PBIS

Helem Fabre

A positive attitude causes a chain reaction of positive thoughts, events and

outcomes. It is a catalyst and it sparks extraordinary results.
Wade Boggs

What is PBIS?

PBIS is a framework or approach for assisting school personnel in adopting and organizing
evidence-based behavioral interventions into an integrated continuum that enhances academic
and social behavior outcomes for all students.
PBIS IS a prevention-oriented way for school personnel to
organize evidence-based practices.
improve their implementation of those practices.
maximize academic and social behavior outcomes for students.
PBIS supports the success of ALL students.

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Core Principles of PBIS

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We can effectively teach appropriate

behavior to all children.
Intervene early.
Use of a multi-tier model of service
delivery.
Use research-based, scientifically
validated interventions to the extent
available.
Monitor student progress to inform
interventions.
Use data to make decisions.
Use assessment for three different
purposes

How does PBIS work?

All students follow the same set of

rules and expectations throughout
all areas in the building.
These rules and expectations are
displayed as a matrix, which is
posted in every hallway and
classroom.
When students follow the rules and
expectations, they are recognized.
When students do not follow the
rules, there are planned
consequences to help them get
back on track.

PBIS in the school/ classroom

1.

Establish a school-wide leadership or behavior support

In the classroom:

team to guide and direct the process. This team should

be made up of an administrator, grade level
representatives, support staff, and parents.
2.

Secure administrator agreement of active support and

Teachers will enforce PBIS through implementing the action plan

from the PBIS team in their classroom.

participation.
3.

Secure a commitment and agreement from at least

80% of the staff for active support and participation.

4.

Conduct a self assessment of the current school-wide

discipline system.

5.

Examples:

Create an implementation action plan that is based

data based decision making.

6.

Students will gain an understanding on what is acceptable

in the classroom. Some schools give schoolwide pledges
that are designed to give them an understanding on what
good behavior appears to be.
Students may be given incentives for their good behavior

Establish a way to collect office referral and other data

on a regular basis to evaluate the effectiveness of
school-wide PBIS efforts.

Assist with morning announcements over the PA system

Be a helper in another classroom
Be featured on a photo recognition board

An example will be that a school team may

determine that disrespect for self, others, and
property is a set of behaviors they would like
to target for change.

Property would be one of their

behavioral expectations.

Behavioral Expectations
The primary prevention of positive behavioral
interventions and supports (PBIS) consists of rules,
routines, and physical arrangements that are developed
and taught by school staff to prevent initial occurrences
of behavior the school would like to target for change.

Respect Yourself, Others, and

At the end of the school year,

there should be a climate change
on what students perceive as
respecting yourself, others and
property. They should be able to
provide examples and model the
behavior.

Sample of a behavior expectation

Students will
see this in their
classrooms,
hallways,
lunchroom etc.
Schools
typically
personalize the
expectations to
their school
mascot to
enforce a
positive school
environment
and instill pride
in students.

Mobile Apps for Teachers

iBehaveWell
I Behave Well is an app that helps teachers monitor, track and share behavior data with students,
parents and administrators. I can definitely see myself using this app, because I personally feel as
though it will be a quicker way to send out information on students to personnel and to parents.
This app seems it will be a great way to store online students progress.

Available Platform: iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch iOS 4.0 or later

Positives:

Teachers can email information to parents or counselor.

Can be utilized to create a online behavior chart.

Can be accessed on Teachers school classroom website.

Downsides:

At students family may not have a iPhone, iPod Touch.

This app requires internet connection. What if a students family does not have internet
connection, how will they how their child is doing.

Cost: $0.99; You have to pay for the app, a family may not want to pay a fee to know the
progress of their child.

Classroom Management
Takeaways:
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Establishing a routine is very important.

I did not truly understand this until I
watched the video Tricks of the trade
seeing the teacher reinforcing the lesson
by having a personal interaction.
Establishing a morning routine at the door
with a simple handshake and question I
can see beneficial to any student.
In the past working in the classroom I
have done morning passes that would be
completed before the morning
announcements.
I never had the face to face interaction as
the teacher did in the video did with his
students. Students in general especially
children with disabilities I believe strive the
best when they have that personal
connection to the teacher.

