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Stone Soup. SOSED Fall Conference Sandi Washburn PBIS District coach Albany Public Schools 10-5-10. How the Morning Will Go. Why Make Soup? Ingredients… Stirring… Sampling. Why Stone Soup?. Initiatives. Demands are high, Resources are low
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Stone Soup SOSED Fall Conference Sandi Washburn PBIS District coach Albany Public Schools 10-5-10
How the Morning Will Go • Why Make Soup? • Ingredients… • Stirring… • Sampling...
Initiatives • Demands are high, Resources are low • Students’ needs are intense, staffs’ abilities are stretched • Fragmented efforts, but very well-intentioned • If we pull the best from all the initiatives out there, and work them together, it can work for all
Best Practice, in Practice *PBIS as the overarching structure *District support and direction *In the Buildings…
The Main Ingredients PBIS RtI PLC
PBS components… 1. Prevention focused - researched programs/interventions 2. Team-based approach vs. Administrator driven 3. Predicated on capacity building - staff training 4. Expectations are identified – taught and reinforced 5. Feedback systems are developed – corrective/R+ 6. Data is used for decision making – information! 7. Graduated interventions – to match level of behavior
RtI components 1. Prevention focused - researched programs/interventions 2. Team-based approach vs. Administrator driven 3. Predicated on capacity building - staff training 4. Expectations are identified – taught and reinforced 5. Feedback systems are developed – corrective/R+ 6. Data is used for decision making – information! 7. Graduated interventions – to match level of behavior
PLC components… • Prevention common assessments, regularly scheduled • Team-based collaboration time • Sustainable efforts, continued training • Expectations defined – roles, decision rules, • Data used for decision-making • Tiered Interventions available
Stir it up and we get PRPBTLIICS
What it boils down to is just Best practice, in practice
Combine system components… • Preventative • Team-based approach • Sustainable efforts • Expectations/Roles/Decision rules • Feedback systems/Communication pathways • Data is used to make decisions • Tiered response/Interventions
Extra Ingredients (add to taste)… • SST, CARE, TAT, SAT • FBA, BSP, BIP • SPED, IEP, • OIS • Others?
Support from the District Level… • Flowchart of support • Supported training/meeting time (topics include: PLC team creation, Grade-Level meetings, green zone interventions, class management, running efficient meetings, using data for decision-making….)
The Flowchart • Constant improvement and refinement • A guide only, not a hard-and-fast rule • Questions?
Supported meeting/training time • Early release/late start (building level) • PLC development • Grade level teams • Yellow Zone meetings • Menu of training available to classified, certified, and specialists • Yellow Zone meetings (district level) • Facilitator meetings (district level) • Red Zone Meetings (elementary only to date)