School Climate and Conditions for Learning

The State Support Team employs PBIS as an operational framework for supporting all students within the education environment to have access to the most effective and accurately implemented instructional and behavioral proactices and interventions possible. PBIS is NOT a curriculum, intervention, or practice, but IS a decion-making framework that guides selection, integration, and implementation of the best evidence-based academic and behavrioal practices for improving important academic and behavior outcomes for all students.

In general PBIS emphasized these integrated elements which support measurable outcomes:

Systems that support implementation of these practices are critical to the success of PBIS within shcool districts. District LeadershipTeams establish goals and priorities for safe and suportive environments so that all students can learn. Building Leadership Teams define the paramenters of support to students that will ensure social competence and academic success for students including those students from varied backgrounds and abilities. Teacher Based Teams refince the specific instructin and intervention and monitor student success. DCommunication across all levels of the system is important for the delivery of effective Positive Behanior Intervention Support.

SST3 offers ongoing professional development and support to district, building and teacher teams on PBIS.

Introduction to Positive Behavior Intervention Support

This half day session is offered several times during the school year and can be customized for specific district needs. It addresses the basics of PBIS and is designed for district and building leadership or leadership teams who are interested in exploring the use of a positive approach to behavior and learning for all students. See the ESC Calendar of Events for scheduled times.

Positive Behavior Intervention Support: Universal Level, Part One and Two

This two part series (two full day sessions) is intended for building leadership or PBIS teams that are committed to implementing PBIS within their schools. The sessions are offered several times during the school year and can be customized for specific district needs. The participants will learn about the components of PBIS including establishing goals for the school, developing leadership teams, using data, establishing expectations for behavior, teaching expectations for behavior, encouraging behaviors, discouraging behaviors and monitoring emplementation and progress. Teams will reprot on their progress of implementation of PBIS during the sessions. See the ESC Calendar of Events for scheduled times.

SWIS is a web-based information system designed to help shcool personnel to use office referral data to design school-wide and indvidiual student interventions. The three primary elements of SWIS are:

These three elements give school personnel the capability to evaluate individual student behavior, the behavior of groups of students, behavrios occurring in specific settings, and behaviors occuring during specific time perios fo the school day. SWIS reports indicate times and/or locations prone to elicit problem behaviors, and allow teachers and administrators to shape school-wide environments to maximize students' academic and social achievements. See the ESC Calendar of Events for scheduled times.

CHAMPs: A Proactive and Positive Approach to Classroom Management

The SST offers customized course offerings in CHAMPs to districts upon request. Contact Tracy Murphey at the SST, 216-446-3811.

CHAMPs, a program designed by Dr. Randy Sprick, assists elementary school classroom teachers to design and manage a proactive and positive classroom that overtly teaches students how to behave responsibly. CHAMPs strategies are designed to:

Second Step

The SST offers customized course offerings in Second Steps to districts upon request. Contact Tracy Murphey at the SST, 216-446-3811.

Second Step: A Violence Prevention Curriculum is a research-based curriculum that teaches social and emotional skills for violence prevention. The program is user-friendly and contains parent education components. It aims to reduce impulsive and aggressive behaviors and increase protective factors and social competence in children from preschool through junior high.

Children learn how to respond empathically to others and practice skill steps for calming down, reducing anger, and solving problems. The classroom-based curriculum, organized by grade level, teaches children to practice empathy, problem-solving skills, risk assessment, decision-making, and goal-setting.

For a complete listing of SST3/ESC Professional Development opportunities go to Professional Development on teh ESC home page. Power Point presentations of recent workshops offered by the SST are available by selecting the Workshop Resources within the Professional Development tab.

The SST is part of a statewide network of regional consultants who are prepared to offer school districts information and support regarding the implementation of PBIS. For a complete listing of the Ohio PBIS Network Regional Consultants click here.