LoiteringNoncompliancePDASexual HarassmentTardiesTechnology ViolationTheftThreat to Student/TeacherUnpreparedVandalismWeaponsOther

AbsencesAltercationCell PhoneDisruptionFalsificationGang ReferenceGumHarassmentInappropriate ActInappropriate LanguageInsubordinate

What are the top four?

Noncompliance 38%

Tardies 15%

Disruption 12%

Inappropriate Act 7%

Total 57% 

PBS:School-Wide Positive

Behavior Support

School-Wide Positive Behavior

Support

School-wide Positive Behavior Support is a set of strategies and systems to increase the capacity of schools to (a)

reduce school disruption, and (b) educate all students

including those with problem behaviors.

“Pupil achievement & behavior can be influenced (for better or worse) by the overall characteristics of the school environment.”

Rutter & Maughan, 2002

Academic Systems

1-5% 1-5%

5-10% 5-10%

80-90% 80-90%

Intensive, Individual Interventions•Individual Students•Assessment-based•High Intensity

Intensive, Individual Interventions•Individual Students•Assessment-based•Intense, durable procedures

Targeted Group Interventions•Some students (at-risk)•High efficiency•Rapid response

Targeted Group Interventions•Some students (at-risk)•High efficiency•Rapid response

Universal Interventions•All students•Preventive, proactive

Universal Interventions•All settings, all students•Preventive, proactive

Designing School-Wide Systems for Student Success

Behavioral Systems

Impact of SW-PBS

Logic: How does behavior support help?

Behavior support improves minutes in instruction

Behavior support makes instructional minutes more effective

Behavior support creates a climate that is more calm and conducive to learning.

Implementing SW-PBS:Build a Culture of Competence

Develop building level support Define behavioral expectations Teach behavioral expectations Monitor and reward appropriate behavior

Provide corrective consequences for behavioral errors

Information-based problem solving

Teaching Behavioral Expectations

Step 1: Define the expectation

Step 2: Provide a rationale

Step 3: Teach the acceptable behavior

Step 4: Model and practice expectations

Teaching in the Actual Setting

Wolfpack PRIDEP – PreparationR – RespectI – IntegrityD – DedicationE - Excellence

PRIDE Rewards Program

5 cards: treat (school pencil, button, etc) first in line for lunch

10 cards:early release to bus15 min. computer timelunch with an adult

50 tickets (whole class):popcorn partyextra recess

Example Middle School

Example High School 2002-2003 School

Year 2003-2004 School

Year

Office Referrals 868 226

Suspensions 65 8

Administrator Time @ 10 min./referral

8680 min.

(144 hrs.) (24 days)

2925 min.

(48.7 hrs.) (8.1 days)

Administrator Time @ 45 min./suspension

2260 min.

(37 hrs.) (6.1 days)

360 min.

(6 hrs.) (1 day)

Instructional Time Missed @ 20 min./referral

17360 min.

(289 hrs.) (48.1 days)

4520 min.

(75 hrs.) (12.5 days)

Instructional Time Missed @ 6 hrs./suspension

23400 min.

(390 hrs.) (65 days)

2880 min.

(48 hrs.) (8 days)

24.9 days of administrator time recovered

92.6 days of instructional time regained

Yellow Zone (10%)

Green Zone (85%)

PBS Model Pyramid

Yellow Zone

Green Zone

Pyramid of Interventions

SpEd ProgramsLearning Specialist Rm. + AidesESD servicesSLP RoomCounseling referralsBehavior plans

ESD Services – SAT at risk studentsSAT teamMentor programExcel PlusTime-outs – cooperating teacherOptions

Behavior MatrixClassroom behavior lessonsSchool-wide common languagePride CardsPBS PostersAdvisory/6th grade Social Skills lessonsESD services – social skills groupTeachers in halls/greeting studentsCooperating teachersFull-time counselorLeadership teamOptionsSpirit AssembliesFamily NightDiscipline referral

Yellow Zone

Green Zone

NMMS: Our PBS Behavioral Pyramid

10 or more referrals

3-9 referrals

0-2 referrals

Yellow Zone (17%)

Green Zone (79%)

NMMS: Our PBS Pyramid (for 1st & 2nd trimester)

10 or more referrals;19 students

3-9 referrals;72 students

0-2 referrals;340 students;

average of 0-1 referrals per trimester

Number of students with referrals        

  1-2 referrals  3-9 referrals  10 or more6th 32 students  16 students  4 students7th 34 students  19 students  1 student8th 37 students   37 students  14 students            Totals 103  72  19           % of total  24%  17%  4%population          

           

                  

          

                  

           

% who’ve never had a referral: 55%

(or 237 students)

Behavior Topic

Grade 6 Grade 7 Grade 8 TotalsAbsences 2 2Altercation 6 4 7 17Cell Phone 3 3Disruption 2 4 43 49Falsification/Plagiarism 1 1Gang Reference 4 1 5Gum [N/A 1st trimester] 0Harassment 2 5 2 9Inappropriate Act 7 4 17 28Inappropriate Language 2 2 7 11Insubordinate 1 14 15Loitering 1 1Noncompliance 22 29 102 153PDA [N/A 1st trimester] 0Sexual Harassment 1 1Tardies 14 47 61Technology Violation 2 2Theft 1 1Threat 4 5 2 11Unprepared 4 4Vandalism 1 1Weapons 1 1Other 5 7 11 23

Totals 52 80 267 399