PBISPOSITIVE BEHAVIORAL INTERVENTIONS

AND SUPPORTS

Osceola High School

February 4, 2016

ARKANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY

Center for Community Engagement

PBIS Resource Center

Anne Merten & David Saarnio

Agenda

Need for PBIS

Implementation

Next Steps

Objectives

1. To understand where PBIS fits into Osceola High School

2. To understand what is needed to implement PBIS

3. To understand how to implement PBIS

4. To develop a “next steps” plan

Question for you

What do you think is the biggest behavioral issue at your school?

“What do you think is the biggest behavioral issue at your school?”

Responses from students at 2 Arkansas High Schools-Combined

National Data

Link

K. Brigid Flannery, Pamela Fenning, Mimi McGrath Kato, & Hank Bohanon (2011, Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders)

Osceola High School Discipline Data

Student population – 347

Office Discipline Reports 2014-2015 school year

Number of ODRs

888 2 ½ for each student

Top 3 Problem Behaviors

Insubordination

Excessive Tardies

Disorder Conduct

Not All Students Contribute Equally

Link

K. Brigid Flannery, Pamela Fenning, Mimi McGrath Kato, & Hank Bohanon (2011, Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders)

More Questions For You

What is working for you with student behavior?

What do your teachers need?

What do your students need?

What’s your vision for Osceola High School?

Common school-climate goals for high schools

A clear and shared focus

High expectations for students

Good collaboration and communication

Supportive learning environment

Do you have these? How do you know?

Team time: Discuss Self-Assessment Survey:

Osceola High School – September 2015

A clear and shared focus -

In

placepartial not School-wide system high medium low

85% 15% 0% Student expectations are clearly defined 46% 31% 23%

In

placepartial not School-wide system high medium low

58% 26% 16% Problem behaviors are defined clearly 43% 43% 14%

What are the expectations?

What is insubordination?

Self-Assessment Survey:

Osceola High School – September 2015

Good collaboration and communication -

In

placepartial not School-wide system high medium low

6% 65% 29% Expected student behaviors are

rewarded regularly57% 36% 7%

In

placepartial not Classroom system high medium low

31% 63% 6% Problem behaviors receive consistent

consequences.60% 40% 0%

How do you tell students thank you for good behavior?

Do staff understand differences in teacher managed vs. office managed

problem behavior?

Team time: Discuss Self-Assessment Survey:

Osceola High School – September 2015

Team time: Discuss Self-Assessment Survey:

School-Wide

Non-classroom data

Classroom data

Individual student

COST/BENEFIT ANALYSIS WORKSHEET

Enter info below Time LOST

Osceola High School

2014-2015

Student Administrator

Minutes 26640 17760

Hours 444 296

Days 63 42

Number of referrals for last year888

Average # of minutes student is

out of class due to referral 30

Average # of minutes

administrator needs to process

referral 20

Courtesy www.pbismaryland.org

COST/BENEFIT ANALYSIS WORKSHEET

Enter info below Time Regained if cut ODRs by 1/3

Osceola High School

2015-2016

Student Administrator

Minutes 8790 5860

Hours 147 98

Days 21 14

Number of referrals for last year888

Number of referrals for this year

595

Average # of minutes student is

out of class due to referral 30

Average # of minutes

administrator needs to process

referral 20

Courtesy www.pbismaryland.org

Can You Change Behavior in High School?

Changing Behavior In High School Cont’d

Goals with PBIS

Change behavior among teachers and staff

+

Change in behavior among students

=

Less disruption

+

More teaching time

+

Better school climate

Changing behavior in high school….

1. Staff: Why?

2. Students: Why?

3. Parents: Why?

How: Surveys, interviews, share data

Student Voice

Need student

buy-in

involvement

ownership

Assess student voice

STUDENT VOICE SURVEYS

PBIS Student Voice

Survey

Students can be meaningful partners in decision making!

PBIS Student Voice Survey

Intermediate, Middle and High School Students

1. What do you think is the biggest behavioral issue at your school?

2. What is the best way to learn the 'rules' of how you are expected to behave at

school?

3. For good behavior, what could an adult at your school give you? What would

mean the world to you? It needs to be something that doesn't cost much money.

4. What would you change about how your school celebrates good student

behavior?

Example: Student Voice For Behavior Expectations

Example: Student Voice On Behavior Issues

Student Voice On How To Learn The ‘Rules’

How do you start PBIS?

1. Know your students

2. Self evaluate building strengths and needs (SAS)

3. Establish a clear set of positively stated behavioral expectations

4. Clearly define school-wide expected behaviors

5. Establish procedures for teaching behavior

6. Establish procedures for acknowledging behavior

7. Establish procedures for discouraging inappropriate behavior

8. Establish procedures for on-going monitoring and evaluation (Data)

9. Sustainability

Establish a clear set of positively stated

behavioral expectations

Examples Of Behavioral Expectations

Example Of High School Behavior Matrix

Team Time

Create 3-5 school-wide expectations

Establish Procedures For Teaching Expected Behavior

Current behavior teaching plan in Osceola

How do students want to be taught ‘rules’?

How to teachers/staff want to teach ‘rules’?

