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PRIDE. Arundel High School. Arundel High School. “Sustaining and Expanding with PBIS”. Introductions. Team Leader : Sheila Brooks Teachers : Sarah Poole, Marianne Ogle, Anne Mackenzie, Frank Hood, and Diane Kirk Parents : Lisa Eliot, Julian and Freda Flood
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PRIDE Arundel High School Arundel High School “Sustaining and Expanding with PBIS”
Introductions Team Leader: Sheila Brooks Teachers: Sarah Poole, Marianne Ogle, Anne Mackenzie, Frank Hood, and Diane Kirk Parents: Lisa Eliot, Julian and Freda Flood Students: Danielle Bagley, Francell Flood School Psychologist: Pat Cain-Hagan (Red Zone Staff) Counselor: Sue Young (Red Zone Staff) Administrator: Merlene Clarke Monthly Meetings: Weekly Informal Meetings • Arundel High School • Enrollment: 2200 students, 9th-12th grade • Principal: Sharon Stratton
Outcomes • Examine techniques on motivating staff and students to buy into the program • Evaluate the role of the community in the PBIS program • Examine how the team can utilize data to make decisions
Story of PBIS at Arundel: Summer of 2004
Proof of PRIDE • Purpose • Encourage positive behavior • Increase student teacher interaction • Improve school climate • Deposited in Cafeteria • Weekly/Quarterly drawings • PRIDE Store (School Store) • Issuing Teacher Recognized
Typical Agenda- March 06 • Updates of Team • Upcoming Forums Attendance/Presentations • Review of the Latest SWIS Data • What is… • our area of most immediate concern? • our most effective use of our resources to address these concerns? • happening School-wide and are we meeting our goals? • Are we… • doing what we said we would for individual students? • interpreting office referrals? • comparing to previous years? making improvements? • addressing specific areas of concern? i.e. referrals by, behaviors, location, time of day, by specific student.
Staff Buy-In • Key = Showing Them Data • Distributing data at faculty meetings and through emails • Graphs and visuals • Teacher Recognitions • Weekly drawings • Thank you’s • PRIDE t-shirts
Keeping it New and Novel • Silent Auction (New Incentives) • A chance to “cash in” for those who save bucks • End of the Year Drawing • PRIDE Announcements • Student announcers reading scripts and recognizing weekly PRIDE buck drawing winners • Principal acknowledging class activities • School Store • New Arundel gear
Student Buy-In • Tie into Existing Policies • County Code of Conduct presented to students through PRIDE lesson and • Make the Buck have Value • Homework passes • Bathroom passes • MP3 players, McDonald’s gift cards • Easy buy in with 9th and 10th grade
Forms of Data • Media Center • observing frequency of buck distribution • Cafeteria and PRIDE store • calculating buck collection • SWIS/SASI • identifying high fliers and matching data to the climate
AYP Data • A Decrease in the Percentage of Students: • dropping out • expelled from school • absent from school 12 or more times • suspended from school one or more times • referred for disciplinary action 10 or more times
AYP Data • State Assessments • Government and Biology • Increased from the 03-04 school year • Algebra • Decreased from the 04-05 school year * Geometry is no longer an assessed area
SWIS/SASI Data • Referrals • Saving administrators approximately…
Data Based Decision Making • Administrative duties arranged around SWIS/SASI data • Change of teacher duties (breakfast and lunch) due to data • Order in which the buses are set up outside of the school • School psychologist and guidance counselor using “Why Try?” Program • Daily check-in/check-out
Problems to Address • PRIDE STORE • Staffing the store • Items to sell in the store • Returning Bucks • Approximately 1000 bucks are distributed per month • As of early April, however…
Community Involvement • Coffee with the Principal (Sept) • PTSO president and parents on team • Donations • PTSO • recognitions, money, passport, thank-you’s • Police Department (bikes) • Rita’s Italian Ice • Chick-Fil-A • Other Small Businesses in Crofton, Odenton, and Gambrills
Integrating Initiatives • Working Smarter Not Harder • Connecting Arundel Teachers and Students (CATS) • Kick Off Mentors (KOM) • Ninth Grade Academy • Literacy Committee– Strive for 25 • Summer Reading Program
P R I D E Questions?