1. PBIS Coaching: Making it “Do-able”
Sharon Conley & Sara McGarvey
School Psychologists
PBIS Coaches since 2000
Washington and Frederick Counties

2. PBIS in MD: “A Plane Built in Flight”
Outcomes
Gain knowledge about coaching
Acquire tips for effective coaching
Learn strategies to enhance coaching efficiency
PBIS in MD: “A Plane Built in Flight”

3. Roles of a Coach www.pbismaryland.org
1.) “Positively Nag” and “Cheerlead”
2.) Empower the Team Leader
3.) Be a resource for information and a liaison
4.) Facilitate Data-Based Decision-Making
5.) Facilitate PBIS Implementation at School

4. “Positively Nag” and Cheerlead
Provide frequent, positive communication
Find positives in school data
Provide edible reinforcers, thank you’s, other kudos
Celebrate successes
Cc-ing key people, PR contact, presentations
Encourage positive behavior by administrator
Maintain coaches’ school binder
Means of documenting efforts and celebrating success
Encourage team’s documentation of programming

5. Empower the Team Leader
Meet with TL outside of scheduled meetings
Work “behind the scenes”
Establish rapport, encouragement, guidance
Foster the image of the TL
Within Team meetings and School system
Encourage independence with website
Offer tools from toolkit and other resources

6. Facilitating vs. Leading
Facilitator
Team Leader
Ensures the team meets regularly
Sets the dates for meetings
Offers tools to assist in record keeping, team evaluations, etc.
Checks accuracy of records, directs team in evaluation
Ensures equal distribution of roles and responsibilities
Assumes the role of leader, delegates, assigns tasks
Ensures the team is using data for decision making
Refers the team to the data during team meetings

7. Be a resource for information and a liaison
Multiple levels
School(s), LSS coordinator, MSDE
Attend coaches’ meetings and other training opportunities
Collect data for state or LSS Coordinator
Forms
Distribute information (“timing is everything”)
Toolkit

8. Information resource and Liaison
Stay Sane (i.e., organization)
Notebook System
#1: School notebook
#2: Toolkit
#3: Accessing Technical Information
Monthly Form Requirements
Post-it notes vs. PDA (the coaches’ best friends)
Readily-Available Contact Information
School’s Team “Group Contact” for
Seek out answers/support as needed

9. Facilitate Data-Based Decision-Making
Use data to measure outcomes
Refer to the “general data-based decision-making rules” (front pocket of tool kit)
SWIS access
Consult with SWIS Facilitator as needed
Obtain “Read-only” passwords and use as needed

10. Facilitate PBIS Implementation at the School Level
Attend team meetings and trainings regularly
Refer to Form A (TIC)
“Light Wand” image
Guiding principles and monitoring tool
Take the “Show me…” stance
Outcomes of implementation steps
Presence of critical features
Provide periodic review of “Big Ideas”

11. PBIS Outcomes www.pbismaryland.org Supporting Decision Supporting
Making
Supporting
Staff Behavior
SYSTEMS
DATA
PRACTICES
Supporting
Student Behavior

12. Continuum of Effective Student Support
Students with Chronic/Intense Problem Behavior
(1-7%)
Students At-Risk for Problem Behavior
(5-15%)
Students without Serious Problem Behaviors
(80-90%)
Specialized Individual Interventions (Individual Student System)
Specialized Group Interventions (At-Risk System)
Universal Interventions
(School-Wide Systems
Classroom Systems)
Applicable to all settings
Positives:
Saves administrator time
Increases the amount of time students are available for learning
Greater amount of time to devote to red zone students
All Students in School

13. Q & A