Responses From Local Arkansas High School

• “Teachers enforce them.”

• “The best way would probably be for students to start acting as an

example for others in the expected way.”

• “Stop treating everyone like children.”

• “practice them”

• “Most is common sense and has been taught just some don't care and

don't listen”

• “Discuss as a group what we want accomplished and figure out how to

make that happen.”

What’s In A Behavior Lesson Plan?

State universal expectation

State skill

Adult demonstrates skill

Students practice skill

Adults give feedback

Adults acknowledge appropriate behavior

Example of high school lesson plan

Teaching Plan – Including Booster Activities

- source: PBIS Illinois Network

Team Meeting Dates

Kick-

Off

Report Self-

Assessment Survey

Results

Team

Checklist Completed

Faculty

Updates Activities/

Data Boosters

Updated School Profile

Completed

Safety Survey

Completed

Celebrations/ Intermittent

Acknowledge

AUGUST

SEPTEMBER

OCTOBER

Be Creative!

Skits

Videos

High School Video Example for Tardy

https://youtu.be/5C-Wyy_lPNk?t=1m20s

Blytheville High School video for Disruptions

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B2xivmgHA8-dNUNFRTRldjU1SEU/edit

Team Time

How can you teach Osceola High School students the ‘rules’ for

behavior?

Plan to Acknowledge Expected Behaviors

Current acknowledgement practices

Purpose For Encouraging Appropriate Behavior

Turn the behavior into a habit!

Students may encourage other students

Prompt adults to recognize good behavior

Do you like being acknowledged?

Do High School Students Still Like Receiving

Acknowledgements?

YES!

“ What types of rewards would you find

motivating?”

A. Candy - 26%

B. Movie passes- 32%

C. Restaurant gift certificates- 33%

D. School supplies- 8%

E. E-RAB spirit wear- 52%

This is question 20 from the rockford east survey….demonstrating how high school

students like simple rewards. Thank you to Illinois PBIS Network

“For good behavior, what could an adult at your school give you?

What would mean the world to you? It needs to be something that

doesn't cost much money.”

Responses from 2 local Arkansas High Schools-combined

Team Time

How will you acknowledge expected behavior at Osceola High

School?

Procedures For Discouraging Inappropriate Behavior

Have clear procedures for addressing inappropriate behavior

All staff have common understanding of what misbehaviors are

minor and what are major

(classroom/teacher managed vs. office managed)

Turn an incident into a teaching moment

Explain what student did wrong

Ask student what the expectation is

TEACHER MANAGED BEHAVIORS OFFICE MANAGED BEHAVIORS

Staff Managed Behaviors Office Managed Behaviors

Minors

• Inappropriate Language

• Physical Contact

• Defiance/Insubordination/Non-

Compliance

• Disrespect

• Disruption

• Dress Code

• Technology Violation

• Property Misuse

• Tardy

Consequences are determined by

staff

Majors

• Abusive/Inappropriate Language

• Fighting

• Physical Aggression

• Defiance/Insubordination

• Harassment/Intimidation

• Inappropriate Display of

Affection

• Vandalism/Property Destruction

• Lying/Cheating

• Skipping

• Technology Violation

• Dress Code

• Theft

• Arson

• Weapons

• Tobacco

• Alcohol/Drugs

T-CHART EXAMPLE

Office referral forms

What needs to be recorded:

Description of incident

Date & Time of incident

Location of incident

Student name, Grade level

Referring staff name

Others involved

Motivation

Administrative decision or action

Progress Monitoring

Develop a routine for collecting and analyzing discipline data

PBIS team should regularly look at these data

What incidents are happening?

How often are they happening?

Who is involved?

Where are incidents occurring?

When are incidents occurring?

Who will lead PBIS efforts?

AcknowledgementsStudents and Adults

TeachingDeveloping

behavior lesson

plans

Administrator

+ Coach

PBIS TEAM ROLES & RESPONSIBILITIES

Team

Development &

Annual Training

Plan

Handling

Problem

Behaviors - Data

Team Time: Functions Of PBIS Universal Team

What will your role and function be?

PBIS Readiness Checklist – Osceola High School

Sustainability: How Do You Keep PBIS Going?

You make PBIS a priority!

Visibility

Written policy

Connect to other initiatives

Make it effective

Evaluate fidelity

Share data

Make it efficient

Repetition builds fluency

Over time, less resources

needed

Make it adaptive to change

Use data

Action Planning : Multi-tiered Action Plan = MAP

Team Time: PBIS Action Planning

What are your priority steps to getting started?

Recap

1. To understand where PBIS fits into Osceola High School

2. To understand what is needed to implement PBIS

3. To understand how to implement PBIS

4. To develop a “next steps” plan

Our Appreciation To The Following For Sharing

Resources On The Internet:

www.pbisapps.org

www.pbis.org

Illinois PBIS Network:

www.pbisillinois.org

Wisconsin PBIS Network:

http://www.wisconsinpbisnetwork.org/

Missouri Schoolwide Positive Behavior

Support: www.pbismissouri.org

The PBIS Compendium – Special School

District, St Louis MO:

http://pbiscompendium.ssd.k12.mo.us/