Friendship Valley Elementary Pat Dorsey Debbi Gosnell February 14, 2008

1. PBIS: Catch the Wave Friendship Valley Elementary Pat Dorsey Debbi Gosnell February 14, 2008

2. Friendship Valley • Located in Carroll County • Kindergarten through 5th grade • 444 students • Demographics • Minority • FARM • SPED • Began implementation in 2005-2006

3. Pat Dorsey-Principal Debbi Gosnell- SLP/Team Leader Kimberly Muniz- School Psych/Coach Assistant Principal Guidance Counselor Support Room Assistant Classroom teachers from grades K,1,2,3,4,5 Art Teacher PBIS Team Members “We believe optimal student achievement can be attained by utilizing a proactive systems approach for creating and maintaining a safe and effective learning environment.” FVE PBIS Team

4. Began with a conversation between principal and school psychologist as a result of questions from the School Improvement Team. Psychologist presented an overview of PBIS at a staff meeting in the spring of 2006. Staff expressed an interest, administrator attended forum, commitment was established, and a team attended the New Team Training. To help staff see a need for PBIS, data was compiled and shared with staff. How did we begin PBIS

5. Review of Data: Support Room Referrals

6. Review of Data: Office Referrals

7. Review of Data: Referrals by Problem Behavior 05-06

8. 1st year • Staff buy-in • Student buy-in • Home-School connection • Presentation to PTO • Celebrations • Areas for improvement • Staff Survey

9. What does PBIS look like at FVE? • Theme: “Catch the Wave” • Expectations- Respect, Responsibility, Ready to Learn • Student Wave • Flowchart of rewards • Response hierarchy for behavior violations

11. Student Waves

12. Flowchart of Rewards

13. Supporting Documents • Brochure • Problem Solving Form: K-2 • Problem Solving Form: 3-5 • Level One form (LID) • Referral Form

14. Feedback from Staff- 1st year • We were catching the children “doing good” by rewarding them with waves. • More emphasis on good behavior and not bad behavior • Called students names over the announcements • Students had their picture on the wall • Same school wide expectations • Students were able to pick prizes • Pressure sensitized waves – students were able to take one home • School unity across the board with discipline • Common language, expectations • Consistency • The children were more apt to display positive behaviors to earn waves and to attend the quarterly celebrations • Catching positive behaviors with the waves • Waves were a real motivator for all students • Same language throughout the school • The wave wall • Being able to reward children for good behavior • Established expectations • Great beach party activities outside!!

15. Celebrations • Recognized as a PBIS Green Ribbon Exemplar School

16. 2nd Year • Fundraising • Student Celebrations • Staff Celebrations • Special Areas Intervention • Establishing procedures for the levels of behavior

17. Response to behavior violationsLevel 1

18. Response to behavior violationsLevel 2

19. Response to behavior violationsLevel 3

20. 2nd Year feedback • Have you heard what our staff says about PBIS?

21. Administrator Perspective • Cost-Benefit Analysis • Focus on the positives • Consistency and common language • Data

22. Cost Benefit Analysis

23. DATA • Trend data over the past 4 years • Support Room Referrals • Office Referrals • Referrals by problem behavior

24. Office Referrals

25. Support Room Referrals

26. Sharing Data with Staff • Staff Meetings • Pacing Meetings

27. Questions • Pat Dorsey: Principal • psdorse@k12.carr.org • Debbi Gosnell: Team Leader • dlgosne@k12.carr.org • Kimberly Muniz: Coach • kamuniz@k12.carr.org