Wentworth Elementary School PBIS

School Wide PBIS is: ∗ for all students. ∗ a general approach to preventing problem behavior. ∗ based on a long history of behavioral practices and effective design and strategies. ∗ All PBIS schools should have an established system for reinforcing and acknowledging appropriate behaviors, but the tangible things given are only part of the reinforcement process. The other key component is verbal acknowledgement. By pairing tangible reinforcement with verbal reinforcement, adults can make clear to students which behaviors they are reinforcing and provide an effective form of reinforcement. What is PBIS?

ODR’s dropped by 74 referrals from to Less office referrals = more instructional time for students! Year End ODR Data

∗ Staff members here at Wentworth reinforce the appropriate behaviors in our six common areas by giving students blue SOAR feathers. ∗ Each student is tasked with earning a designated amount of feathers to attend the SOAR celebration. If a student receives 1 bus referral or 1 classroom referral, additional feathers must be earned to delete the referral and still attend the SOAR celebration. 2 or more referrals or any suspensions result in an automatic loss of SOAR celebration privileges for the next event. Students not attending the SOAR celebration will be re-taught the school expectations and rules during that time. Feathers

∗ SOAR feathers are kept and tallied by the classroom teacher and can be redeemed for our PBIS celebrations, or SOAR celebrations throughout the year. ∗ Weekly feather drawings to take place in each classroom - grade level to determine what day & prizes to be awarded. Feathers

∗ Students/teachers keep feathers. ∗ Begin distribution August 31st - Individual tickets (Blue feathers) & Classroom tickets (Golden feathers) ∗ Feathers do not replace individual classroom management but reinforce school-wide expectations (SOAR) ∗ Be specific for feather and/ or corrective conversation- “you moved your bookbag and that is O for Observe Safety” Feathers

∗ Golden Classroom feathers - Tape these around your doorframe. rewards for these are based on the total number earned. ∗ When a feather is given - student writes their name and staff circles the area of recognition. Be sure to explain reason for receiving feather. Feathers

∗ Continue the “give me five” signal to gain attention (hand up and mouths closed). Visual for classroom attached to PBIS page. ∗ Support other teachers in the “give me five” signal 0 = No Voices 1 = Whisper 2 = Table Talk 3 = Strong Speaker 4 = Outside Voice Levels

∗ Universal Staff Training on Monday, 8/17 ∗ We will begin rolling out the lessons with our students the first week.lessons ∗ We will celebrate our first SOAR celebration on 11/23. Timeline

∗ Each student must earn 7 feathers to get into the November celebration. If a student receives 1 bus or classroom referral, two additional feathers must be earned to delete the referral and still attend the SOAR celebration. Two or more referrals result in a loss of SOAR celebration privileges for next event. Students not attending will have a re-teaching session. Any students receiving any form of a suspension (Bus, ISS, or OSS) are automatically attending the re-teaching opportunity in place of the celebration. Celebration Attendance

∗ November 23rd ∗ March 4th ∗ May 27th - third and final celebration ∗ Weekly Drawings throughout the year Celebrations

Dawn JamesBrittany Beasley Tracey Anderson Jennifer Hardin Jamie Hunt Josh Follweiler Barbara Dishmon Kim Wilson Sarah Hobbs Amy Small Amanda Willis Thank you PBIS Team!