VTPBiS%20Supervisory%20Union/District%20Coordinator%20and%20Administrator%20Orientation

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VTPBiS Supervisory Union/District Coordinator
and Administrator Orientation
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Agenda

• Introductions
• Define Roles and Responsibilities of VTPBiS
  Leaders at All Levels of Implementation
• Identify Coaching and Other Supports Available
• Describe PBIS Data Tools EBS, TIC and SET
• Identify Activities Related to SET
• Answer remaining Questions

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PBIS Two Big Ideas
Data

1. The basic framework for supporting all students
2. Using data, practices and systems to achieve
   academic and social outomes

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Implementation Science tells us that we need to
attend to both innovation and implementation
at all levels
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Building Staff Students
gt80 of students can tell you the school-wide
expectations and can say that they have been
acknowledged for following them. gt80 of staff
can tell you the school-wide expectations and can
say they have acknowledged students for following
them. School staff teach the school-wide
expectations to all students. Positive
adult-to-student interactions exceed negative
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Administrator, PBIS School Coordinator and PBIS
School Leadership Team

• Role of the PBIS School Leadership Team
• Oversees the development, implementation and
  maintenance of the PBIS Implementation Plan (at
  the Universal Level). This includes
• A statement of common purpose
• 3-5 positively stated behavioral expectations
• Systems for teaching behavioral expectations
• Systems for acknowledging and rewarding
  behavioral expectations
• Systems for discouraging problem behaviors
• Data management systems

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Administrator, PBIS School Coordinator and PBIS
School Leadership Team

• Role of the PBIS School Coordinator
• Support Leadership Team with action planning,
  implementation,
• sustainability and accountability
• Team reinforcement (positive nag)
• Facilitate the use of data in decision making
• Public relations and communications
• Organize and report data to Team and to State
• Attend regional coordinator meetings (bi-monthly)
• Attend training events

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Administrator, PBIS School Coordinator and PBIS
School Leadership Team

• Role of the Administrator
• Support and participate in PBIS School Leadership
  Team meetings
• Make PBIS visible through frequent communication
  with staff
• Ensure support is in place from SU, School
  coordinator, behavior
• specialist, team
• Seek feedback from all staff
• Present to parents
• Promote fidelity of implementation
• Use data for EVERYTHING!
• MAKE IT FUN FOR STUDENTS AND STAFF

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Supervisory Union/District Coordinators and
SU/District Leadership Team

• Role of SU/District PBIS Coordinator
• Establish Supervisory Union Team
• Conduct or coordinate school-based evaluations
  and assessments (SET, EBS) 
• Act as a liaison between schools and VTPBiS State
  Team
• Attend school leadership team meetings 2-3 times
  per year
• Establish quarterly Supervisory Union meetings
• Develop a dissemination strategy to establish
  visibility
• Ensure student social behavior is a top priority
  of the SU

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The PBIS SU/District Coordinator Creates a
SU-wide PBIS Culture

• Maintain regular communication support between
  school teams the SU
• Provide Vision and establish commitments for
  school participation
• Create SU capacity for training maintaining
  PBIS
• Collect ongoing SU-wide and individual data to
  monitor, motivate, and inform needs at
  participating schools
• Create a plan for all levels of PBIS
  Implementation and Support
• Develop SU PBIS calendar
• Write into SU policies and handbooks
• Make things as easy as possible for teams to do
• Secure resources for school teams
• PBIS Showcase Make success VISIBLE!

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PBIS SU/District Coordinator Pre-requisites

• Attendance at introductory trainings
• Role endorsed by superintendent
• Flexibility to complete PBIS tasks
• Positive rapport with school staff and
  professional credibility
• Interest in performing responsibilities of
  SU/District coordinator

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VTPBiS State TEAM and VTPBiS Coaches

• Role of VTPBiS State Team
• Provide support for Implementation (resources,
  training, coaching)
• Follow a data-based state action plan
• Policy funding
• Communications
• Identify state exemplars
• Evaluation
• Role of VTPBiS Coaches
• Meet with school team(s) 3-4 times per year to
  provide support and TA
• Monitor team efforts using PBIS data tools
• Assist SU/District to build capacity for
  sustained implementation (re-
• define your role over time)

