt needed addressing, especially through a more flexible funding source like this PBIS grant?
What were the goals you targeted with your project to meet those needs?
What activities did you undertake to achieve those goals?
How did you use data from sources like the TFI to support planning and improvement activities?
How did you differentiate support for schools based on their PBIS experience?
What outcomes did you achieve in terms of (a) PBIS implementation, (b) student outcomes, and (c) any others you collected?
What’s your evaluation of your project, and why?  E.g., successful for these components, jury’s still out until we implement some parts in , etc.?
What’s next in as a result of your project?