Hows Your PBIS Program Measuring Up

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Hows Your PBIS Program Measuring Up?

• Jane Ballesteros
• Tucson PBIS Initiative
• June 11, 2008

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Todays Objectives

• Discuss assessment of School-wide PBIS
• Fidelity of each component
• PBIS / CORE team evaluation
• Classroom Support of School-wide efforts
• Introduce participants to various evaluation
  forms/options
• Effective Behavior Supports Survey
• Team Process Evaluation
• AzSET
• Benchmarks of Quality
• PBIS satisfaction Survey
• Interview and Observation Form (from EBS)
• Classroom Observation

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Why the Interest in Measuring Your Program?

• PBIS is an evidence-based program
• based on research and best practices
• Check you schools fidelity to the program
• Use data to fine tune your program, justify
  spending, achieve the maximum results

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Effective Behavior Supports Survey

• There are 12 questions on this shortened version
  of the Effective Behavior Supports Survey
• ------------- ACTIVITY-------------
• Reflecting on your own schools PBIS program,
  take a moment to answer these questions

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• Group Discussion
• How might a principal or school PBIS team use
  this tool?
• What benefits could a school realize in using a
  survey like this?
• How could you modify this survey to help gain
  even more information?

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Effective Behavior Supports Survey

• Conducted annually preferably in the Spring
• Completed by ALL staff
• Use results to design annual action plan
• Survey available in Spanish
• Available at www.pbis.org

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• Yellow part of packet
• First pages Purpose, directions for conducting,
  summarizing results, analyzing results, using
  results to plan
• Actual EBS survey
• School-wide systems
• Non-classroom setting systems
• Classroom Systems
• Individual Student systems

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Team Implementation Checklists(EBS)

• Used by PBIS teams to guide activities
• Updated quarterly during initial implementation
  process
• Available at www.pbis.org

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Team Checklist

• Green section in handout
• Start-up Activities
• On-going Monitoring
• Action Planning
• Can you find uses for this other than during
  initial implementation?

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AzSET(Arizona School Evaluation Tool)

• Blue section of packet
• Used to determine the extent to which a school
  has established positive behavioral systems and
  supports through which expectations about student
  behavior are taught and reinforced
• Available at www.pbisaz.org

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• Similar to Effective Behavior Support Survey
• Different rating scales are used
• Assesses these areas
• District PBIS leadership
• School-Site PBIS Leadership Team
• Universal (School-wide) System
• Universal Classroom Supports
• Secondary Supports
• Individual Student (Tertiary) Supports

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Benchmarks of Quality

• University of South Florida
• Available at http//flpbs.fmhi.usf.edu
• Team member rating form
• PBIS Satisfaction Survey
• Scoring forms available

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Interview and Observation Form

• This gives a snap shot of how your PBIS
  reinforcements are being perceived by staff and
  students, and the degree to which they are
  integrated into the schools culture.

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Walk Through Observation

• Designed by U of A PBIS trainers to examine if
  what is happening in the classrooms is reflective
  of school-wide PBIS program and goals.
• Will be available www.protectiveschools.org

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Suggestions for implementation

• School team CORE Team or New team self review
• District Team external perspective
• U of A trainers external perspective
• ADE in the future would like to provide
  assistance teams

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Power point available

• http//protectiveschools.org/pbs
• Jane Ballesteros
• janeb_at_email.arizona.edu