SCHOOL AND COMMUNITY PBS: THERE IS NO TIME LIKE THE PRESENT VANESSA BOWLES STEPHANIE DECOTEAU ASCENSION PARISH Session 19A – 9:30 a.m. 19B – 12:45 p.m.

PRESENTATION TOPICS Attendees will learn to: Conduct a needs assessment in your school Creatively teach/reteach PBS expectations to faculty, students, parents and community Collaborate with community in order to gain support for school-wide PBS program

GOALS To determine parents’ understanding of school-wide PBS program To involve parents and local businesses in our school PBS program To develop connections between school, parents, and community To create fundraising opportunities for our school’s PBS program

OVERVIEW OF PBS PBS IS…. A collaborative assessment-based approach to developing effective interventions for problem behavior. Emphasizes the use of proactive, educative, and reinforcement-based strategies to achieve meaningful and durable behavior and lifestyle outcomes Aims to build an effective environment in which positive behavior is more effective than problem behavior For all students

NEEDS ASSESSMENT PBS Parent Survey was designed to gain parent feedback and offer them a voice in the PBS process. Determined strengths and areas of improvement for our school Limited to one distribution during Spring semester (paper/pencil)

PBS PARENT SURVEY

PRESENTATION OF DATA

PLAN To improve parents’ awareness of our PBS program To improve communication about the PBS program To improve parent satisfaction with the program To present the faces of our PBS program

THERE IS NO TIME…. Art Contest - K-5 students encouraged to participate - Teachers given theme of “Star Patriots” - Students asked to draw school expectations and rules - Teachers encouraged to review expectations along with activity - Expectations/rules reinforced through visualization of artwork

PBS ART WORK

PBS ART

PBS ART

SCHOOL CALENDAR Representation of our school-wide PBS program Distributed to local businesses Educational tool Fundraising

POST-ASSESSMENT Distributed again before extended break Compare pre/post tests PACE Yearly contests

Complete Your Evaluation VANESSA BOWLES STEPHANIE DECOTEAU ASCENSION PARISH Session 19 A 9:30 a.m. 19 B 2:00 p.m.

CONTACT INFORMATION Vanessa Bowles, School Counselor vanessa.bowles@apsb.org Stephanie Decoteau, SBLC Facilitator Stephanie.decoteau@apsb.org