South Lakes High School F airfax County Public Schools Bruce
Butler, Principal Slide 2 Seahawk PBS Team Fran Walker, Coach
Teresa Fennessy, Team Leader Marly Fullerton, Research Douglas
Tyson, AP Bruce Butler, Principal Slide 3 South Lakes High School:
Demographics Asian 11.1% Black 19.2% Hispanic 17.5% White 45.4%
Other 6.8% Slide 4 South Lakes High School: Demographics Free and
Reduced Lunch 34% ESOL 9.21% Special Education 19.18% Slide 5 South
Lakes Seahawks Our values have not changed, we have and will
continue to increase our expectations, understanding, and
accountability to improve as a school: 1.Timely Communication
2.Organized and Reflective Instructional Program 3.Positive and
Constructive School Environment Slide 6 Implementation Requirements
Adminisitrative Team Support Strong Teacher Leadership Key Players
on Staff PBS Training Slide 7 Seeing the Need Why PBS? Increase
Instructional Time Consistent Policies Attendance Data Academic
Achievement Decrease Discipline Issues As a school we knew we could
do better! Slide 8 Building the Team Strong Administrative Support
Teacher Leaders Department Representation Other Staff, Students,
and Parents Slide 9 Building the Team Started with County Training
and Support Steering group of faculty went to learn about the
program Faculty returned with recommendation to move forward Paid
PBS Work Days at South Lakes High School Slide 10 South Lakes
Seahawks 1.Timely Communication 2.Organized and Reflective
Instructional Program 3.Positive and Constructive School
Environment Slide 11 Implementation Process SLHS faculty and staff
engaged in an open and honest dialogue focusing on school wide
performance and attendance data. Attendance, the primary correlate
to academic success, became the first PBS school wide initiative!
Slide 12 The Road to Success Empower the Faculty to: Develop and
Implement Consistent Policies Use Data to Influence Change Take
Ownership of Process Slide 13 PBS We eliminate the inconsistencies
which induce students to logically question the validity of any
rule Imagine playing a 7-inning high school baseball game in which
the basic rules changed every inning? Eliminates frustration! Slide
14 Consistent School-wide Policies Consistently Teach Core Values
to Students/Staff Implement Attendance Procedures Limit Hallway
Passes Understand Discipline Matrix Slide 15 Slide 16 Teaching Core
Values Engage Student Leadership Recognize Contributions through
Success Passes Develop Monthly PBS Lessons Slide 17 Leadership
Class Guides the Way! Leadership Class is made of up elected
student leaders and other students who desire to help others. Slide
18 Taking Flight Mentors Slide 19 SLHS Success Pass Slide 20 SLHS
Success Pass: Business Card Size Slide 21 Positive Behavior Support
(PBS) We reinforce quality/caring behaviors (perfect
attendance/helping others) twice each month Success Pass Winners!
Slide 22 Teacher Recognition Teachers are recognized each time a
students Success Pass is drawn Teachers/staff write Success Passes
for each other and are recognized each and every time the faculty
meets Slide 23 Sample PBS Lesson Topics: Honor Code Cell phone use
during tests Submitting other peoples work as your own Homework
Papers Slide 24 PBS Lesson Topic: Respect in Hallways Voice volume
respect learning time of other students Use appropriate language
Keep hall pass visible Slide 25 Slide 26 Consistent Schoolwide
Policies Teach Core Values to Students/Staff Implement Attendance
Procedures Limit Hallway Passes Understand Discipline Matrix Slide
27 Implement Schoolwide Attendance Procedures Definition of Tardy:
After the bell but fewer than 20 minutes late 1 st Tardy: Verbal
warning 2 nd Tardy: Teacher discretion to assign detention 3 rd
Tardy: Teacher notifies parent/administrator Slide 28 Implement
Schoolwide Attendance Procedures Slide 29 Consistent Schoolwide
Policies Teach Core Values to Students/Staff Implement Attendance
Procedures Limit Hallway Passes Understand Discipline Matrix Slide
30 Academic Environment Slide 31 Limit Hallway Passes Increase
Instructional Time Decrease Classroom Interruptions Decrease
Inappropriate Behavior Slide 32 Consistent Schoolwide Policies
Teach Core Values to Students/Staff Implement Attendance Procedures
Limit Hallway Passes Understand Discipline Matrix Slide 33
Classroom vs Office Managed Behavior Slide 34 Levels of Discipline
Slide 35 Data We have the findings, now what? How can we improve?
How do we know if our solution is effective? Slide 36 Using Data to
Drive Decisions Research Team Yearly Data Monthly Data SET
(School-wide Evaluation Tool) and Benchmarks of Quality (BOQ)
Analysis Slide 37 All Day Unexcused Absences Slide 38 Individual
Period Unexcused Absences Slide 39 Total Unexcused Tardies Slide 40
Honors Level Participation at South Lakes High School Participation
in Honors Classes (% of students taking one or more Pre IB or IB
course) 2008 - 2009: 9th Grade 65% 10th Grade 59% 11th Grade 49%
12th Grade 49% 25 freshman have pupil placed in for IB this year
Slide 41 SOL Improvement Slide 42 Slide 43 Slide 44 Slide 45 Slide
46 South Lakes High School PBS is not stagnant. It is a process. We
learn from our data.
