Being an Effective PBIS Coach Sarah Clay School Psychologist Howard County Public Schools.

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Being an Effective PBIS Coach Sarah Clay School Psychologist Howard County Public Schools

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Being an Effective PBIS Coach

Sarah Clay

School Psychologist

Howard County Public Schools

Today’s Agenda

Introduction and BackgroundGetting Started as a new PBIS schoolTips for recruiting and maintaining a teamRole of the PBIS coachUsing Data for decision makingOrganization Tools Effective Team MeetingsQuestions?

Background

Howard County– Suburban district located between

Baltimore and Washington, DC– 39 elementary schools, 18 middle and 12

high schools– Total enrollment: 49,748 students

Background

Talbott Springs Elementary -Diverse Title 1 school

Ethnicity• 24% White• 36.6% African American• 26.5% Hispanic• .8% Native American • 3% Not reported

530 students104 staff members

Background

About Me– Assigned to Talbott Springs full time– Responsible for

• Assessment• Individual and Team Consultation• Small Group and Individual Counseling• Instructional Intervention Team• Crisis Intervention• PBIS Coach

Getting Started

Summer timing– Allows for planning and recruitment of team

members– Plan for fall Kickoff with key elements

Administrative Support– Crucial to successful coaching– Very helpful to have an administrator attend

meetings• At TSES assistant principal is co-chair of committee• Commitment to schoolwide events and follow through on

established procedures

Getting Started

Use office referral and suspension dataAcademic data - increasing instructional time, statewide and local assessmentsTeacher or school climate survey dataInformal data through looking at classroom management systems at the individual teacher level

Getting Started

Agree on core rules All Staff commit to teaching the core rules throughout the building on multiple occasionsAt Talbott Springs: Go Red– Be Respectful– Be rEsponsible– Be Determined

Recruiting a Core Team

Key “players” in your building

Representation across grade levels and roles – Paraeducators, related arts staff, special ed, ELL

etc.

Seek out staff members with particular talents

Staff with behavioral expertise

Consider getting the “naysayers” on your side

Extend personal invitations

Making PBIS a Priority

Scheduled meeting times that will not be cancelled or interrupted– More at the beginning

Insert some PBIS discussion at school events– Back to school night– Other special events– Faculty meetings

Ensure buy-in from team leaders

Your Role as a PBIS Coach

Surround yourself with a good team!Collect statewide data– Benchmarks of Quality (BOQ)– Implementation Phases Inventory (IPI)– Schoolwide Evaluation Tool (SET)

Lead the team through creation of an action planAttend training and bring back knowledge to your school team

Your role as PBIS Coach

Use Action plan to drive team goals

Your role as a PBIS Coach

Coach vs. Team Leader– Co-coaching model

Duties to be shared with Team Leader– Setting agenda and running team meetings– Organizing schoolwide events– Daily maintenance of tokens & rewards– Data entry and analysis

Using Data to Make Decisions

SWIS data Helpful to have a sub-committee or smaller group to dig into the student data Consider developing yellow and red zone interventions (this may be year 2 or 3)– Check in/check out– Functional Behavior Assessment and Behavior

Intervention Plans when needed– Individualized interventions– Family involvement

Using Data to Make Decisions

Trend data can be helpfulOrganize schoolwide interventions or booster sessions based on data collectedExamine existing structures and staff/student ratiosShare with staff through committee meetings or faculty meetings

Using Data to Make Decisions

Using Data to Make Decisions

Examples:– Based on historical monthly data our PBIS

team organized schoolwide student raffles during February and April

– Next year plan for “booster sessions” in highest referral months

Using Data to Make Decisions

Using Data to Make Decisions

Countywide HCSPS focused on training to improve classroom management

At school level we looked at restructuring playground options– Assigned stations– Worked with staff on increased active supervision– Started “Fitness Fridays”

Using Data to Make Decisions

Using Data to Make Decisions

At the Red Zone level examine individual student data

Interventions for this student focused on providing positive adult attention throughout the day

Other ideas?

Organizational Tools

Binder for minor incident reports and Office Referrals

Coach’s Binder

Minutes from meetings– Helpful to share with entire staff

Publish dates on schoolwide calendar

Effective Team Meetings

Set and send out agenda in advanceFocus on broad schoolwide data not individual studentsDuring year 1 allow time for trouble shooting – may need to meet more than once a month

Build in booster sessions for the adults– Secure time on faculty meeting agenda for mid-

year check-in

Address questions/concerns from staff

Effective Team Meetings

Assign roles for follow up at the meeting– Sub committees where needed– E.g. prize cart, schoolwide events

Get students involved Look to people outside the team who have special knowledge or skills Crucial to link back with entire staff for feedbackRecognize things will get easier after the first year!

Ideas for Low Cost Schoolwide Events

Staff talent showDance partyKickball or basketball (grade vs. grade or

staff vs. students)Special art project timeObstacle course in the gymAssembly where middle or high school kids

perform Pajama Day

Ideas for Low Cost Weekly Prizes

Lunch with a teacher

Lunch at a special table

Reader on morning announcements

Sit at teacher’s desk for the day

Line leader for the day

Basketball time at the end of the day

Computer time

No homework pass

Questions?

Sarah Clay, School Psychologist Howard County Public Schools– [email protected]– 410-313-6915