The CMSD Pyramid of Success – Implementing the Integrated Systems Model

Leadership Team Training – August 2006

The Pyramid of Success: Creating a climate that promotes academic achievement

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Conversation: Discuss schoolwide expectations, teaching of those expectations, recognition systems and office

referral form H Help: Raise your hand or speak up A Activity: Work as a team to develop a “plan of

action” M Movement: At your discretion P Participation: Ask lots of questions and offer

examples

CMSD – Pyramid of Success

1. CEO Principals’ Seminars

2. Trained 78 of the 85 K-8 Building

Leadership Teams

- What is a leadership team?

- Roles and responsibilities–problem solving

- School wide expectations

- Universal office referral form – SWIS

3. August Training–Building Leadership Teams

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Today’s Agenda

Review Schoolwide Expectations - Finalize Teaching Expectations – Behavior Lesson Schedule for Behavior Lesson Schoolwide Recognition and Reward Systems Office Referral Form Design Professional Development for you building

You will leave today with…

Your schoolwide behavioral expectations Lessons plans and a “plan of action” (timeline) for

teaching the behavioral expectations beginning day one and throughout the year

A “Plan of Action” to teach and discuss the Pyramid of Success with your building staff:

- Common expectations- Lesson plan and schedule- Office referral form and definitions

What Do We Know About Effective Behavioral Expectations?

They create a culture of consistency

They include all students for teaching

They use positive stated expectations

They target all form of behavior (safe, respectful, responsible)

They are known by all students and adults (ask them!)

Establishing Expectations

Set 3-5 umbrella building expectations

Simple and straightforward—do not make them so attorneys need to interpret them!

Observable & measurable Positively stated

Make a list of common areas in your school

Focus on important behaviors

Define the expectations and complete the matrix for each setting

Don’t make rules you aren’t prepared to consistently reinforce!

Positive school behavioral expectations have the following features:

Expectations are positively stated Expectations are posted: in hallways, classrooms, in

the school handbook, on agenda planners, etc. Expectations are taught directly to students with

formal lessons Expectations are taught and reviewed at least 10-20

times per year To maximize effectiveness, a system of positive

reinforcement and recognition-all times, by all adults-for following the expectations is in place throughout the building

Some of you may be wondering…

“Does this really work?” Researchers have demonstrated that these

types of programs, when paired with monitoring and a system of positive reinforcement, can reduce problem behavior and improve school climate.

(Sprague et al., 2001 Taylor-Green et al.,1997)

Focus Activity- Finalize Expectations

Work with your school leadership team for 15 minutes to accomplish the following:– Finalize Schoolwide expectations and

operationalize each expectation across the five common areas (create rules to support expectations)

– Divide work among team members– Be prepared to report out – Each team must finish the grid!

Be SafeBe RespectfulBe Responsible

Pyramid of SuccessCMSD - Behavioral Expectations

Pyramid of SuccessCMSD - Behavioral Expectations

Teaching Expectations –

Where do we begin?

Teach Social Behaviors Like Academic Skills

Teach through multiple examples Teach where the problems are occurring Give frequent practice opportunities Provide useful corrections Provide positive feedback Monitor for success

Teach expected behaviors just like other subjects

Target specific times to teach the expectations

Intervene with students, using the language of the lessons. For example if a student is running in the hall, say: “What is the rule about all hallways? Please go back and walk”.

Watch for students using the expected behaviors and give them positive feedback

Teach expected behaviors just like other subjects (continued)

Review and recall expected behaviors regularly

Use the language of behavior expectations in content lessons as reading or social studies

Model the expected behavior in all of your interactions with students and adults

Teaching Building Expectations

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MONITOR &ACKNOWLEDGE

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MONITOR &ACKNOWLEDGE

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School Expectations: Lesson Plan Components

What do we expect the student to do?– Teach the expected behaviors– Tell why it is important– Give positive and negative examples– Provide opportunities for practice

School Expectations: Lesson Plan Components (continued)

Prevent problems from occurring– Actively supervise– Provide reminders of expected behaviors before

they occur– Give positive feedback for expected behavior– Provide corrections for problem behavior– Review behavioral expectations – Measure for success

Pyramid of SuccessBehavioral Expectation Lesson Plan - Cafeteria

The Behavioral Expectation Lesson Plan …..

The Next Step

Pyramid of SuccessBehavioral Expectation Lesson Plan

- Cafeteria

Objective: Students will be Safe, Respectful and

Responsible in the cafeteria.

Part I: Cafeteria Information Lesson

Part II: Cafeteria Procedural Lesson

Cafeteria Information Procedural Lesson

Read the Cafeteria Procedural Lesson Plan quietly to yourself

Complete the cafeteria grid with your leadership team

Take a 15 minute break when you are finished

Cafeteria Expectation Lesson

Silently read over the expectation lesson plan

Take on the role of students as the presenter conducts the lesson

A Schedule for Teaching Lessons

It is critical to set a schedule to teach the behavior expectation lesson plans

– Develop an opening week schoolwide schedule

– Develop a 2006-2007 behavior expectations lesson schedule

Methods for Teaching Building Expectations

Lesson Plans Skits Whole Group Practice T-Charts Lessons on morning

announcements/videotape Lessons during assemblies Roving presenters

Example Day 1

First Period-Arrival Second Period-Cafeteria Third Period-Hallways Fourth Period-Bathroom Fifth Period-Dismissal Sixth Period-Playground Seventh Period-Transportation

Schoolwide Recognition and Reward Systems

Design the system for all students Give public recognition to model for other students Use recognition and rewards that students want Recognize teachers as well! Increase recognition before difficult times Reteach behaviors if things don’t go as expected

Checklist of Essential Components of a Schoolwide Recognition System

Be Safe Be Respectful Be Responsible Who will be involved (e.g., teachers, staff,

administrators, volunteers, others)? How and when will tokens be distributed? Where will the tokens be turned in? What “backup” incentives will be used?

Checklist of Essential Components of a Schoolwide Recognition System (continued)

How and where will you obtain backup rewards?

When and where will drawings for backup incentive occur?

Who will conduct the drawings? When will you review if the system is

working?

Recognition and Reward System

Reward System

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My School’s Office Referral Data Reflection

How is discipline referral data used in my school? What are some concerns about using discipline

referrals to make school discipline decisions? What are some practices that make use of discipline

referrals effective? How often do I get information about discipline

referral patterns from my administrator? What needs to be improved in our office discipline

referral system?

CMSD Office Referral Form Elements

Students name Date and time Student grade Referring staff member Location of referral Possible motivation Response or consequence for the student

Work Session

Design the professional develop for your building staff around these five areas

-School wide expectations

- Behavior Expectation lessons

- The Schedule to teach the lessons

- System of rewards/recognition

- Office referral form