What needs to be done? Who is going to do it? When will it get done? Action Planning What needs to be done? Who is going to do it? When will it get done? Excerpt from July 2011 SW training by DE-PBS Delaware Positive Behavior Support Project

Key Feature Schools demonstrate sustained commitment, participation, and implementation with fidelity by the majority of staff, administrators, district leadership, and school community in a shared approach to the dynamic and evolving PBS process. Action plans help demonstrate commitment and illustrate an evolving PBS process Delaware Positive Behavior Support Project

Long-term School-wide PBS Action Planning Develop a plan to guide the team and support implementation for the year The plan should include specific big picture goals for the year, steps to reach those goals, who is going to do what by when, etc. Plan to visit regularly (~4x/year) to check areas of need, to celebrate success, to make additions/changes, etc. Once the program is up and running, the team needs to develop a long-term/yearly action plan to support implementation goals and steps Team should develop a PBS plan on a yearly basis to keep on track Delaware Positive Behavior Support Project

Developing Measurable Objectives Big Idea: Determine what you want to answer, what data will answer the question, the simplest way to get that data, and then write an objective for where they want to be in the future. From Peter Alter, PhD, April 2009 Delaware Positive Behavior Support Project

Example Objectives By the end of the quarter, fights in the lunchroom will decrease to less than 1 per week. By holiday break, boys on the football team will decrease referrals to the principal from the gym. By end of the year, bus referrals will decrease by 50%. By the end of the year, students will attend school at a rate 5% higher than last year. This year, reported incidents of vandalism will decrease by 50% from last year. From Peter Alter, PhD, April 2009 Delaware Positive Behavior Support Project

Key Feature Schools provide on-going professional development and support to school staff that corresponds closely with the needs of the schools and individual staff members. We hope that continued PD for your team and fellow staff will be part of your yearly action plan. Upcoming Events: Strategies for Developing Self-Discipline in the Classroom Tuesday, November 9, 2010 9:00 am – 4:00 pm Targeted Team Training January 11 9 – 4 Annual PBS Celebration – What’s cookin’ with DE-PBS? April 14 2011 9-4 Delaware Positive Behavior Support Project

Revisit Essential Questions Do teachers and administration agree on what is major vs. minor? Are teachers providing “active supervision” in problem behavior areas (i.e hallway)? Have teachers been taught that expectation? What programs have buy-in in the school; why?; What needs to be done for buy-in for PBS?

Resources www.delawarepbs.org www.doe.state.de.us www.apbs.org www.PBIS.org www.casel.org www.ebdnetwork-il.org Check through your workbook and example sections as there are other tools we did not highlight during the 2 days Process of revising our website, but please check out. Delaware Positive Behavior Support Project