Getting Started:
Work Smarter, Not
Harder
Michele Wackman
School Psychologist
District #623
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www.safetycenter.navy.mil
PBIS Philosophy
S Never stop doing what works
S Focus on the smallest changes that will produce the largest effects on valued
outcomes
S Make any initiative adapt to your school culture
S Never introduce something new without simultaneously defining what you
will stop doing to create the resources for the new effort.
Problem/Challenge
Whenever a new initiative is introduced to a
school, district/region, or state, the general
approach is to “form a team/committee” to
develop a plan for implementation. Although this
initiative might be a worthwhile, implementation
efforts often struggle because of a number of
challenges:
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Few resources, staff, time, etc.
Duplication of effort with other initiatives and efforts
Lack of clarity regarding purpose and outcomes
Lack of priority
Etc.
Working Smarter
(Not Harder)
S Allows schools to identify the multiple committees within their
school
S Helps in identifying purposes, outcomes, target groups, and staff
S Assists schools in addressing, evaluating, and restructuring
committees and initiatives to address school improvement plan
S Important for schools to identify that school-wide PBIS is
integrated into existing committees and initiatives
Prioritizing and Integrating
Initiatives: Work Smarter
Appendix B – Pages 15- 21
Sample Teaming Matrix
Initiative,
Committee
Purpose
Outcome
Target
Group
Staff
Involved
SIP/SID
Attendance
Committee
Increase
attendance
Increase % of students
attending daily
All students
Eric, Ellen,
Marlee
Goal #2
Character
Education
Improve character
Improve character
All students
Marlee, J.S.,
Ellen
Goal #3
Safety Committee
Improve safety
Predictable response to
threat/crisis
Dangerous
students
Has not met
Goal #3
School Spirit
Committee
Enhance school
spirit
Improve morale
All students
Has not met
Discipline
Committee
Improve behavior
Decrease office referrals
Bullies,
antisocial
students,
repeat
offenders
Ellen, Eric,
Marlee, Otis
DARE Committee
Prevent drug use
High/at-risk
drug users
Don
EBS Work Group
Implement 3-tier
model
All students
Eric, Ellen,
Marlee, Otis,
Emma
Decrease office referrals,
increase attendance,
enhance academic
engagement, improve
grades
Goal #3
Goal #2
Goal #3
Working Smarter
Initiative, Purpose Outcome Target
Project,
Group
Committee
Attendance
Committee
Character
Education
Staff
Involved
SIP/SID
etc
1. Eliminate all initiatives that do NOT have a defined
purpose and outcome measure.
Safety
Committee
2. Combine initiatives that have the same outcome
measure and same target group
School Spirit
Committee
3. Combine initiatives that have 75% of the same staff
Discipline
Committee
4. Eliminate initiatives that are not tied to School
Improvement Goals.
DARE
Committee
EBS Work
Group
Working Smarter- Systems / Staff Support
Workgroup/
Committee/
Team
Outcome/
Link to
SIP
Who do
we serve?
What is
the ticket
in?
Names of
Staff
Nonnegotiable
District
Mandate?
How do we
measure
impact?
Overlap?
Modify?
Attendance
Committee
students
Junebug, Leo,
Tom
yes
Attendance
records
Yes
fold to SW PBIS
SW PBS Team
Students
staff
Ben, Tom, Lou
no
Office Referrals
Attend, MIR,
Nursing log
,climate
Yes
continue
Safety Committee
Students
staff
Toni, Barb, Tom
no
Office Referrals
BIG 5, climate
Yes
fold into SW PBIS
School Spirit
Committee
students
Tom
no
No
Yes
fold into SW PBIS
Discipline Committee
students
Tom, Lou
no
Office
Referrals
Yes
fold into SW PBIS
Student Support
Team/Problem
Solving Team
students
Steve, Sue,Jon,
Tom
yes
Discipline,
DIBELS,
FACTS…
No
continue
School Improvement
1,2,3
Bill, Jon, Lou,
Tom
yes
All of the above
Yes
continue
Manual—Appendix B
Committee/Group/Self Assessment & Planning Section p.18,21
Workgroup/
Committee/
Team
Outcome
/Link to
SIP
Who do we serve?
(students/staff/both)
Names of
staff on
team
NonNegotiable
District
Mandate?
How do we
measure
impact?
Overlap?
Modify?
Activity #1
Step 1: Team Membership (cont)
Step 1: Identify Current Teams (discipline, instruction, climate,
school improvement, parent support etc)
Step 2: Complete the Working Smarter matrix
Step 3: Based on your results, what committees can you:
(a) eliminate?
(b) combine?
(c) provide more support?
(d) how can we infuse PBIS into our committees?
Manual—pg. 18, 21—Appendix B
Step 2: Develop Brief Statement
of Behavior Purpose
STEP 2 – Develop Behavior Purpose Statement
1. Positively stated
2. 2-3 sentences in length
3. Supportive of academic achievement
4. Contextually/culturally appropriate (e.g., age, level, language)
5. Comprehensive in scope (school-wide – ALL students, staff, and
settings)
6. Agreement by >80% faculty and staff
7. Communicated to stakeholders (e.g., families, community members,
district administrators)
8. Included in school publications (e.g., handbook, posters, newsletters)
Manual—pg. 50
Sample Behavior Statements
Ex. 1
Ex. 2
G. Ikuma School is a community of
learners and teachers. We are here to
learn, grow, and become good citizens.
At Abrigato School, we treat each other
with respect, take responsibility for our
learning, and strive for a safe and positive
school for all!
Central Park
At Central Park, we are honest, responsible, respectful and
safe. We are here to learn, so we will be responsible for our
own learning. We will strive to be the best we can be, so that
everyone in the school community can learn.
Activity #2
STEP 2: Statement of Behavior Purpose
Step 1: Develop your brief statement of behavior
purpose.
Step 2: How will you involve staff in this work?
Step 3: Be prepared to report out Behavior
Purpose DRAFT
Manual—pg. 50-51
Activity –Complete
Steps #1 and #2
Step 1: Team Membership (cont)
Step 1: Identify Current Teams
(discipline, instruction, climate,
school improvement, parent
support etc)
Step 2: Complete the Working Smarter
matrix
Step 3: Based on your results, what
committees can you:
(a) eliminate?
(b) combine?
(c) provide more support?
(d) how can we infuse PBIS into
our committees?
Manual—pg. 18, 21—Appendix B
STEP 2: Statement of Behavior Purpose
Step 1: Develop your brief statement of
behavior purpose.
Step 2: How will you involve staff in this
work?
Step 3: Be prepared to report out Behavior
Purpose DRAFT
Manual—pg. 50-51