Implementing PBIS in High Schools

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Implementing PBIS in High Schools
Steve Romano-Technical Assistance
Director Illinois PBIS Network JoAnn
Malloy-University of New Hampshire
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How High Schools Are Different

• Size
• Staff expectations
• Staff is departmentalized
• More groundwork is needed
• Teams can become layered
• Implementation comes more slowly

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Theyre not as different as they think they are

• Need all the same components
• Team development
• Establishing expectations
• Teaching
• Acknowledgement
• Data
• Communication
• It may look different in practice

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Guiding Principals for the Implementation of
School-Wide Initiatives

• 1. Establish and/or consolidate a school-wide
  leadership team that enables efficient
  communication and decision-making with large
  number of staff members.

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Guiding Principals for the Implementation of
School-Wide Initiatives

• 2. Start small and prioritize time.
• 3. Identify naturally occurring and useful data
  sources systems.
• 4. Increase focus on teaching and encouraging
  positive expectations.
• 5. Maximize administrator involvement.

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Guiding Principals for the Implementation of
School-Wide Initiatives

• 6. Involve students and staff to greatest extent
  in decision-making, development, and evaluation
  activities.
• 7. Increase opportunities for feedback to
  students and staff.
• 8. Specify and focus on measurable outcome
  indicators.
• 9. Increase opportunities for academic success
  and competence of ALL students.

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Concerns

• Initial buy-in (perceived need)
• Implementation to fidelity can take 3-5
  years
• Time for meetings and training
• Organization of data (overabundance)

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Final Thoughts

• Patience is a Virtue Especially in High Schools
• Administrative Support is Key
• Starting Small with Pilots in the Actual Setting
  Where You Are Trying to Do this
• Need for Staff Development and Modeling what We
  are Trying to Teach