1. Sustainability Tina Czech, Birch Grove Elementary School Ann Osterhus, Facilitator

2. Introductions  Introduce yourself to the group with name, school and district name.  Share one concern, question or comment about implementation in year 3  (Tina and Ann will note your comments to generate network topics for the end of the meeting)

3. Don’t let PBIS become a Passing Fad

4. Pair and Share  On a scale of 1-10 where is your building at in terms of sustainability?  What is your building currently doing to sustain PBIS?  What are the barriers or challenges to sustainability?

5. Sustaining SW-PBIS  Research  Increasing Buy-In  Awareness  Community and Parent Involvement  Administrator and Leadership

6. Research-Kent Mcintosh  SUBSIST – School-Wide Universal Behavior Sustainability Index: School Teams  A survey of 257 schools nation-wide  SUBSIST available as a checklist for school teams

7. Research findings  Administrator Support  During both implementation and sustaining  Actively support SWPBIS  Ensures regular time for and attends meetings  SWPBIS is a top priority  Fidelity of Implementation  During both implementation and sustaining  Adequate implementation provides positive feedback on student outcomes  Without effects may not be observable – practice abandonment

8. Research findings, continued  Effective and Efficient Teaming  During both implementation and sustaining  Regular meetings, at least monthly  Knowledge and skills of members  Meeting organization and efficiency  Data  During both implementation and sustaining  Data Driven Decision Making

9. Research findings, continued  Features More Important for Sustaining  Maintaining a HIGH level of fidelity of implementation  Envisioning SW-PBIS as part of systems already in use  Parent and Community Involvement  Integrating new initiatives into SW-PBIS  Maintaining 80% commitment from staff (preliminary results)

10. Practices  Continue to do TIC and use it as a planning tool  Create a yearly action plan and update at each meeting  Meet monthly, or more, as a team  Use precision statements in problem solving  Create useful, short-term data sources to measure implementation  Strive to always reach 80% or greater fidelity of implementation  Share data monthly with stakeholders  Maintain a SW-PBIS notebook and keep it up to date

11. How BG sustains PBIS  Train new staff  Present at open house  Inform parents  Ever-evolving

12. Increasing staff buy-in and awareness  Workshop review with all staff, new and returning  PBIS “refresher course” every winter  Share and action plan around data

13. Increasing staff buy-in  Keep staff personally invested!!!  Recognize staff as well as students  Keep whole staff involved in decisions  Examples of staff morale activities:  Tropical Lounge Escape  Secret Snowflake  “Who Cares” slips  Fill your bucket  A Million things went right today  Festive sweater Fridays  Halloween feast  Valentines  Easter treat

14. Community and parent involvement 1) Open House: Table set up at open house  Students who could name all 5 themes received a paw-print  Especially helpful for new parents  2) Parent Handbook

15. Parent Handbook Sample  Dear Parents and Students:  Welcome to the Grove! Our school is committed to providing a strong educational program for our children. We are  devoted to creating a nurturing, safe and welcoming school climate for our families and students. We encourage family  involvement and want to work as partners with parents to provide the best educational experience for our children.  This handbook was created to help you learn about our policies, procedures and expectations as a member of the BG  community. As with most printed material, unforeseen circumstances may warrant some changes as we go through the  school year. However, we have made an attempt to give you clear and accurate information that will be valuable as we  go through the school year.  We want all students to be happy at school and to learn all that they possibly can. Student success is very important. To  make sure students are successful we have a program called BG CARES: Bobcat Pride.  BG CARES: C ooperation  A ssertiveness  R esponsibility  E mpathy  S elf-Control  Bobcat Pride addresses the entire school; classroom, hallway, bus, cafeteria and lunchroom. Our goal is to work as a  team to learn more, support each other and have fun in the process. Last school year we continued to see a reduction  in major referrals since we began using BG CARES in 2010.  Please contact us if you have questions, comments or concerns about what is found within these pages. Additional  information can be found on our district web page at www.disrict279.org.  We look forward to another fantastic school year!  Sincerely,  Jeff Zastrow  Principal

16. Parent Handbook Sample, cont.  279 District Mission:  Our Mission is to inspire and prepare all students with the confidence, courage and competence to achieve their dreams,  contribute to community, and engage in a lifetime of learning,  Core Values and Strategic Objectives  We believe that –  Lifelong learning is essential for the individual and the community to thrive;  Everyone has equal intrinsic value;  Trust is essential to sustaining successful relationships and to achieving results;  Better decisions emerge when diverse perspectives are intentionally included in a collaborative process;  Everyone benefits when cultural differences are acknowledged and understood, and individuals are treated respectfully  and equitable; and  Everyone can learn more  Birch Grove School for the Arts Mission Statement  THROUGH THE ARTS, we will implement research-based instructional strategies, engage students in learning through  challenging and meaningful assessment, provide a safe and respectful environment to promote peace, and nurture  creativity and growth.  Birch Grove Pledge  At Birch Grove students and adults are Cooperative, Assertive, Responsible, Emphatic, and Show Self-Control. This leads  to a safe, positive learning environment that increases student achievement.  BG CARES!  At Birch Grove, we update our goals every Fall. We will continue to focus on helping each child grow academically and  socially through an emphasis on the arts.  Our goals focus on student and school-wide success in math and reading.  We give extra reading and math support to students based on their needs.  Birch Grove Elementary School for the Arts is a Positive Behavior Supports and Interventions (PBIS) school. We just call  it Bobcat Pride! With this framework, we continue to create a safe and positive environment for our parents, students  and staff through a model we call BG C.A.R.E.S.  We are looking at maintaining this positive school culture.

17. Ever-evolving  Continue to scrutinize, change, and perfect all aspects of your PBIS program  This year: new posters, new paw prints, student of the month assemblies, teacher paw prints

18. Administration and leadership  Continue to share ideas and data with leadership  Struggle between verbal support and actions  Encourage leadership to attend coach’s meetings

19. Sustaining in Minnesota  Continue doing a SET yearly  BoQ (upon invitation from MN) after 2 more 80% SETS (after training)  BoQ for 2 years, followed by a SET  Apply for MN Recognition upon receiving an invitation  Attend Coach Meetings  Cohort 9 and 10 (5/year) and/or Sustaining Sessions (2/year)  Watch for other invitations  Attend Yearly PBIS State Institute  Read email bulletins sent quarterly  Give Back – present at sustaining meetings, become involved in coach conference calls, ask for ways in which you can give back, become a trainer, attend Coach Cohort meetings and share your experiences

20. Sustaining Tools  Coach Calendar for sustaining coaches  Desk Mat  SUBSIST Team Self-Evaluation  Practice Profile Rubric  PBISapps.org MATT, BAT, BoQ, SET, TIC, SAS, School Safety Survey, others

21. Partner Share  2 steps you (and your team) will take towards sustainability

22. Final Thoughts  Questions  Networking Topics  Sharing  Individual help and/or planning