Maximizing School Initiatives: Working Smarter, Not Harder

1. Getting Started:Work Smarter, Not Harder

2. The Challenge Whenever a new initiative is introduced to a school, district/region, or state, the general approach is to “form a team/committee” to develop a plan for implementation. Although this initiative might be a worthwhile, implementation efforts often struggle because of a number of challenges: • Few resources, staff, time, etc. • Duplication of effort with other initiatives and efforts • Lack of clarity regarding purpose and outcomes • Lack of priority • Etc.

3. Working Smarter (Not Harder) • Allows schools to identify the multiple committees within their school • Helps in identifying purposes, outcomes, target groups, and staff • Assists schools in addressing, evaluating, and restructuring committees and initiatives to address school improvement plan • Important for schools to identify that school-wide PBIS is integrated into existing committees and initiatives

4. Prioritizing and Integrating Initiatives: Work Smarter Appendix B – Pages 15- 21

5. Sample Teaming Matrix

6. Working Smarter • Eliminate all initiatives that do NOT have a defined purpose and outcome measure. 2. Combine initiatives that have the same outcome measure and same target group 3. Combine initiatives that have 75% of the same staff 4. Eliminate initiatives that are not tied to District Strategic Plan and School Improvement Goals.

7. Working Smarter- Systems / Staff Support

8. Manual—Appendix BCommittee/Group/Self Assessment & Planning Section p.18,21

9. Work Time Step 1: Identify Current Teams (discipline, instruction, climate, school improvement, parent support etc) on the Committee/Group Self-Assessment Step 2: Now Complete the Matrix filling in the correct information for each committee you listed Step 3: Based on your results, what committees can you: (a) eliminate? (b) combine? (c) provide more support?(d) how can we infuse PBIS into our committees? Appendix B