Welcome to Eagle Junior
High’s
Positive Effective Behavior
Support Plan
Guiding Principles
PEBS School-wide Expectations:
• Soar for Respect
• Soar for Responsibility
• Soar for Readiness
How is your school sharing
information about PEBS with staff?
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Staff newsletters
• Staff meetings
Emails
• Data such as office
referral or surveys
Teacher bulletins
• Post-classroom
Notes in teacher
observation meetings
mailboxes
• Department head
meetings
• Principal open-door
policy
What has been your biggest
challenge?
Staff buy in, commitment and
participation
Developing and implementing behavior
plans for red-zone kids
Honestly assessing what is currently in
place and evaluating its impact
Constantly evaluating and re-evaluating
what works
How is this school celebrating behavioral /
social skill success?
•Monthly recognition assembly
•Traditional awards ceremony
•Positive graffiti wall
•An honor hall
•Positive referrals
•Daily compliment
•A+ Staff recognition draw
•Classroom celebrations
•Weekly Draw for Golden Eagle Award
Goals and/or Objectives
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To Decrease Office Referrals By 25%
TO Decrease Suspension By 20%
Increase Student Attendance
Increase Time On Task
Reduce The Number Of Literacy
Support Plans For Grade 9 Students
By 15%
Introducing Our
Team Members
and Their
Responsibilities
Chairperson/Facilitator & Time Keeper/Task Master :
Anna Mae Muise/Vice-Principal
Recorder/Secretary & Communication Coordinator:
Susan Henderson/Principal
Data Manager & Team Archivist :
Alison MacKeigan/Vice-Principal
Team Cheerleader:
Mary Elaine Muise/Guidance Counselor
Team Cheerleader:
Speedy Gonzolas / Classroom Teacher
School Rules
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RESPECT
For self, others and property
RESPONSIBILITY
Be responsible and prepared at all times
READINESS
Be ready to follow directions and
procedures
How we teach the rules and
procedures
• The process for teaching the rules and
school-wide procedures:
– Lesson Plans – Code of Conduct (includes quiz),
Bullying, Substance Abuse, Media Awareness,
School Wide Tardiness, Use of Kind Words, Acts
of Kindness...etc
– Opportunities for practice
– Active monitoring of rule following behavior:
Incentives, support from teachers, checklists,
data collection, surveys, observations, regular
group meetings and re-evaluations/evaluations
Rules and Procedures Continued…
–Guest Speakers (positive role models)
–Posting rules prominently in building
–Matrix
–Signs
–Sharing the expectations
–Information Brochure for Parents
–Behavior Management Flowchart
–Suggested Consequences
–Implementation Checklist
School Wide Incentives
• Student Incentives
• Teacher Incentives
– Teacher to Teacher
• Given from one teacher to another as PEBS is
implemented
– Student to Teacher
• Tickets given to teachers who exemplify the
values of the code of conduct
– By Number of Golden Eagles Distributed
• Given monthly to teacher who gave the most
incentive tickets to students
Student Incentives
Monthly Recognition
September: Ice Cream Social
October: School Wide Sports Day
November: Turkey Dance
December: Basketball Game (students vs. faculty)
January: Snowballs / Cotton Candy / Popcorn
March: School Wide Lunch & Movie
April: School Wide Sports Day
May: End of Year Swim Trips
Student Incentives Continued…
• Golden Eagle Award (teacher and
admin picture on back)
•Weekly Draw for Golden Eagle Award
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Traditional awards ceremony
Positive graffiti wall
An honor hall
Positive referrals
Classroom celebrations
Teacher Incentives
Teacher to Teacher: Golden Apple Award,
Letters in mailboxes, A+ Staff recognition draw
Student to Teacher: Gift Certificates
By Number of Tickets: Special PEBS Parking
Space In Front of Building
Resources for Incentives
• Adopters: Cape Breton Screaming
Eagles
• Community Agencies and
Businesses
• Restaurants and Movie Theater
• Fundraisers
• Parent organizations
Monitoring Process
• School Wide Information
System (SWIS) Data
Referral System
• Track Office Referrals
• Track # of “Golden
Eagles” given
• Performance Feedback
Prevention Programs
• Roots of Empathy
• Virtues Project
• Bullying prevention
programs
• Peer Mediation
• Conflict resolution
• Classroom Routines
Prevention Programs
Implementation
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All Staff
Guidance Counselor
Introductory Events/Rally
Ongoing Direct Instruction
Embedding in Curriculum
Booster Training
Keeping it out there; displays,
announcements, etc…
Secondary Interventions
• Token economy (have meeting to
discuss correct behavior, then reward
desired behavior with token)
• The Behavior Education Plan
– Organization/Structure
– Identification/Referral
– Contract/Agreement
– Basic BEP Cycle (see binder)
– Design of Support
Secondary Interventions
• Role Play
• Show instructional videos
• Continuous monitoring of student
behavior for decision making
• Secondary Team – “Yellow Team”
– Behavior skills
– Social skills
– Anger Management
Tertiary Interventions
• Number and extent of office referral
forms
• Referrals through program planning
process
• Focuses on students who exhibit
dangerous behavior, are highly
disruptive, impede learning, and/or
suffer social or educational exclusion
• Functional Behavior Assessment
Tertiary Interventions
•Collaborative (rather than expert-driven)
approach
•Includes the student and people who know
him/her best
•Rooted in understanding and intervention
•Focuses on adaptive (and replacement) skills,
and improving the individual’s overall quality of
life
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