Washington Elementary Washington Principal – Andrea Hogan Assistant Principal – Justin Stok Parent Liaison – Debra Lopez PBIS Positive Behavioral Intervention & Supports “The link between families and positive behavioral interventions and supports is an important one. When families are meaningfully involved in educational activities their children do better in schools. Families play an important part in their child's education and social development.” (http://www.pbis.org/family) PBIS A team effort between school, parents, and students A team-based process for creating proactive, educative and functional support systems used in the development of effective interventions for problem behavior. Aim is to build effective environments in which positive behavior is more effective than problem behavior. A Senator’s Promise I promise to be…. Respectful Responsible Ready to Learn When I come to school everyday, I promise to reach beyond the stars! PBIS Senators follow PBIS rules and procedures throughout the day. Senators are… Responsible Respectful Ready Positive Incentives Weekly nominations for outstanding students Weekly nominations for outstanding teachers/staff Celebrations for success Individual rewards Grade level rewards Tickets Students receive tickets for PBIS behavior. Tickets are put in grade level buckets Grades with the most tickets win prizes Nominations Student Nominated: ___________________________ Teacher: ___________________________ Reasonfor Nomination: ___________________________ Thanks to our Outstanding Teachers and Staff! I would like to nominate: Students, Teachers, and Staff can be nominated weekly for displaying PBIS behavior. Students get their name announced on Monday morning, receive a certificate, get to sit at a “special” table during lunch, and get a chance to win a prize. _____________________________________. Reason for Nomination: ___________________________ ____________________________________________ Teachers nominated get their name announced on Monday morning and receive a chance for a special prize. 8 Step = SUCCESS “By emphasizing the individual needs of each student, the Eight-Step process provides teachers with a systematic method for delivering instruction and assessing progress so that all students achieve to their highest potential. Benefits of the Eight-Step process include: giving flexibility to teachers in how to teach by focusing on what to teach emphasizing key skills for every student enabling students to retain previously learned skills in order to build higher skills replacing subjectivity with a focus on results aligning planning, instruction, assessment, and support to student performance establishing a climate of achievement and success” (http://www.broward.k12.fl.us/k12programs/ciss/8_step/html/why8.ht ml) 8 Step = SUCCESS 1. Data 8. Monitoring 2. Timeline 3. Instructional Focus 7. Maintenance 4. Measurement 6. Enrichment 5. Tutorials 8 Step = SUCCESS Students are taught a concept for 3 weeks based on an instructional calendar Students are tested on the concept Students are grouped based on their test scores Reteach On-Level Enrichment Students get 3 more weeks of individualized instruction on the concept