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Visibility
Political Support
Funding
State, SU and School Leadership Teams
Active Coordination
Training
Coaching
Evaluation
Behavioral Expertise
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Rate Your Knowledge and Experience with PBIS

• On a scale from 1-5, assess your level of
  knowledge and experience with PBIS.
• 1 I know very little about PBIS
• 5 I have extensive knowledge and experience
  with PBIS
• List 1-2 questions that you have about PBIS
  and/or your role in supporting PBIS within your
  school or supervisory union.
• Discuss with people at your table.

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Supports Available to You

• VTPBiS State Implementation Team
• Coaches available to each SU
• Other VTPBiS schools
• Web sites www.pbisvermont.org or www.pbis.org
• Vermont and National Training
• What additional support would be helpful to you?

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• Using your School Data
• SET, TIC and EBS

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Improving Decision-Making
From
Problem
Solution
To
Problem Solving
Problem
Solution
Information (Data)
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Data Driven Decision Making

• Getting Started
• SET, EBS Survey, ODRs
• Getting to Implementation Fidelity
• Team Implementation Checklist, SET
• Sustaining Improvement
• EBS Survey, SET, ODRs

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Assessing PBIS Practices
EBS Survey (self-assessment)
School-wide Evaluation Tool (SET)
Team Implementation Checklist (TIC)
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Effective Behavior Support (EBS) Self-Assessment
Survey
Purpose Assess staff perceptions of PBIS practices in place and priority for changes Design annual action plan
Format Online Survey www.pbssurveys.org
Completed by All staff On-line scoring, graphing
When? Pre-implementation and Annually, in March
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Two main questions

1. What systems are in place now?
2. What systems are most in need of improvement?

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SAMPLE
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SAMPLE
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Assessing PBIS Practices
EBS Survey (self-assessment)
School-wide Evaluation Tool (SET)
Team Implementation Checklist (TIC)
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School-wide Evaluation Tool (SET)
Purpose Assess school-wide implementation of PBIS practices
Format Interviews with staff, students observations review of discipline related documents
Completed by Coaches and SU/District Coordinators Manual scoring, graphing
When? Before SW implementation, 6-12 weeks after SW implementation, Annually
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SET Components
Section A Expectations Defined
Section B Behavioral Expectations Taught
Section C On-Going System for Rewarding Behavioral Expectations
Section D System for Responding to Behavioral Violations
Section E Monitoring and Evaluation
Section F Leadership
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Completing the SET Who does what?

• VTPBiS State Team and Coaches
• Remind SU/school when SET needs to be done.
• Coordinate times to meet with schools.
• SU/District PBIS Coordinators
• Receive on-site training from VTPBiS Coach with
  eventual goal to become independent at completing
  SETs for schools within SU.
• School Administrators
• Be available for 30 minute interview with SET
  evaluator. Have materials ready. Notify school
  staff and students that evaluator will be asking
  questions.
• PBIS School Coordinators
• Support the administrator in preparing for the
  SET. Facilitate using SET results in School
  Leadership Team action planning.

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Assessing PBIS Practices
EBS Survey (self-assessment)
School-wide Evaluation Tool (SET)
Team Implementation Checklist (TIC)
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Team Implementation Checklist
Purpose Used by teams to guide activities during start up and ongoing implementation
Format Checklist and action plan tool
Completed by PBIS School Coordinators with School Leadership Teams Online Manual scoring, graphing
When? Recommended monthly during initial implementation Annually in October for all VTPBiS Schools
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Completing the TIC Who does what?

• VTPBiS State Team and Coaches
• Set up school accounts through www.pbssurveys.org.
  
• Remind SU/school about annual date for online
  completion.
• Support school in using as guide for action
  planning.
• SU/District PBIS Coordinators
• Support schools to complete TIC and use in action
  planning.
• School Administrators
• Use for action planning.
• PBIS School Coordinators
• Facilitate completion of TIC with Leadership
  Team.
• Use TIC results in School Leadership Team action
  planning.

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What are your questions?