Minnesota Minnesota School-wide Positive Behavioral School-wide Positive Behavioral

Interventions and Supports:Interventions and Supports:Scaling up and sustainingScaling up and sustaining

Lessons LearnedLessons LearnedCEC ConferenceCEC Conference

Boston 2008Boston 2008Char Ryan, PBIS Coordinator

Minnesota Department of Education

What we have learned….

Three years and counting…

Minnesota School Wide PBISMinnesota School Wide PBISVision

To create proactive, preventive, positive, respectful and sustainable learning environments to support academic

achievement, social competence, lifestyle skills and effective teaching for all

learners.

Minnesota School Wide PBISMinnesota School Wide PBIS

• State initiated project began 2005• 2+ years state support to schools• 9 schools sites for 2005-06• 11 schools selected for 2006-07• 48 schools selected for 2007-08

– 62 schools cumulative• 70 new applicants

– 142 schools cumulative• Urban, suburban, rural, large, small, preschool

through high school

Current Status

• Implementation of School-wide PBIS as of January, 2008 : schools in

Preschool Elementary Middle High School

Alternative

2 30 17 11 3

Growth 3 yearsGrowth 3 yearsPBIS Schools

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Year 1 Year 2 Year 3

PBIS Schools

PBIS CoachesPBIS Coaches

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PBIS Coaches

Coaches

SETs

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Funding Visibility Political Support

Training Coaching Evaluation

Active Coordination

Local School Teams/Demonstrations

Accomplishments Year 1-3

• Funding – state and federal funds

• Visibility– Implementing administrators/coaches

• Political Support

Accomplishments Year 1-3• Comprehensive team training

– New and returning teams 9 days/year– Launching PBIS Internship program

• Training and support for Local Coaches– 2 times/year/ orientation

• School Wide Information System (SWIS) data support• School-wide Evaluation Tool

– Pre and post measures using SET– System for training & dispatching evaluators

• School progress– Evaluation matrix and regular reporting

1. Think Big!2. Focus on outcomes3. Build Capacity4. Plan for sustainability with fidelity5. Help! Fun! Celebrate!

Lessons Lessons Being LearnedBeing Learned

Get ReadyGet Ready

1. Think bigStart small…but think and plan big

Consider implications of decision rules

2. Focus on outcomes

• On-going specification of outcomes

• On-going data collection

3. Build capacity state, region, local

infrastructureCreate and sustain team trainingExpand training capacity to meet team

training needs- Trainer InternshipFidelity of content and outcomesCoachingEvaluation

Develop plan, collect data, report

4. Plan for sustainability with fidelity• Move to regional implementation-closer

to home• Develop a statewide system of

evaluation

SET Implementation Data Examples

2006-2007 PBIS Implementation Average (Fall/Spring)

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5. Help! Fun! Persist!• Form partnerships, align initiatives• Enjoy the enthusiasm• Commit to the long haul

ConclusionConclusion

“To accomplish great things we must not only plan,

but also believe.”

Anatole France1844-1924

For More Information on PBIS

• Check out the website for the national PBIS Center at www.pbis.org

• Check out the MDE website at http://education.state.mn.us/mde/Learning_Support/Special_Education/Evaluation_Program_Planning_Supports/Positive_Behavioral_Interventions_Supports/index.html

• Contact the Minnesota PBIS coordinator, Charlotte Ryan at 651.582.8645 or charlotte.ryan@state.mn.us .