MEADE MIDDLE SCHOOL PBIS Fall Regional Meeting October 24, 2007 Home of the Bulldog

Who are we? – 5 th year PBIS 730 Total Student Enrollment 730 Total Student Enrollment 12% Special Education 12% Special Education 40% FARMS 40% FARMS Ethnicity Ethnicity 56% African American 28% Caucasian 10% Hispanic

Today’s Agenda Behavior Matrix Behavior Matrix PBIS Committee / Staff Development PBIS Committee / Staff Development Data Analysis Data Analysis Discipline Procedures Discipline Procedures Student Incentives/Rewards Student Incentives/Rewards Questions/Comments Questions/Comments

B.A.R.K.LOCATIONClassROOMCafeteriaBusHallwayGym B e Prepared Prepared (Ready to Learn) A ct Responsibly R espect Yourself & Others K eep Safe (Rethinking) Behavior Matrix Desired behaviors for different areas in the school building

PBIS Committee Teacher from each team, administrator, school psychologist, & guidance counselor Teacher from each team, administrator, school psychologist, & guidance counselor Beginning of year: Overview to staff; Develop lessons to take place during Advisory Beginning of year: Overview to staff; Develop lessons to take place during Advisory Faculty PBIS binders with information about our program Faculty PBIS binders with information about our program Pre-made bulldog bucks for teachers Pre-made bulldog bucks for teachers Set up Calendar of Events for the year (school- wide, by grade/teams) with criteria for attendance Set up Calendar of Events for the year (school- wide, by grade/teams) with criteria for attendance

Data Analysis PBIS Committee PBIS Committee review SWIS data monthly: type of behavior, time of day, location in the building review SWIS data monthly: type of behavior, time of day, location in the building Entire Staff Entire Staff Referral/SWIS data shared at monthly staff meetings Referral/SWIS data shared at monthly staff meetings Target “critical times” with intervention and/or specific incentives Target “critical times” with intervention and/or specific incentives

Green Zone Students with 0-1 referrals Yellow Zone – Target Group Students with 2-5 referrals (at risk) Targeted group interventions Want to push to the green Red Zone Students with 6 or more referrals Intensive, individual interventions Triangle of Student Referrals Aug.-Oct.’07

Discipline Procedures Minor incident reports (yellow slips) Minor incident reports (yellow slips) Frequent revision of office vs. classroom managed behaviors to ensure consistency Frequent revision of office vs. classroom managed behaviors to ensure consistency Developing a school-wide discipline “flow chart” Developing a school-wide discipline “flow chart” Give teachers a guideline Give teachers a guideline Consistent discipline school-wide Consistent discipline school-wide

Student Incentives/Rewards Bulldog Bucks Bulldog Bucks “Buy in” to activities “Buy in” to activities Weekly drawings Weekly drawings school-wide (cafeteria) school-wide (cafeteria) or by grade/teams or by grade/teams Monthly School Wide Incentives Monthly School Wide Incentives Planned beginning of school year Planned beginning of school year Consistent Criteria - No Discipline Referral (for the month) 25 Bulldog Bucks Consistent Criteria - No Discipline Referral (for the month) 25 Bulldog Bucks Team or Grade Level Planned Incentives Team or Grade Level Planned Incentives

Some of Our Favorite Incentives Holiday Bazaar Holiday Bazaar Ice Cream Social Ice Cream Social Movie and Popcorn Movie and Popcorn Bingo Bingo Faculty vs. Student Competitions Faculty vs. Student Competitions Field Day Field Day Out-of-Uniform Days Out-of-Uniform Days Faculty Incentives too! Faculty Incentives too!

Looking Ahead for ’07-’08… Have students play a bigger role! Have students play a bigger role! Student PBIS Committee – Student PBIS Committee – Target “yellow zone” students to be part of a student committee Target “yellow zone” students to be part of a student committee Act out appropriate behaviors on our morning news show Act out appropriate behaviors on our morning news show Advertising events/incentives to fellow students Advertising events/incentives to fellow students Looking for new ideas- need to keep things “fresh” for students/faculty Looking for new ideas- need to keep things “fresh” for students/faculty

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