New Teacher Survival Guide

Tips and Tricks

Break down lessons to the smallest component

If students are struggling, they will not actively participate. Breaking down a lesson will allow students to move
through the tasks and become more engaged in the lesson and not be frustrated.
Use physical proximity to prevent potential interruptions.
While you are teaching you can develop a special signal for a specific student so they know it is time to focus.
Non-verbal cues
I see this being beneficial to students who are nonverbal and verbal because no one is being left out.
Whole class strategies
Utilizing Positive narration, helps engage the whole class and not just an individual. An example can be I see
Diana on the right page using students as examples promotes positive behavior and also motivates other
students to model the behavior.
Games and competitions
Utilizing games and competitions helps keep students engaged in the lesson and allows students to test out
their knowledge and as the video stated everyone can be a winner kids love competing and they will enjoy
playing games that forces them to remember previous lessons.

Disruptive Behavior
The disruptive behavior, it often results in:

Lost instructional time (up to 50%, according

Initial thoughts:

to some sources)

Lowered academic achievement for the

disruptive student and his or her classmates

Decreased student engagement and

motivation

Teacher stress and frustration

Teacher attrition

I notice with my own teaching, I tend to focus on

negative behavior and wasting valuable class
time. Instead of moving on with the lesson, I drag
on the conflict to the point when class time is up.
Questions I had was:
How do I keep my students engaged and
motivated, if they do not want to be in
class?

How do I separate my own frustration with

disruptive behavior?

How can I redirect the class from a

students outburst?

Classroom and Teacher Influences on Behavior

Takeaways:

Teachers should realize the classroom factors that influence

students behavior (e.g., organization, predictable schedules). By

addressing these factors in a proactive manner and creating a

structured environment, teachers can minimize disruptive
behavior. They can do this by:

Organizing the classroom

Creating a daily schedule

Cueing transitions

The tip on organizing the classroom was very helpful. I know for
me from past experience sometimes it is hard to keep a
classroom organized which created problems because, students
would just throw the art supplies anywhere and not to the proper
place. Establishing to the students that we must keep the
classroom environment clean and tidy, I think really helps students
gain a respect and appreciation for the space .
Creating a daily schedule is hard, I know schedules and routines
help students understand how the day will look like and what will
be accomplished. I thought it was interesting learning that daily
schedules help create calm and helps with students anxiety.
From our class a timer and a bell are utilized as a signal to give us
the students when an activity is going to end. I did not know that
this was called a cueing transition. This will be a good tool to
utilize in the classroom, because students will know when it is
time to stop and proceed to the next activity.

Reflection

A huge takeaway for me personally was positive narration to the whole class. I get stuck with praising students who volunteer and not
the class as a whole. In order to have a class culture that is positive there needs to be a unification of the class.

Understanding cultural influences, I am Dominican American and in my previous school I worked at it was a predominately white rural
school. I did not know how to interact with the students at times, because culturally it was different. I never really put that much thought
into that until the IRIS module:

Teachers must keep in mind two culturally influenced factors:

Styles of interaction

Response to authority figures

I struggle with being direct and just getting my point of view across and not consider how the listener may feel. Being in my graduate
program I am constantly checking myself on not being too direct and controlling my level of emotionality. I am trying to understand the
level of cultural differences and how to adjust to the different environments, which students feel in classrooms today navigating through
the difference of culture and understanding others.

References

http://education.seattlepi.com/classroom-management-punishment-vs-discipline-4051.html
https://www.pbis.org/school/swpbis-for-beginners/pbis-faqs
http://www.pbis.org/school/primary-level
https://www.pbis.org/school/swpbis-for-beginners/pbis-faqs
https://www.pbis.org/school/swpbis-for-beginners/pbis-faqs
https://www.pbis.org/school/primary-level/faqs
http://www.pbis.org/school/primary-level
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/ibehavewell/id384311092?mt=8
http://www.pbis.org/common/cms/files/Student/Sample%20Behavior%20Expectations/jonesboroposter.jpg
http://www.edutopia.org/classroom-management-teacher-tips-video
https://www.teachingchannel.org/videos/new-teacher-classroom-management#
http://iris.peabody.vanderbilt.edu/module/beh1/cresource/q1/p01/#content
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