1. School Climate Transformation Grant
Presented by:
Autumn Chapman and Brad Albee
ECS Curriculum Committee
January 5, 2015

2. Welcome!
Introductions
Grant Info
Goals
Our Next Steps

3. High Performing Schools Are Different
Research Indicates Significant Differences in Three Broad Areas:
1. Leadership and Management
2. Academics
3. Social-Behavioral

4. Social-Behavioral High Performing School Indicators
High Expectations for ALL students
Prioritize Social-Behavior with Academics
Team-Driven, Data-Based Decision–making
Consistent and predictable environments
A Few Clear Expectations Explicitly Taught
High Frequency Positive Feedback
Positive and Inclusive Culture

5. Social-Behavioral High Performing School Indicators Classroom Systems
Non-Classroom
Specific Systems
Individual Student
Support Systems
Horner, Sugai, Todd & Lewis-Palmer, 1999

6. PBIS: Positive Behavioral & Instructional Supports
RTI: Response To Intervention

7. Positive Behavioral Interventions & Support
First & Foremost:
A Philosophical Framework

8. Goals of PBIS Supports and maintains safe schools
(physically & emotionally) ⇓
Increased Instructional Opportunities
Academically Skilled Students
Socially Competent & Emotionally Intelligent Students

9. PBIS is... a systems approach to develop behavioral supports.
a process for capacity-building.
prevention focused.
instructionally focused.
based on empirically sound practices.
supportive of using assessment information.
focused on establishing organizations committed to using best practices.

10. PBIS 5 Critical Features
Clear expectations
Explicitly Taught
System for Encouraging Desired Behavior
System for Discouraging Undesired
Data-based Decision-Making

11. Why School Climate Transformation Grants?
Provides schools with resources to implement PBIS with fidelity and sustainability.
Provides support for research based practices that support student learning and performance.
Provides support for teacher training to further best practices and support equity for all students.

12. The Grant SCP Federal Grant; Department of Education $3,558,268.00
Five Years
Annual Budget $720,000.00
ECS – All TK- 12 Schools
All feeder districts: Freshwater, Garfield, Cutten, South Bay and Kneeland

13. The Grant – Resource Support
One Instructional Coach (Administrator) (aka) Project Director, Autumn Chapman (also SWIS facilitator)
One ECS PBIS Instructional Coach (TOSA)
Brad Albee
.2 PBIS Coaches X 3 Freshwater, Cutten and South Bay
ECS PBIS Site Coaches
External Coach and Technical Assistance Center and our contact, Dr. Jeff Sprague
External Evaluator, Jack Bareillas

14. The Grant – Resource Support
SWIS (School Wide Information Systems) data entry person, Rebecca Gillespie
SWIS suite accounts
Curriculum- Second Step, Common Sense Media, Restorative Practices

15. The Grant – Resource Support
Professional development money for teachers
Substitute money
Materials money

16. First Steps - Develop a baseline - Classified, monitors, bus drivers
- Create Ubiquitous systems/ community
- SWIS training
- PBIS Teams functioning efficiently
- Faculty inclusiveness
- Tier 1 Interventions in place
- Everyone at the same place by June 2015

17. Next Steps and Goals Start 2015-16 with full implementation of tier 1
Develop practices of fidelity and sustainability
Tier 2 interventions including CICO-SWIS data recorded and reviewed
Classroom coaching to help teachers with implementation

18. Questions and Contact information
Autumn Chapman
Brad Albee

19. Thank You!
For all you do for the students in Eureka City Schools. We look forward to working with you.