Supporting District Structures &
Teams through a State-Level Plan
Susan Barrett, Implementer Partner
Center on PBIS
Brenda Melcher
Central Region Coordinator
IS-TAC PBIS Network
Illinois
Center on PBIS
The TA Center on Positive Behavioral Interventions
and Supports has been established by the Office
of Special Education Programs, US Department of
Education to give schools capacity-building
information and technical assistance for
identifying, adapting, and sustaining effective
school-wide disciplinary practices.
www.pbis.org
State Implementation and Scaling up
Evidence-based Practices
SISEP
The purpose of the State Implementation and
Scaling up Evidence-based Practices (SISEP)
Center is to help States establish adequate
capacity to carry out effective
implementation, organizational change, and
systems transformation strategies to maximize
the academic achievement and behavioral
health outcomes of students statewide.
http://www.fpg.unc.edu/~sisep/
Scott Spaulding, Claudia Vincent, et al
Pbis.org / evaluation/ evaluation briefs
10,000 Schools
90,000 to go!!
“SW PBS- The most broadly implemented of all
Evidence Based practices in education and in
all of human services”
Fixsen APBS 2009
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Bundled set of best practices
Organized in a tiered framework
Data is King
Systems to support staff Critical !!!!
Why?
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State Leadership Team Structure
Regional/District Team
Behavior Support Coaches
Information System- SWIS
Tier 1- Easy to implement
Different for Tier 2, 3?
Phases of Implementation
Communication Systems
Lessons Learned
from Fixsen 2009 APBS
I live in a zone of complexity where there are
wicked problems- that is problems that are
always changing so are never solved…
I fight back against the system and shadow
system, which makes me deviousThis existing system is powerful, the people in it
are the ones who survived it and the
leadership wants outcomes fast, good and
cheap!
Transformation Specialists
• Office Staff, Instructional Assistants, Teachers,
Families, Support Staff, Special Educators, Day
Care and Pre- school, Team Members, Team
Leaders, MH Partners, SRO, Administrators,
Coaches, External Coaches, Coach Coordinators,
Trainers, District Coordinators, Executive
Leadership, Regional Coordinators, State
Coordinators, Local and State Board, Union
Representatives, Superintendents, National
Implementers, Researchers, Policy Makers,
Elected officials etc.
Worry -Where is your network of
support?
Funding
Visibility
Political
Support
Policy
LEADERSHIP TEAM
(Coordination)
Training
YOU
Coaching
Evaluation
Local School/District Implementation
Demonstrations
Behavioral
Expertise
CICO- Entrée to Transformation ?
• Tier 2 Intervention
• Also a Screening Tool- SWIS CICO !!!!
• Outcomes result in Organizational Change
Informing District- Able to shape Policy?
• Tier 2,3 Teams- Progress Monitoring Teams
• Example Flow Chart and Org Chart
• Resource Mapping