Community Application of PBIS
Kimberli Breen, Illinois PBIS Network
Tim Gillian, Village of Forest Park , IL
 This is a presentation of the IL PBIS Network. All rights reserved.
Session Objectives
• Identify the critical features of
implementing PBIS in the community
• Describe one community's example of
implementation
 in the school district, community center, public
library, park district and by police officers
community-wide
• Identify strategies for building collaborative
behavior support structures in communities
A little about Forest Park
District 91
• Urban Fringe district just west of the city of
Chicago
• 5 schools – 2 primary, 2 intermediate, 1
Middle School
• Very Diverse: 49% Black, 22.5% White,
12.5% Hispanic, 16% Other.
• 36% Low income
District-Wide
PBIS Implementation
• Started with Middle school to build
momentum since there was a negative
perception in the community about the Middle
School
• Beginning to include parents on PBIS teams in
the schools
• Communicate PBIS objectives and successes to
parents at all opportunities
• PBIS Objectives included in District Strategic
Plan
• Behavioral (SWIS) data reported to the board
twice a year
Community-wide
PBIS Implementation
• Initiated by a discussion of how best to use
prevention grant funds by the police department
 Unique way to use grant funding…previously for ‘same ole’
programs…
 Stopped just throwing out ideas…“youth center”, “basketball
with a cop”...needed structure/systems approach
• Goal is to have same expectations, strategies and
“common language” for youth throughout the
community
• Open dialogue between agencies centered around
positive solutions and intervention instead of
negative consequences
Community-wide Process
• Designated roles:
• External Community Coach
• Internal Coaches (police, library etc.)
• PBIS Administrators (Library Director etc.)
• Formed Community-Wide PBIS Leadership Team:
• PBIS Admin & Coaches from each site
• District Supt., Village Administrator, PBIS Network
• Trained teams from all settings (police, schools,
library etc.)
• Trained crossing guards, bus drivers, substitute
teachers, chamber of commerce
Community-wide PBIS Implementation
Whose involved?
Community-wide Leadership team:
• Village hall
• Police Department
• Park District
• Community Center
• Parents
• Library
• Schools/District
• Chamber of Commerce
Community-wide Process
• Monthly Community-wide Leadership Team
mtgs.
• Monthly Community-wide Coaches
meetings
• Annual assessment of implementation
• Family/Community Forum/s
• On-going training (new summer staff at
pool/park etc.)
• Picnic and other community events
posters
All-School Picnic
Raffling off bikes for good
behavior tickets
Checking for the winning tickets
PBIS in a
Public Library
Susan Kunkle
Youth Services Manager
Forest Park Public Library
Challenges at the
Unquiet Library
• Old school
expectations, new
school problems
• The truth about
consequences
• Adventures in unofficial
babysitting
Snapshot of a Library
(Before PBIS)
By the numbers
• Keeping track
• Suspensions
• Minor challenges
The service side
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Growing pains
Anatomy of a suspension
Making it work:
Library implementation 101
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Communicate!
Find common ground
Use your numbers
Involve your kids
Celebrate successes
Extreme Makeover
Library Edition
The Numbers Revisited
• Majors and Minors
• Trends
The Service Side
• Group Celebrations
• Quality AND quantity
• Unexpected payoffs
Forest Park Library
Facility-wide Evaluation Tool (FET)
% “In-Place” per FET Component 2011-12
SET Components
1) Expectations Defined
2) Expectations Taught
3) Rewards System
4) Violations System
5) Monitoring
6) Management
7) District Support
TS = Average % “InPlace” for LES or
“Total Score”
The Police Department & PBIS
The Police Department & PBIS
• Participate on the Community-wide PBIS
Leadership Team
• 2 officers are PBIS Internal Coaches
• Team of officers trained in Tier 1 & Tier 2
• Officers participate at All-School Picnic
• Officers make school presentations
• Community-wide, officers hand out
“gotchas” to youth for good behavior
All-School Picnic
PBIS Roll Call
• Police officers orientation and instruction
on using tickets
• http://www.pbis.org/swpbs_videos/pbs_v
ideo-creating_the_culture.aspx
Community Center Updates
• Less notices going home to parents regarding behavior.
• Staff are helping kids understand and demonstrate PBIS
expectations.
• Adults are using the “three B's” more often.
• More staff participation in using the “push-pins” vs. giving
time outs. Allows kids to participate in more fun activities
instead of sitting out.
• Less occurrences of bullying behavior/gossip than
previous years.
Next Steps
• Implement a “Check in Check Out” intervention.
• Continue to find better ways to track data.
“It’s in everyone’s best interest
that the schools are safe,
responsible & respectful.”
“Schools
are what make
a town.”
Timothy E. Gillian
Village Administrator
How to Get Started
• Identify a community-wide goal/need
• Use data
• Survey families/community
• Identify your stakeholders
• Who else cares about this goal?
• Who can help make an impact in this goal?
• What groups/settings support your students when
they’re not in school?
Make the News
• Caught doing good: PBIS goes community-wide
…PBIS …does is make sure those consequences
include rewards for good behavior as well as
punishments for behaving badly. ...
• Snapshot of the schools
"We want to take this district from good to great,“
• PBIS taps business
"Oh, sure. Recognizing kids for being good is really
going to work."
How to Get Started: Relationships
• Build on past collaborations, relationships
• Can be simple…start casual…make initial call!
• Don’t underestimate the School Board
• They influence their neighbors
• PTO: Can help get families come to other
events…must have ‘buzz’
• No rule that you can’t walk right into mayors
office…take direct approach
• Encourage Superintendent to get to know the
Mayor…2-way relationship (think…property values!)
How to Get Started: Leadership
Getting leaders to buy-in:
• Demand it/expect it
• Start where you’re most likely to get
leadership success..
• