How Can Parents Help?
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Stay positive and encouraging!
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Review and sign your child’s point sheet
each day
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If your child has met his/her goal praise
your child and recognize his/her efforts
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If your child did not meet his/her goal:
MacArthur School
2011 - 2012
o Be Encouraging- let them know you
believe they can do better the next
day
o Remind them how to make better
choices
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Remember- we are not looking for
perfection! If they have met their goal
(80%) then they have succeeded.
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Notice improvement and share it with
your child
Great job,
keep it up!
Want to Know More?
For more information about PBIS at
MacArthur School, please visit our
website at:
www.macarthur.sd54.org/pbis/
There is also a National Website for
PBIS at:
www.PBISIllinois.org.
Be Respectful, Be Responsible, Be Safe!
Understanding PBIS
Positive Behavior Interventions and
Supports (PBIS) is a proactive system to
provide the behavioral supports and social
culture needed for all students at
MacArthur school to achieve social,
emotional, and academic success.
Through PBIS, the staff at MacArthur
School provides various interventions and
supports to our students.
In the diagram to the right, the green part
of the pyramid represents our universal
interventions which 100% of our student
body receives. Most of our students will be
successful academically and behaviorally
with the Universal Interventions we have in
place. Our universal interventions include
the Mac Bear Essentials, the Monday Cool
Tool lessons, and Bear Bucks as positive
reinforcement.
There will be times when a student may
need more support than the Universal
Interventions provide. This is represented
in the yellow portion of the pyramid, or our
Tier II interventions. Students may move
in and out of this level at different times as
their needs change. Tier II Interventions
include Check-In Check Out,
Social/Academic Instructional Groups, and
mentoring.
Students are a part of these interventions
on an as needed basis and may enter or
exit them as they become more successful
or require more support.
School-wide
Systems for Success
Academic Systems
~ Individual Students
~ Assessment-based
•
High Intensity
~ Some students
~ High efficiency
~ Rapid response
~ Small Group
Interventions
~ All students
~ Preventive,
proactive
What is Check-In,
Check-Out?

A positive approach to support
students in making good behavioral
choices
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Students build positive connections
with adults at school

Students “check in and out” with their
“MacTracker at the beginning and end
of each day
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Students receive positive, corrective
feedback for their behavior throughout
the day

Student progress is monitored through
data keeping using a daily point sheet
Behavioral Systems
~ Individual Students
~ Assessment-based
•
Intense, durable
~ Some students
~ High efficiency
~ Rapid response
~ Small Group
Interventions
~ Some
Individualizing
~ All settings, all
students
~ Preventive,
proactive
Adapted from the Illinois PBIS network.
Mentoring at MacArthur
Some students may benefit from individual
attention from one consistent adult. This may be
incorporated into CICO with additional individual
features to support the student.
Social/Academic
Instructional Groups
Students receive direct instruction and
practice positive behaviors in a small group
setting. The 3 Types of Groups include:
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Problem-Solving:
Students learn behaviors to help
manage anger and solve conflicts
Pro-Social:
Students learn behaviors to positively
communicate their needs to others and
be an active participant
Academic Behaviors:
Students learn behaviors to increase
success in the classroom including
listening skills and work habits