Positive Behavior SupportSeminole Springs Elementary

PBS Team

• Vision Statement • “Seminole Springs Elementary School • is committed to achieving the highest

standards • through an expanded family circle.” • MISSION STATEMENT • Our mission is to teach every child to

his/her fullest potential • in a caring and supportive atmosphere. • Our goal is that no child be left behind.

We Must Teach Them.

Once you have developed classroom expectations, it is not enough to just post the words on the walls of the classroom….

• We must teach them to the students!

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Why PBS?

“Approximately one-half of all classroom time is taken up with activities other than instruction, and discipline problems are responsible for a significant portion of this lost instructional time.”

(Cotton 1990)

Positive Behavior Support (PBS) Is…

• A positive school-wide culture• A plan to reduce negative behaviors• A way to increase and reinforce positive

behaviors• A plan to teach students and staff

positive behaviors• A way to monitor and track student

behavior

Tiered Model of School Supports & the Problem-Solving Process

ACADEMIC and BEHAVIOR SYSTEMS

Tier 3: Intensive, Individualized Interventions & Supports

The most intense instruction and intervention based on individual student need provided in addition to and aligned with Tier 1 & 2 academic and behavior

instruction and supports.

Tier 2: Targeted, Supplemental Interventions & Supports

More targeted instruction/intervention and supplemental support in addition to and

aligned with the core academic and behavior curriculum.

Tier 1: Core, Universal Instruction & Supports

General academic and behavior instruction and support provided to all students in all

settings.

FL RtI State Transformation Team, Dec. 2009

PBS and RtI:BehaviorCore Principles of PBS• Multi-tiered levels of support• Team process• Builds effective environments• Evidence-based interventions• Effective problem-solving• Data-based decision-making• Progress monitoring • Fidelity of implementation

RtI:B Critical Components• Multi-tiered levels of support• Evidence-based instruction and• interventions• Effective problem-solving • Data-based decision making• Progress monitoring • Fidelity of implementation

ImplementationCafeteria

• Given only by lunchroom assistant

• Reward once a month for top class from each grade level and top class overall

Implementation

Hallways• Procedures Are:

– Quiet– Hands to your side– Single file line– Keep to the right

Classroom• Own reward system• Class rewards are

determined by teacher

Discipline Procedures

• What if after positive rewards students are still misbehaving?

• Reteach and model appropriate behavior • Reward positive behavior• Follow the classroom behavior system. • If necessary, begin to fill out the

Observed Student Behavior Report

What is next for our school?

• Continue Positive Behavior Reward System

• Continue School wide culture

We are all in this together!

• PBS has changed our school culture• There will be improvements and changes• We need every single adult on our

campus to make this work• We are the BEST at Seminole Springs

Elementary!!!