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Securing Sustainable Funding, Political Support, & Visibility

Securing Sustainable Funding, Political Support, & Visibility. Barbara Sims & George Sugai OSEP Center on PBIS University of Connecticut October 30, 2008 www.pbis.org www.cber.org www.swis.org George.sugai@uconn.edu. Problem Statement.

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Securing Sustainable Funding, Political Support, & Visibility

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  1. Securing Sustainable Funding, Political Support, & Visibility Barbara Sims & George Sugai OSEP Center on PBIS University of Connecticut October 30, 2008 www.pbis.org www.cber.org www.swis.org George.sugai@uconn.edu

  2. Problem Statement “We give schools strategies & systems for developing positive, effective, achieving, & caring school & classroom environments, but implementation is not accurate, consistent, or durable. Schools need more than training & coaching.”

  3. PURPOSE Review rationale & strategies for securing sustainablefunding, political support, & visibility in support of SWPBS implementation for EVERYONE in school. George: Basics & Features Barb: Examples & Guidelines All: Questions & Discussion

  4. Sustainability & Scaling

  5. Pre Post

  6. EXPONENTIAL GROWTH

  7. ACCURATELY SUSTAINED & SCALED IMPLEMENTATION

  8. Pre-Post SETs by Region SCALED FIDELITY OF IMPLEMENTATION

  9. PBIS Schools Over Ten Years: Trained & Partially or Fully Implementing

  10. # IL PBIS Schools & # External CoachesJune 30, 2008

  11. # IL PBIS Schools & # Ext. & Int. Coaches June 30, 2008

  12. Sustaining & Scaling Change • Know your basics • Adopt & adapt evidence-based practices • Monitor implementation fidelity • Give priority to what matters • Keep data regular, easy, & relevant • Know your outcomes • Integrate for efficiency & build durable capacity • Celebrate successes & improvement • Establish sustainable funding, visibility, & political support

  13. Local Demonstration w/ Fidelity Need, Agreements, Adoption, & Outcomes 1. IMPLEMENTATION PHASES 2. Sustained Capacity, Elaboration, & Replication 4. Systems Adoption, Scaling, & Continuous Regeneration 3.

  14. CONTINUOUS REGNERATION FOR SUSTAINABLE IMPLEMENTATION & DURABLE RESULTS Continuous Self-Assessment Valued Outcomes Effective Practices Relevance Priority Efficacy Fidelity Practice Implementation Local Implementation Capacity

  15. Integrated Elements Supporting Social Competence & Academic Achievement OUTCOMES Supporting Decision Making Supporting Staff Behavior DATA SYSTEMS PRACTICES Supporting Student Behavior

  16. Tertiary Prevention: Specialized Individualized Systems for Students with High-Risk Behavior CONTINUUM OF SCHOOL-WIDE INSTRUCTIONAL & POSITIVE BEHAVIOR SUPPORT FEW ~5% Secondary Prevention: Specialized Group Systems for Students with At-Risk Behavior ~15% SOME Primary Prevention: School-/Classroom- Wide Systems for All Students, Staff, & Settings ALL ~80% of Students

  17. PBS Systems Implementation Logic Visibility Funding Political Support Leadership Team Active Coordination Training Evaluation Coaching Local School Teams/Demonstrations

  18. Leadership Team Active Coordination • FUNCTIONS • Implementation support • Data-based action plan • Coordination • Capacity building • Policy & funding • Communications • Training capacity • Exemplars • Evaluation • MEMBERS • Coordinator • Representation • Behavioral capacity • Agency • Parent/family • Leadership • Student • Etc

  19. Training Coaching Evaluation • Continuous • Embedded • Team-coordinated • Data-based • Local expertise • Action plan linked • Etc…. • Continuous • Function oriented • Local support • Data-based • Preventive • Positive • Competent • Etc…. • Continuous • Question-based • Academic & social • Efficient • Team-coordinated • Public • Etc…. Training Coaching Evaluation

  20. Local School Teams/Demonstrations • Fidelity implementation • >80% of staff • >80% of students • Administrator leadership • Team-based • Data driven • Contextually relevant • Teaching focused • Integrated initiatives • Positively oriented • Etc…..

  21. Political Support Funding Visibility • Continuous • Top 3 priorities • Quarterly/annually • Policy • Need & benefits • Participation • Integ. Initiatives • Evidence • Etc…. • General fund • 3 years of support • Integrated • Data-based • Dedicated FTE • Etc…. • Demos & research • Multiple formats • Multiple audiences • Acknow. Others • Evidence • Advocacy • Action plan & Eval • Etc….

  22. EXAMPLES & GUIDEINES

  23. ILLINOIS2007-2008 2,378,446 students 4,262 schools 873 districts 950 PBIS schools

  24. An LRE Initiative of the Illinois State Board of Education and Partner in the Illinois Statewide Technical Assistance Center Illinois Autism Training and Technical Assistance Project TOTAL Transition Outreach Training for Adult Living

  25. ISRC TOTAL IATTAP Evaluation Parent Consultant Transition Consultant REACH ISTAC Parents CHOICES PBIS

  26. State Leadership Team History • Began in 2005 • State Superintendent • State Director of Special Education • Rob Horner • Leadership Team Self Assessment • Workgroups – Funding, Visibility, Political Support

  27. Legislators U.S. State State Agencies Mental Health DCFS Juvenile Justice ICMHP Unions Parents Public Schools Superintendents Special Ed Directors Private Schools Community Providers Universities ISTAC Directors Project Staff Membership

  28. Current Workgroups • Related Initiatives • School/Family/Community Partnerships • Tertiary/Interagency • Demonstrations • Fiscal • Political Support/Visibility

  29. RELATED INITIATIVES • Integration with ISTAC projects, SEL programs, statewide RtI implementation • Shared website • Training • Resource Libraries • Integrated coaches network • SISEP

  30. SCHOOL/FAMILY/COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS • ISTAC Family Workgroup • Shared principles • Shared trainings • Hierarchy of family involvement

  31. TERTIARY/INTERAGENCY • IL Children’s Mental Health Partnership • School Based Mental Health sites • Local Area Networks

  32. DEMONSTRATIONS • Phases of Implementation • Recognition Process • Emerging • Implementing • Fully Implementing

  33. FISCAL • Current Funding • IDEA Part B funds • State GRF funds • Federal Grants • Tertiary Demonstration • High School/Character Education • “Turbo Tax” template for district fiscal planning

  34. POLITICAL SUPPORT/VISIBILITY • Database of PBIS schools by legislative district • Letters to legislators • Testimony before General Assembly • Visits to IL PBIS schools by • 5 state legislators • 1 US Representative • Asst. Secretary for OSERS

  35. Congressional Briefing in Washington, D.C. • Positive Behavior for Effective Schools Act (H.R. 3407) • Dignity in Schools • Newsletters • Preparation for news articles • 20 newspaper articles • Recognition Process

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