SCHOOL AND COMMUNITY PBS:THERE IS NO TIME LIKE THE

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VANESSA BOWLESSTEPHANIE DECOTEAU

ASCENSION PARISHSession 19A – 9:30 a.m.

19B – 12:45 p.m.

PRESENTATION TOPICS

Attendees will learn to:

• Conduct a needs assessment in your school

• Creatively teach/reteach PBS expectations to faculty, students, parents and community

• Collaborate with community in order to gain support for school-wide PBS program

GOALS

To determine parents’ understanding of school-wide PBS program

To involve parents and local businesses in our school PBS program

To develop connections between school, parents, and community

To create fundraising opportunities for our school’s PBS program

OVERVIEW OF PBS

PBS IS….• A collaborative assessment-based approach to developing

effective interventions for problem behavior.

• Emphasizes the use of proactive, educative, and reinforcement-based strategies to achieve meaningful and durable behavior and lifestyle outcomes

• Aims to build an effective environment in which positive behavior is more effective than problem behavior

• For all students

NEEDS ASSESSMENT

• PBS Parent Survey was designed to gain parent feedback and offer them a voice in the PBS process.

• Determined strengths and areas of improvement for our school

• Limited to one distribution during Spring semester (paper/pencil)

PBS PARENT SURVEY

PBS PARENT SURVEY To help us improve the Positive Behavior Support Program, please complete this survey and return it to PBS team.

Statement Strongly Agree Agree Neutral Disagree Strongly Disagree Parents know what the PBS program at our school. 30% 36% 9% 19% 6%

Parents understand how students get rewards when they follow school wide expectations and rules.

41% 44% 9% 4% 2% Parents are involved in the design of rules and reinforcement 18% 23% 41% 13% 5%

When you visit the school, you observe that the principles of PBS are implemented across all settings.

21% 44% 28% 5% 2% Students, parents and community agencies are involved in the development of the PBS plan 18% 28% 37% 12% 5% Students are treated fairly and with respect regardless of race, socioeconomic, and gender. 29% 49% 15% 6% 1%

The PBS plan contains programs for groups and individuals. 20% 35% 41% 3% 1% PBS program decisions and plans are based on the schools behavior and discipline data. 26% 32% 37% 4% 1%

Universal rules prevent negative behavior and improve learning. 40% 44% 12% 2% 2% The school utilizes the strengths available in the families. 26% 48% 19% 3% 2%

The school utilizes strengths of the students. 27% 47% 19% 3% 2% OVERALL

I understand the PBS at the school. 30% 33% 15% 17% 4% I know whom to call at school if I have questions about the PBS program. 26% 25% 13% 26% 9%

Overall, I am satisfied with the school's PBS program. 22% 40% 24% 10% 3%

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PBS PARENT SURVEY RESULTS

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PLAN

• To improve parents’ awareness of our PBS program

• To improve communication about the PBS program

• To improve parent satisfaction with the program

• To present the faces of our PBS program

THERE IS NO TIME….

Art Contest- K-5 students encouraged to participate- Teachers given theme of “Star Patriots”- Students asked to draw school expectations and rules- Teachers encouraged to review expectations along with activity- Expectations/rules reinforced through visualization of artwork

PBS ART WORK

PBS ART

PBS ART

SCHOOL CALENDAR

• Representation of our school-wide PBS program

• Distributed to local businesses

• Educational tool

• Fundraising

POST-ASSESSMENT

• Distributed again before extended break

• Compare pre/post tests

• PACE

• Yearly contests

Complete Your Evaluation

VANESSA BOWLESSTEPHANIE DECOTEAU

ASCENSION PARISH

Session 19 A 9:30 a.m. 19 B 2:00 p.m.

CONTACT INFORMATION

Vanessa Bowles, School Counselor

vanessa.bowles@apsb.org

Stephanie Decoteau, SBLC Facilitator

Stephanie.decoteau@apsb.org