Circle Cross Ranch Motivational Committee & PBIS

Outline  PBIS  Motivational Committee  B3- Be Free

What is Positive Behavior Intervention Supports (PBIS)?  School wide positive support system that aims at improving student behaviors and increasing academic and social successes.  PBIS is an empirically validated approach to eliminate challenging behaviors and replace them with pro-social skills.  PBIS can target an individual student or an entire school, as it does not focus exclusively on the student, but also includes changing environmental variables such as the physical setting, task demands, curriculum, instructional pace and individualized reinforcement.

What is PBIS? How does it work?  The goal of PBIS is to develop, teach, and positively reinforce specific behaviors in an environment where students are safe. This in turn results in increased academic achievement and allows students to build positive relationships with one another and adults.  PBIS uses a common language maintaining consistency for both staff and students on a level that everyone can use. It remains consistent from Kinder on up and all students and staff know, understand, and apply the PBIS systems.  Rather than focusing on the negatives, PBIS recognizes student achievements towards developing school pride.  Teaches the behaviors that are desired and reinforces them consistently. Students learn to hold themselves and others accountable.

Why Use PBIS?  Problem behavior is the single most common reason why students are removed from regular classrooms. Even though students with extreme problem behavior represent only 20% of school enrollment, they can account for more than 50% of behavioral incidents.  Harsh punishment and zero tolerance policies have not been effective at either improving behavioral climate in schools, or preventing students with problem behaviors from entering the juvenile justice system.  Three years after being excluded from school, almost 70% of these youth have been arrested.  Use of PBIS decreases the need for more intrusive or aversive interventions (i.e., punishment or suspension) and can lead to both systemic as well as individualized change.

How Does PBIS work?  PBIS is a process  Requires staff, community, parent, and student support.  Uses a systematic process involving:  Generally a year of planning  3-5 year long term implementation  Research of current system  ***Willingness to do something different  Planning, planning, planning with people passionate about creating a more positive environment for our students.

What is the CCR Motivational Committee?  A group of teachers and staff from a variety of grade levels  Meet with one goal in mind: To improve the overall school wide culture and focusing on positive behavior motivation.

Why the motivational committee?  The motivational committee is a key component in the research and planning to develop PBIS within the school.  We would like to find different ways to teach, reinforce, and reward positive behaviors.  Collect input and ideas from our peers and use them to help develop a system that will work.

Why the need for the motivational committee?  Our staff have many good systems in place to promote student achievement and positive behavior including classroom incentives however:  These are just some of the components  we would like to develop a strong cohesive system that is successful on an individual, classroom, and school wide level.  We would like to have consistency in vocabulary, expectations, and positive academic and behavior supports on a school-wide level from kinder-8 th grade.

How Does the Motivational Committee fit into PBIS?  Taking the first steps toward change  the motivational committee has begun working to adopt a system that improves staff and student interactions, increases positive student behaviors and rewards those positive behaviors, and provides a more positive school culture.  Monthly Meetings  Discuss areas of concern, needs for improvement, solutions, and the next phases in the implementation process.  “Bought In”  All staff, students, parents, teachers, etc. must be bought in to make a shift to a more positive school culture.  Cheerleaders to promote change  B3- Be Free  Current implementation of just one PBIS component

What is B3 -Be Free?  B3-Be Free stands for B e Safe, B e Responsible, B e Respectful and you will Be Free of negative consequences, Be Free to learn uninterrupted, and Be Free to succeed!  B3-Be Free is a new system that explains our school rules and expectations clearly.  B3-Be Free rewards all students for making the right choice to follow the school rules and expectations on a regular basis.

Why B3-Be Free  To reinforce positive behavior and good choices.  To create an environment where everyone can succeed.  To build school pride and spirit.

How Does B3-Be Free Work?  1. Establish Clear Expectations  Input from staff and students  What do our school rules “look” like in all areas of the school community  2. Teach & Practice  Teach students the expectations  Practice them often- Use as teaching opportunities  3. Reinforce  Praise/recognize positive choices to follow expectations  Rewards  Daily  Weekly  Grand Prize

Want to know more?  PBIS website  Arizona PBIS

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