Establishing District Level Support for PBIS Implementation Dr. Jose Torres-Superintendent, District U46 Steve Romano-Technical Assistance Director
Why District Level Support? N’s of one don’t work Sustainability Support for tier 2 and tier 3 Funding
District Readiness Administrators attend AS 50 or AA540 In District meeting w/TAD or TAC Work through District Readiness Checklist
District Readiness Focuses on: Coaching capacity (internal, external, tier 2/tier 3, FTE) Data audit Training plan
Taking it to Scale Leadership Team Visibility Political Support Funding Leadership Team Active Coordination Evaluation Training Coaching Local School Teams/Demonstrations
District Action Planning 4 capacity building targets Local Policy & Funding Capacity Local Training Capacity Local Coaching Capacity Local Evaluation Capacity
District Leadership Team Annual District Forum Long term planning
Going to Scale with Effective Systems/Practices If you invest, do it so it will last 10 years! Implement with high fidelity Must be durable Must be sustained (in place 5 years) Delivered by typical agents Outcome data used to adapt Modify to local setting Establish system
District Leadership Team (District Summit, Quarterly district meetings) Technical Assistance Coordinator External Coaches (External coaches strand, network mtgs.) Internal Coaches (Coaches strand, network mtgs.) Building Level Teams (Core team trainings at three tiers)
Network Meetings Conducted monthly by network TAC or external coach Includes external, internal coaches Each meeting has a designated topic Can be one or several districts