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NYSPBIS 2005 Coaches Forum

Session Agenda. Lesson's learned form High Schools across the United States

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NYSPBIS 2005 Coaches Forum

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    1. NYSPBIS 2005 Coaches Forum PBIS at the High School Level

    2. Session Agenda Lesson’s learned form High Schools across the United States – Illinois HS Forum Monograph – Christine Downs, Hudson Valley PBIS Specialist Family Support and Involvement at the High School Level – Laruie Shutts, Regional PBIS Family Coordinator Mahopac High School – Debbie Talbot & Ron Pollaro Franklin Academy High School – Wanita Benware Round Table Discussions and Sharing

    3. PBIS at the High School Level 2004 Illinois High School Forum 29 High Schools (18 from Illinois and 11from other states including 1 NYHS-Liberty H.S.) The HS’s had between 1-5 years of experience Short presentations with facilitated roundtable discussions with recorded feedback

    4. High School Lessons Learned Communication: Staff need to be kept informed and reminded through announcements, meetings and use of school bulletin boards. Acknowledgement of staff and students: Staff (e.g. postcards, free time, gifts) and students (e.g. passes, wall of fame, ice cream) is necessary to keep motivation high, Acknowledgements identify the role models that should be followed, and replace the punitive climate that often exists with a more positive one. Students should be able to acknowledge other students and staff. Strategies for celebrating successes such as meeting school-wide goals (e.g. reducing tardies overall), completing specific items on the school plan, and overall implementation of the PBS system.

    5. Lessons Learned Continued Strong leadership of administration, students and staff: Key to keeping the vision clear to all involved – staff, students, parents, community and to share the data on the impact of the efforts and to help to celebrate successes. Know their staff and be able to acknowledge staff participation and encourage hesitant or resistant staff. Knowing the strengths of their staff and ability to identify staff and/or students for specific responsibilities or roles within the process. The ability to mobilize the existing school structures such as department chairs or other committees to assist in the process.

    6. Lessons Learned Continued Leadership among Staff and Students: The school team needs to look for allies and leaders in the staff who can help obtain the staff “buy-in” for each of the areas of PBS. They need to deliver the message to their peers that this is not just one more initiative but, a process/system not a rule/mandate or curriculum There is an importance of students’ “buy-in” through participation in team leadership, implementation, direction, and to provide ongoing feedback

    7. Lessons Learned Continued There needs to be a plan that provides a clear vision for the staff and students. Participants felt teams were more successful when they start small in their actions to accomplish that vision so staff would see it as doable and could see change over time. Though the lack of data at the high school level was identified as a clear challenge, they identified the need for data for decision-making and for monitoring the effects of their efforts. In instances where schools had data available, teams saw this as critical in order for staff to see the change and be supportive of the efforts, both in the beginning and ongoing.

    8. Lessons Learned Continued Teaching and monitoring expectations: Good design of instruction of expectations (e.g., role plays, lesson plans, TV/intercom) as well as specific times to do the teaching (e.g., small groups, advisory periods) Staff need the opportunity to have input into the identification of the expectations and to be provided training in order to obtain consistency across the staff. The participants highlighted the importance of ongoing instruction, even as often as monthly with different topics, in order to keep teaching and monitoring expectations in the forefront.

    9. Laurie Shutts, Regional PBIS Family Coordinator Family Support at the High School Level Family Involvement at the High School Level

    10. Mahopac High School Deborah Talbot & Ron Pollaro Overcoming a rough start Sticking with PBIS and starting fresh Using Staff’s concern to win back support The state of PBIS now and beyond

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