Sustaining SchoolWide Positive Behavior Support Efforts

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Sustaining School-Wide Positive Behavior Support
Efforts

• September 16th, 2006
• Joan M. Oakes, MSW

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Agenda

• How you do
• Definitions
• Organizational Cultures
• Pulling the Pieces Together
• Keeping the Pieces in Place
• Resources

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The Bad News.

• There currently is little to no specific research
  related to best practice for developing
  sustainability of successful procedures.

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The Good News

• We are beginning to discover indicators that
  make sustaining effective procedures more likely.

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Sustainability Defined

• Sustain (transitive verb)
• To give support or relief to
• To supply with sustenance
• Keep up, prolong
• To support the weight of to carry or withstand
• To buoy up
• To bear up under
• To support as true
• To support by adequate proof confirm

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• Sustainable (adjective)
• Capable of being sustained
• a) of, relating to, or being a method of
  harvesting or using a resource so that the
  resource is not depleted or permanently damaged
• b) of or relating to a lifestyle involving the
  use of sustainable methods.

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PBISAz Definition

• Sustainability (noun)
• The environment or state of being in which the
  process of SWPBS is institutionalized and used in
  an ongoing fashion so that valuable teacher
  resources and youth are not depleted or
  permanently damaged.

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Organizational Cultures
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Culture

• The Personality of an organization
• Based on
• Assumptions Values Norms Tangibles
  (artifacts)
• of
• organizational members

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Culture as a System
Affected by
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Culture as a System

• .

Services
Climate
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Organizational Cultures.

• .provide members with a reliable
• means to interpret a highly ambiguous
• environment.
• National Defense University
• Stategic Leadership Decision Making
• Online course Fall 2006

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School Sub-Cultures

• The Old-Timers Know-it-Alls
• Whiners Nay-Sayers
• Newbies
• Do-ers
• Zen..

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Make Me One with Everything.

• Can Subcultures truly merge and become one?

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Pulling the Pieces Together
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Leaders -

• Consider your impact on the other teams
• Emphasize the importance of creating systems with
  shared meaning common goals

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Communication Loop

• How is information shared?
• From District to School Sites?
• From School Sites to District?
• Timely responses to questions issues
• Who else needs to be a part of this Loop?

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Uniting the Fray

• Leaders
• Clearly identify and emphasize non-negotiable
  issues
• Common goals
• Define organizational success
• Define frame the slice of reality in which
  organizational members behave in their roles as
  employees.

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Keeping the Pieces in Place
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A Quick Review.District Roles Responsibilities

• Increase Schools Capacity in
• Training
• Coaching
• Evaluation
• Coordination
• Provide support for
• Behavior Management Capacity

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In Addition -

• Durable and Adaptable Support for
• Common Vision
• Common Language
• Common Experience
• http//pbis.org/districtWide.htm

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Critical Features of Sustainability

• 1. Ongoing Data Collection
• Funding
• Visibility
• Political Support
• 3. Evaluation of Outcomes
• Horner, R., October 2005
• PBIS State Leadership Forum Mtg.

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Evaluation of.?

• Data
• Teaching
• Training
• Coaching
• Outcomes

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Evaluating Data

• Is it collected efficiently?
• Is it summarized for effective use by
  stakeholders?
• Is it used to guide decisions and change?

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Evaluating Teaching

• Direct teaching of behavior is not the delivery
  of a curriculum.
• It is the arrangement of events and activities
  that enhance CHANGE in behavior.

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Evaluating Training

• SWPBS training is not the delivery of training
  workshops.
• It is arranging events and activities that
  enhance functional change in the practices and
  systems used in schools.

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Evaluating Coaching

• Who is designated to help guide, support and
  mentor the SWPBS efforts
• Internally?
• Externally?
• Distally?

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Evaluating Outcomes

• Evaluation does not assess what you do.
• It assesses outcomes

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Predictors of Sustainability

• Strong Administrative Support
• Strong Leadership Roles
• Reward Systems
• Doolittle et al.,2006(Not yet published)
• Horner, R., 7/12/06
• MPRRC Conference Call

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Strategies for Sustaining SWPBS

• Make SWPBS part of District goals and Improvement
  Plans
• Integrate SWPBS processes into as many
  district/school programs as possible
• Make Data collection, summary and reporting a
  regular part of school and district activities

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Strategies . . . continued

• Develop plan for training of continuing and new
  staff and students.
• Develop ongoing system of monitoring and
  evaluation for SWPBS systems.
• Promote visibility by sharing successes with
  board and community.

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Strategies . . . continued

• Blend the role of the Coach across other related
  initiatives
• Hold buildings accountable for on-going
  assessment
• Use data to celebrate successes and recognize
  accomplishments

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Evaluation Tool Resources

• From PBIS/OSEP -
• Effective Behavior Support Team Implementation
  Checklist
• Team Implementation Checklist
• Benchmarks of Quality
• Schoolwide Evaluation Tool (SET)
• Individual Evaluation Tool
• FromPBISAz -
• Arizona School Evaluation Tool (AzSET)
• School-wide Behavior Support Assessment
• (in development)

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Resources..continued

• Training
• University Courses
• Annual PBISAz Conference
• National PBIS Conferences
• Consultation thru ADEs SUPPORT Cadre

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Resources..continued

• Funding
• Education Related Funds
• Title II Professional Development
• Title IV Safe and Drug Free Schools
• Title V Innovative Programs
• Title VII Indian Education
• School Improvement Grants
• Comprehensive School Reform Grants

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Resources..continued

• More Funding Resources
• Private Public Funding
• Regional Behavior Health Authority
• Dept. of Economic Security
• Arizona Community Foundation

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Questions?
Reflections?