WELCOME!!!• Outcomes for today

– Have some fun!– Learn some stuff!

• Understand basic concepts of PBS (Positive Behavior Support)

• How to apply PBS ideas in your job even if you are not at an PBS school.

• Leave with some ideas on how to positively interact with your students.

Positive Behavior SupportPBS

Purpose

• The purpose of the Colorado school-wide Positive Behavior Support initiative is to establish and maintain safe and effective school environments that maximize the academic achievement and behavioral competence of all learners in Colorado.

• Defining and consistently teaching expectations of behavior for students, parents and educators

• Acknowledging and recognizing students and adults consistently for appropriate behaviors

• Monitoring, correcting or re-teaching behavioral errors

Positive School Climate: Essential Practices

Invest in Prevention (school-wide)Build a Culture of Competence

• Define behavioral expectations• Teach behavioral expectations• Monitor and reward appropriate behavior• Provide corrective consequences for

behavioral errors.• Information-based problem solving• Do not expect school-wide efforts to

affect students with chronic problem behavior.

PBS is…

• Not specific practice or curriculum– it’s general approach to preventing problem

behavior

• Not limited to any particular group of students– it’s for all students

• Not new– its based on long history of behavioral practices

and effective instructional design and strategies

Consider…

• WE TEACH:– Academics– Music– Art– Team sport

• WE CORRECT:– Behavior

THIS IS A SCIENCE

• Define it

• Teach it

• Practice it

• Acknowledge it

• Correct it

• Monitor it

• Revise it

Students, teachers, and parents need to model

exactly what the behavior looks like in the setting.

What Will You See in a PBS School?

• Small number of positively stated and behaviorally exemplified expectations are taught and encouraged (PAWS acronym and teaching matrix).

• Positive adult-to-student interactions exceed negative (5 positive to 1 negative)

• Data- and Team-based action planning and implementation are operating (use of discipline data)

• Administrators are active participants in all aspects of implementation

• 80% of students can tell you what is expected of them and give behavioral example because they have been taught, actively supervised, practiced, and acknowledged.

Sanborn Elementary•Sanborn Superstars

•Sanborn

•Treats

•All

•Respectfully

Indian Peaks Elementary

•PRIDE

•EXCELLENCE

•ACHIEVEMENT

•KINDNESS

•SAFETY

Acknowledging SW Expectations: Rationale

• To learn, humans require regular & frequent feedback on their actions

• Humans experience frequent feedback from others, self, & environment– Planned/unplanned– Desirable/undesirable

• W/o formal feedback to encourage desired behavior, other forms of feedback shape undesired behaviors

• Students are acknowledged and rewarded for achievement in academics. This recognition reinforces and motivates the student.

• Why not also acknowledge students for exhibiting appropriate behavior?

• Acknowledgement to Colorado Department of Education and National PBIS Center for information and graphics.