1. Activity  Talk to your neighbor:  What excites you about PBIS?  What questions do you still have?

2. PBIS IN VERMONT

3. Where is PBIS? 20,586 schools in U.S. 128 schools in VT For more information visit: www.pbisvermont.org www.pbisvermont.org ≈39% of VT Schools SU/SD with at least one PBIS school S036

4. Vermont PBIS Schools Over Time

5. Count of School Implementing SWPBIS by State February, 2013 13 States > 500 Schools Illinois Vermont

6. Proportion of Schools Implementing SWPBIS by State February, 2013 10 states with over 40% of all schools implementing SWPBIS Vermont

7. The Process of VTPBiS Implementation Getting From Here to There! Vermont

8. VTPBiS Training Sequence: www.pbisvermont.org

9. NAVIGATING VTPBiS  Hand-outs for navigating the website for readiness activities  Comprehensive progression that is easy to follow

10. Awareness Activities  Attend the VTPBiS Intro Forum  Visit web sites – www.pbis.org; www.pbisvermont.orgwww.pbis.org www.pbisvermont.org  Contact a VTPBiS State TA Person You are here

11. Readiness Activities 1.Attend “Getting to Readiness” Webinar (optional): November 19 2.Complete and Submit Intent to Implement Application Due January 1 for March Universal Training or April 1 for June Universal Training 3.Participate VTPBiS First Steps to Implementation  School Coordinator Orientation Webinar - January 14 or April 9  Leadership Team Module Series 4.Gather baseline data using PBIS tools

12. VTPBiS Universal Leadership Team Training: 5.Attend Team Training (2 or 4 days)  March 26-27 in regions or June 22-25 (Summer Institute) 6. Develop PBIS Implementation Plan:

13. People may be reluctant to change because they only see one way of doing things http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRBchZLkQR0

14. Roll-Out:  Conduct roll-out activities for staff, students, and family/community  Implement all parts of PBIS Plan  Conduct monthly Leadership Team meetings and report progress to all staff  PBIS coordinator attends regular regional PBIS meetings

15. Post Implementation:  Complete post-implementation evaluation  When score shows fidelity, move to targeted level of PBIS

16. Why PBIS Readiness? Laying the foundation for School-wide PBIS

17. Stages of Implementation © Dean Fixsen, Karen Blase, Robert Horner, George Sugai, 2008 Explore Evidenced Based Practices that match needs Look at what it might take to implement new practice Exploration is always happening Exploration Put in place infrastructure to support new practice Make adjustments to allow for implementation Installation Begin to implement new practice May review components agreed upon in previous two stages Initial Implementation Implementation is happening throughout Care is taken to implement with fidelity Full Implementation

18. What is PBIS Readiness? Intent to Implement Application: 1. Partnership Agreement 2. Readiness Checklist 3. School Information Form

20. Readiness Checklist:  Includes:  Ensuring that discipline/behavior is top priority  Building based coordinator  Staff awareness and “buy-in”  Commitment to develop data system and use it for decision making

21. School Information Form  Why?  For establishing contact information  Initiates school and SU account for PBIS evaluation tools

22. Support for PBIS is needed at every level!

23. Building Staff, Students and Families PBIS School-Based Leadership Team, Administrator and PBIS Coordinator Supervisory Union/District Coordinator and SU/District Leadership Team VTPBiS State Implementation Team, Implementation and Coaches Implementation Science tells us that we need to attend to both innovation and implementation at all levels. Structures and Supports Feedback Loops

24. SCHOOL LEVEL School Coordinators SU/SD LEVEL SU/SD Coordinators REGIONAL LEVEL Implementation Coaches Coaches STATE LEVEL Trainers/State TA’s Vermont PBIS System of Support

25. Want to Learn More? Visit: www.pbisvermont.org OR Contact your State TA: Champlain Region: Cassandra Townshend Addison Region: Tracy Harris Lamoille Region: Sherry Schoenberg Southeast Region: Ken Kramberg Northeast Region: Josh Souliere Southwest Region: Richard Boltax

26. What questions do you have?

27. Team Time!!!! …  School Teams meet to review Intent to Implement Application and consider steps to readiness  Ask for support from a PBIS TA Person

28. Please, before you leave…  Complete the PBIS prospective school survey