1. PBS DISTRICT IMPLEMENTATION TAMARAH MYERS M.Ed. TAMARAH MYERS M.Ed. St.Tammany Parish Public Schools St.Tammany Parish Public Schools Session 25

2. DISTRICT IMPLEMENTATION IT’S A JUNGLE OUT THERE

3. St Tammany 2004-2007 Approximately 8% OF STPSB SCHOOLS IMPLEMENTATION WITH FIDELITY Barely a pulse

4. 2007-2008 The Year of Accountability STEP BY STEP – INCH BY INCH STEP BY STEP – INCH BY INCH Began Life Support Began Life Support

5. THAT WAS THEN THIS IS NOW  FOLLOWING THE ATTENTION GETTERS WE NOW HAVE _21____ Schools implementing with fidelity __15___- schools that have scored_67____ Or better. __14___-schools below expectations

6. CELEBRATE!!!!!  TWO SCHOOLS WITH PERFECT PBS SCORES MANDEVILLE ELEMENTARY AND FOUNTAINBLEU HIGH

7. ATTENTION GETTERS  Lost instructional minutes data  Baseline Evaluations The “TEST”  Superintendent Follow-up  Use of PBS Language with parents of children “at risk”  1:1 feedback session for schools underperforming

8. Attention Getters Cont…..  Presentations of Social Competence Immerse the child with the skill and the skill will emerge  MARKETING OF PBS !!!!!!!!!!!  Review at Discipline meetings  Discussion at disciplinary hearings  Climate and culture surveys

9. FISH EXPECTATIONS  Suggesting parody across schools  Central office buy-in and adoption of FISH  PBS Interventionist

10. Challenges of the JUNGLE Monkies on our back  Schools indicate that they do not have enough time to teach behavior and academics…..  “REWARD” behavior that they are supposed to be exhibiting  Traditional punitive reactive approach  Administrator not attending PBS Monthly meetings  The once-over without rehearsals and boosters

11. CHALLENGES cont….  Replacement not punishment!!!!!  NOT JUST POSTERS ON THE WALL

12. Reinforcers do not have to be tangibles  St Tammany places great emphasis in connecting the behavior to the expectation to assist in internalizing the skill

13. WHY???? SCHOOL is not always that important to children therefore we want to CONDITION the environment to become more REINFORCING!!!!! By deliberately teaching prosocial behavior and reinforcing that behavior, we teach the student to internalize pro-social behavior. The result….SOCIALLY COMPETENT and SOCIALLY ATTRACTIVE CHILDREN

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15. QUESTIONS?  Tamarah.myers@stpsb.org Tamarah.myers@stpsb.org  (985) 966-4361

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