Putting Student Voice in Schoolwide PBIS at the Secondary Level

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Putting Student Voice in School-wide PBISat the
Secondary Level

• Laura A. Riffel, Ph.D.
• Hoon Choi, Ph.D.
• Heather Haynes, Ph.D. Fellow

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voice
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Eight Suburban Junior Highs (7-9)
                                     

• Olathe, Kansas
• 4th largest city in Kansas
• 118,034 population (2007 census)
• 24th fastest growing city in Nation

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Getting the students on board

• Two pre-trainings
• Overview of PBIS 4-6 p.m.
• Team building activities
• Survey Monkey contest
• Survey student leaders
• Discuss perfect school
• Specifics of PBIS 48 p.m.
• Go over survey results
• Discuss in depth student rewards
• Discuss expectations
• Prepare skit for staff on teaching expectations

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Voting

• After explaining the 3-5 behavioral expectations
  and talking about switching from telling students
  what not to do into telling students what to
  do.we gave them four examples and asked them to
  vote on which display they liked best.

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Sample A
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Sample B
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Sample C
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Sample D
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Sample B
WINNER
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What is it like to be part of the process at
school now?
participation
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What was it like to be part of the big training?

• Two Day Training

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Survey Said

• We asked the students to take a survey and then
  have a contest to see who could get the most
  students from their schools to answer the survey
  we designed on www.surveymonkey.com

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Heres what the surveys said
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Heres what the surveys said
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Whats a problem at your school?
problem
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We shared this information with the teams during
team training
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California Trail Junior High

• CHILL
• Care about your surroundings
• Have respect for all
• Interact positively
• Listen to and follow directions
• Lead by example

• Lets hear how they came up with that idea.

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chill
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How would you like to be taught the expectations?

• Assemblies where the adults act like students and
  teach appropriate behaviors?
• Assemblies where students teach behaviors?
• Closed-circuit television teaching the behaviors?
• Videos made by students to teach behaviors?
• Videos made by teachers to teach behaviors?

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This school really put student voice in their
kick-off
spencerville
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What would you like the gotchas to look like?

• Slips of paper that the staff members write on
• Business cards
• Punch tickets
• Sticker tickets
• Other ideas

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Rewards students prefer.
rewards
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Areas to Consider for Student Voice

• What are the real issues?
• How will you get your students involved in the
  process?
• Are gotchas too elementary for MS students?
• What do you think your students will respond to
  for gotchas?
• For rewards?
• For teaching and reteaching?

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What do parents think?
parents
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How do you address the teachers?
teachers
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Students giving back to teachers.
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Next Steps
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www.surveymonkey.com

• Send out newsletters with a link to the survey
  you created.
• Give a deadline
• Have a contest
• Put a secret word in the survey
• Have students mail in a 3 by 5 card with the
  secret word and their return address.
• Draw name and give a prize for people who take
  the time to do the survey
• Set up the survey so you can only enter once from
  each computer.

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Invite students to 2 day training
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Administration Thoughts
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www.pbis.org

• Lesson Plans for teaching behaviors at the Middle
  School Level
• School
• Primary
• User Resources
• Students