Colorado PBS: Sustainability and Scaling Up Cyndi Boezio, Ph.D. SIG Director Colorado Dept. of Education July 31, 2006 OSEP Project Directors’ Conference

Goal: Lessons Learned for Sustained Implementation & Scaling Up State Leadership Team/Advisory Support Coaches Family and Community Engagement

History of Colorado PBS 1992: District BEST (Behavior Evaluation Support Teams) : PBS Leadership Team* : 2 Pilot Districts 2003 to 2006: Scaling Up & Sustaining * Lesson Learned

Triangle Colors = Level of Support from PBIS Center *

Building State Capacity: State Leadership Team Representation General Ed and Special Ed Units at State 1 Rep from District and 1 from University Purpose LT: Establish and Maintain Vision Develop Procedures & Policies e.g. district commitments, # and type of trainings, who’s involved (private schools)… Funding, Visibility, Political Support

Leadership Team Funding VisibilityPolitical Support TrainingCoachingEvaluation Active Coordination Local School Teams/Demonstrations

Building State Capacity: Political Support 2002 Pilot Sites’ Trainings Summer: Welcome by Deputy Commissioner Fall: Superintendents did welcome for follow-ups 2003 to Present Commissioner, New Asst. Comm., PEAK Parent Center, State Board of Education PBS State Advisory Council: Top 3 tasks

Building State Capacity: Visibility Advertise your Results! Conferences—State and Sites present State Board of Education School presentation at public session Leadership Team presentation during work session

*1st Year of PBS Implementation

PBS Starts

Building State Capacity: Funding Commitment to Prioritize Use of $ Special Ed Set Aside (16-60 sites), Safe and Drug Free, State $ for At-Risk of Expulsion SIG/SPDG $ Used for: Scaling Up Develop Capacity

Advisory Council Leadership Team Funding VisibilityPolitical Support TrainingCoachingEvaluation Active Coordination Local School Teams/Demonstrations Split Duties During Scaling Up

Building State Capacity: State Advisory Council Representation State Leadership Team + Retired LT, District/BOCES Reps (Central Admin, Elem, Sec.), PEAK Parent Center (PTI), Coordinated School Health Rep, Safe To Tell—Dist. Attorney’s Office, State Board of Education, Mental Health, Social Services Purpose Advisory Council: Funding, Visibility, & Political Support

Lessons Learned Strong State Leadership Team/Advisory

Build District Capacity: Commitments District and School Commitments District Coach.5 FTE per 5-8 schools Attend Trainings including principals Data (SWIS or SWIS-like) Re-Commitments District Leadership Teams after first year Prove SWIS-like efforts or SWIS

Build District Capacity: Support District Coaches Training for Coaches Training by Coaches

Average # of schools per coach

Build District Capacity: Coaching Training for Coaches (5 during Sch. Yr) Using data for decision-making Working with building teams Creating district level teams Engaging parents and community Looking at the “bigger picture” Training by Coaches

Build Local Capacity

Coaches Report Results: One District’s Report PBS schools—Office discipline referrals: to 03-04: 4.7% decrease to 04-05: 5.7% decrease Non-participating schools: to 03-04: 19.0% increase to 04-05: 19.3% increase

Build District Capacity: Family/Community Engagement Added as a priority Key to sustainability during turnover at schools Key to buy-in Teamed w/ Peak Parent Center (PTI)

Eight Practices of School-wide Positive Behavior Support 1.Administrative Leadership 2.Team Implementation 3.Define Concrete Expectations 4.Teach Behavior Expectations 5.Acknowledge and Reward Positive Behavior 6.Monitor and Correct Behavior 7.Use Data for Decision Making 8.Family and Community Engagement

Focus of Family/Community Training Overview of PBS: purpose, school-wide rules, the school-wide system of implementation, opportunities for parent involvement in PBS Ways to develop their own personalized PBS systems for home use: given basic tools to consider for consistent behavior management in the home; parents are encouraged to coordinate their home PBS system with the school PBS system

Coaches Train Families and Community Members In , 5 out of 39 coaches had taken over family and community engagement training

Leadership/Advisory Team Funding VisibilityPolitical Support TrainingCoachingEvaluation Active Coordination Local School Teams/Demonstrations Parent/Comm. Support

Lessons Learned for Sustained Implementation & Scaling Up State Leadership Team/Advisory Support Coaches Family and Community Engagement

Colorado School-wide Positive Behavior Support Cyndi Boezio, SIG Director Kiki McGough, State PBS Coordinator