Positive Behavioral Interventions & Supports
The PBIS Process

1. Establish Commitment and Maintain Team

  • Establish PBIS Leadership Team with strong administrative support and school-wide representation on team. 
  • Team attends all training - 3 to 5 year commitment.

2. Establish School-Wide Expectations

  • Develop 3-5 rules of behavior that are positively stated, easy to remember and apply to all students, staff and settings.
  • Develop a matrix of expected behavior in target settings including classrooms, hallways, bathroom, cafeteria, playground, computer lab.
  • Teach expected behaviors using an instructional approach - explain, model, practice, give reminders and pre-corrections.  Actively supervise and positively reinforce expected behaviors.

3. Establish An On-Going System Of Reward

  • Acknowledge expected behavior and use tangible rewards and acknowledgements (gotchas, coupons, etc.)
    and social recognition (i.e. bulletin boards, name over intercom, name in newsletter).

4. Establish A System For Responding To Behavioral Challenges

  • Develop an agreement about which behaviors are handled in the classroom and which result in an Office Discipline Referral (ODR).
  • Use verbal redirections, teacher consequence, and/or ODR
  • Use pre-correction and restatement of expected behaviors (proactive stance)

5.  Establish A Data System To Monitor Progress & Aid In Decision Making

  • Utilize a data management system (MS Excel)
  • Developing procedures for ongoing monitoring and evaluation
  • Meet regularly to review data and implement interventions

6.  Encourage Family Involvement

Building a strong, caring partnership takes time and effort. Many families want to help their child succeed but don’t know how to approach the schools. School staff are often hesitant to ask for a parents help.  Families/Parents/Caregivers are important parts in creating a successful program. Caregivers' involvement is essential for the child’s success.

Family involvement can be as simple as learning the schools expectations and reminding your children about them each day and showing them how it applies to your family and community. It can mean making sure your children are safe, loved and fed each morning before going to school. It can mean finding assistance in helping your child finish and understand their homework. Or it can be volunteering in some capacity at your child’s school. Family involvement need not be complicated. Parents know their children better than anyone, PBIS uses that to the children’s benefit.