Positive Behavioral Interventions & Supports (PBIS)
Training and support on a systemic implementation of a decision-making framework for positive social culture in a school or district.
Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS) is a decision-making framework that guides selection, integration and implementation of the best evidence-based behavioral practices for improving important behavior outcomes for all students. PBIS is not a curriculum, intervention or practice, but instead is a collaboration between district and school staff in designing behavioral support systems at each tier of an RtI2 system.
District-wide PBIS
- Evidence-based approach for establishing a positive social culture in a district that involves systemic support of sites in the implementation of School-wide PBIS.
- The framework includes many evidence-based features:
- School climate is a goal of the district
- District RtI2 /PBIS Leadership Team
- Allocation of monetary and human resources
- On-going professional development
School-wide PBIS
- Evidence-based approach for establishing a positive social culture in schools that involves systemic and individualized behavior support strategies for achieving social and learning outcomes while preventing problem behavior in all students.
- The framework includes many evidence-based features:
- Prevention focus
- Define and teach positive social expectations
- Acknowledge positive behavior
- Arrange consistent consequences for problem behavior
- On-going collection and use of data for decision making
- Continuum of intensive, individual interventions
- Administrative leadership — team-based implementation
Training is provided over a three-year period and includes professional development sessions, design and planning time, as well as on-site technical assistance. To participate, schools and districts must commit site and district teams and identify PBIS coaches. Site teams and site/district PBIS coaches must attend all SW-PBIS trainings. PBIS coaches must attend all district leadership and coaches trainings.
Tier 1: Universal Systems
School-wide PBIS site team training (3-4 times per year)
The team training will guide school teams through the development and implementation of a school-wide PBIS. The training sequence includes:
- School-wide rules defining behavioral expectations across settings
- Lesson plans for teaching expectations
- Acknowledgment systems
- Data-based decision making
- Consistent and fair consequence system
- Check In/Check Out
- Functional Analysis Assessments
PBIS Coaches Training (3 times per year)
This training strand strives to build local capacity within districts to provide continuing coaching support and district leadership to support school implementation efforts. PBIS coaches will receive training in:
- Providing on-site coaching support to school teams
- Facilitating PBIS leadership meetings
- Coordinating district action planning
- Coordinating PBIS professional development efforts
- Evaluation and assessment
District Leadership Team Training (once per year)
District leadership teams will receive training in a handful of areas as they relate to PBIS:
- Effective implementation and decision-making
- Resource allocation
- Policy implications
- District-wide evaluation
Training Dates
PBIS Overview
March 14, 2012
School-wide PBIS: Universal Systems Tier 1, PBIS Coaches Training, District Leadership Team
- Oct. 11: Site Team Training /Oct. 12: Coaches Training
- Dec. 7: Site Team Training /Dec. 8: Coaches Training,
- Feb. 15: Site Team Training /Feb. 16: District Leadership Training
- April 11: Site Team Training /April 12: Coaches Training
Tier II: Intervention and Support
Check In/Check Out (2 sessions)
The team training will guide school teams through the development and implementation of a Check In/Check Out system for Tier 2 intervention. The training sequence includes many elements:
- Student identification and participation criteria
- Development of daily behavior cards
- Processes for implementing across settings, throughout the school day
- Training procedures for staff
- Data-based decision making and progress monitoring
Training Dates
March 30/April 1, 2011
PBIS Coaches Network (monthly)
This network works to continue building local capacity within districts for successful PBIS implementation. Participants will collaborate on strategies and solutions to on-going implementation needs, and share resources and the latest PBIS tools. Discussion topics vary:
- Coaching strategies
- Meeting facilitation strategies
- Monitoring the district action plan
- Providing on-going PBIS professional development
- Calibration of evaluation and assessment tools
PBIS Coaches Network Dates
- Oct. 19, 2010
- Nov. 19, 2010
- Jan. 20, 2011
- March 17, 2011
- April 20, 2011
- May 18, 2011
- June 14, 2011
School-wide Information Systems (SWIS™) Training
SWIS™ is a web-based information system for gathering, entering, summarizing, reporting and using office discipline referral information to improve school personnel’s ability to develop safe and effective learning environments. The training sequence includes:
- Data entry
- Generating reports
- Data-based decision making using SWISTM
- Check-In/Check-Out
Training Dates
Aug. 11, 2010
Jan. 18, 2011
Aug. 10, 2011
Date last updated: February 29, 2012
