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Northmoor Primary School-Wide PBIS Keeping Up the Momentum. In The Beginning…. PBIS WAS NEW!! We did whatever it took to keep it going A team with a PASSION Lot’s of excitement Enthusiasm New ideas. As time wore on . . . . Less enthusiasm Same old stuff Burn out Overwhelmed
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In The Beginning… • PBIS WAS NEW!! • We did whatever it took to keep it going • A team with a PASSION • Lot’s of excitement • Enthusiasm • New ideas
As time wore on . . . . • Less enthusiasm • Same old stuff • Burn out • Overwhelmed • Overworked
TODAY, our schools have lots of challenges – • Kids are showing up in our classrooms with a wide range of problems/issues – some of which we did not even think of 20 years ago – but we need to work to create an environment in which they can learn –
Even in the best of schools, there are a few students who need (crave) special attention, and they will find a way to get it – Like Russell, who when he wants attention, knows how to get our undivided attention.
Removing children from our schools is not the solution - If our only goal is to get rid of what’s bad – that will not work – we must work to build and cultivate cultures that support Positive Behaviors. • Sometimes a strategy is to wait for summer and then HOPE that the kids will mature over the summer – or not return. • We cannot suspend or expel all of the kids that do not follow rules – even if we put them out of school for a period of time – they are coming back – with the same issues.
And in many cases, we have not provided the classroom teacher with adequate tools/skills to handle all of the classroom issues that can come up – • In fact, if you think about it, all too often the new teacher reports for work with little or no training/exposure to how to handle disruptive students. When they are completing their student teaching I would argue that the school places them with an experienced teacher who has wonderful classroom management techniques, that may be invisible to the student teacher. • So the new teacher shows up, has Russell in her class, and has no idea how to “manage” the situation.
So they send the kids to the corner – to the corner – to the corner – and before you know it they have to teach to the corner because that is where all of the kids are – stacked up, and probably not learning.
Plus all the other things teachers do… • Improve literacy, and math test scores • Make schools safe, caring, & focused on teaching & learning • Improve student character & citizenship • Eliminate bullying • Prepare for middle school education • Provide a free & appropriate education for all • Affect rates of high risk, antisocial behavior • Leave no child behind • Keep improving our level of teaching
We are being asked to continuously do more – and yet, no one ever takes anything that we are already doing off of the plate – • More federal, state, and district requirements • More expectations from society at large to do more with kids who bring more and more complicated issues to school with them.
And one thing we know for sure - is that time is a challenge – if only we could create that resource – more time might allow us to fix a lot -
So – Considering all that! Here we are At yet another meeting Trying to be positive about student behaviors and using PBIS as a process towards that goal But where are we really?
What happened to the enthusiasm?Better still - How do we getit back?
YOU CAN • Create Energy for “OLD” Ideas • Provide “NEW” Ideas • Provide Useful Info • Reinforce Current Situations
How do we maintain energy, dedication, forward movement for PBIS? Assess: Where we are Where we want to go
If you keep doing what you’ve always done; you are going to get what you always got. • As a team we will - • Determine what is working • Determine what we need to address
The Power Of Teaching • “If a child doesn’t know how to read, we teach.” • “If a child doesn’t know how to swim, we teach.” • “If a child doesn’t know how to multiply, we teach.” • “If a child doesn’t know how to drive, we teach.” • “If a child doesn’t know how to behave, we …punish?” Why can’t we finish the last sentence as automatically as we do the others?
Team FunctionsDATAODRS/MINORSCICOAcknowledgements-Celebrations
What Do You Do With Data ? • Make Informed Decisions • Look At Trends • Use Data To Inform
What Do our Acknowledgements and Incentives Say? Are They Working?
Family Are they a part of the big picture?
. PBIS Matrix for Home • I am respectful Listen to my parents • Be truthful to my parents • Play cooperatively • Speak nicely to others • I am responsible Put away my toys, bike, and equipment • Help with jobs at home • Follow my parents’ directions • Share Friday folder Reading Log with parents • I am safe Play safely with others • Stay in designated areas • Stay away from strangers • Wear bike helmet and equipment • I am prepared Finish homework and share with parent • Pack backpack at night for school the next day • Go to bed on time • Get up and get ready for school when called
Let’s Get Going! • We can make PBIS the reason our school is a great place to be! • Where students learn and become outstanding citizens • Imagine our building without PBIS!