North County High School Fostering Family & Community

A Snap Shot of North County  1850 – 2000 Students  Approximately… –73% white –22% Af. American –3% Hispanic –2% Asian  6 Elementary Schools  2 Middle Schools  Standard to AP and STEM

Life Before PBIS…  Chlorine Bombs  Bomb Threats  Multiple Evacuations  referrals/year  56 Expulsions/year  45% Expulsions were ninth grade

Buy-In is Critical! ATTEMPT #1  Principal Says “we will do this”.  Staff Says “Hmmm, don’t think so”. ATTEMPT #2  Teacher presents information about PBIS and explains the benefits  Staff asked to experiment 1 st semester and give feedback  Whole school kick-off second semester

Not Just “One More Thing” To Do  Building on what you already have in place –Work smarter not harder (condense committees) –Look at your initiatives and consolidate where appropriate –Brings a unifying focus to individual efforts

Our Guiding Force  Derived from the county code of conduct  In every classroom, hallway, cafeteria, gymnasium, auditorium  Reinforced by staff  Part of the morning announcements every day

Learning Matrix

How Are We After Year Six?  We were told that the greatest challenge is with high schools.  We are focusing on our faculty as well as our students.  We are continuing to get faculty members to buy-in to the PBIS approach.  Our focus/theme is FAMILY, COMMITMENT and RENEWAL.

We Are One Big Happy Family  Student of the Month Breakfasts  Honor Roll Breakfast  Luck of the Draw  Incentive Centers and Cart  Car Wash  Classic Car Show  Attendance Incentives  Sale of Ice Cold Water in the Media Center  Sale of Snacks and Drinks in the School Store  Knights Out Celebrations

PBIS is for STAFF too  Care Bear Foster Parent Program  Secret Pal Program  Daily Trumpets  Knights Out Fundraisers  Staff Shirts  Tokens of appreciation (It’s the little things)  Retirement Celebration  Staff Photo Album on Intranet  End of the Year Picnic

It Takes a Team Approach  Team members from each department  Getting the Community Involved –North County Business Advisory Board Partnership –Fundraising –Incentives –Adding students and parents to the team

Address the Data: Implications and Improvements  Are we happy with the data?  Top 3  Comparison over the years  Share Data with the Faculty  How can we improve…. Teamwork makes the dream work!

Look Beyond the Data…  Don’t just focus on the numbers.  Spend time re-building morale and relationships among your staff.  Better staff climate will translate into better student climate.  Look at the culture of your school.  Be willing to have those “courageous conversations”.

How Are We Getting There?  Focusing on the data  Dedication  Teamwork  Hard Work  Family Unity

Songs to get you through “Every day is a winding road…” “Respect..find out what it means to me…” “I get by with a little help from my friends..” “Lean on me” “You’ve got a friend in me…” “We are family…!” “I Will Survive!”