Early Childhood Positive Behavior Support
Site Readiness Checklist
Your answers to the questions listed below can help you self-assess your readiness to take on the
challenges of implementing a program wide Positive Behavior Support model. It is encouraged that
programs take a chunk of time and really work at answering these questions to build a readiness plan.
This coupled with staff training on the principles of the pyramid model and Module one and then
classroom based self-assessments using the Inventory of Practices can build staff buy-in prior to
program wide implementation. It will allow program leadership time to identify and plan for staff
training needs both within and without of the program wide model. For questions that require more
than a Y/N response, make notes on the form. It is not required to be able to answer “Yes” to all
questions before starting PW PBIS but if most of your answers are “No”, you might want to focus on
some of these foundational components first.
Items to Consider
Yes
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4.
Will there be a long term commitment from program leadership?
Is your current leadership/administration staff stable?
In your estimation, does your program have a positive climate?
In your estimation, does your teaching staff have a good
understanding of social/emotional development for the age that
they work with?
5. In your estimation, does your teaching staff have a good
understanding of how to support social/emotional development for
the age they work with?
6. In your estimation, does your teaching staff use developmentally
appropriate practice with the children they work with?
7. Is your current teaching/support staff stable?
8. Does your program currently have policies and/or procedures that
encourage active family participation?
9. Does your program currently have policies and/or procedures in
place for family feedback?
10. Does your program currently have policies and/or procedures in
place for staff feedback?
11. Does your program currently promote ongoing professional
development?
12. Is your program currently Accredited?
13. Does your program currently have time built in for staff discussions,
updates, etc?
14. Does your program currently have staff member(s) who can help
with the additional workload of implementation of a new initiative?
Who are they?
Adapted from Early Childhood Positive Behavior Support Site Readiness Checklist, Hawaii Early
Childhood Positive Behavior Support Team, CSEFEL website.
5/8/15
No
Items to Consider
Yes
15. Who might serve as a building coach?
16. Can you provide this person with upfront training to help prepare?
17. If you chose to implement a program wide model, how will you
provide time for the core leadership team to meet?
18. What are the current costs of dealing with challenging behavior
(lost revenue, staff turnover, time off, Mental Health costs)?
19. Does your program currently have policies and/or procedures in
place for supporting children with challenging behaviors?
20. Does your program currently have policies and /or procedures in
place for supporting teachers who within their classrooms have
children with challenging behaviors?
21. Does your program currently have staff in place to support teaching
staff and children with challenging behaviors within the classroom?
22. Where might you be able to generate or reallocate funds to help
pay for meeting time, materials, etc?
23. Do you have access to a trained PAPBS facilitator?
24. If the answer to the above question is no, can you identify someone
from your staff with the interest and flexibility of schedule to
become a PAPBS facilitator?
25. Do you have the resources and commitment to support a PAPBS
facilitator?
Notes to help with planning:
Adapted from Early Childhood Positive Behavior Support Site Readiness Checklist, Hawaii Early
Childhood Positive Behavior Support Team, CSEFEL website.
5/8/15
No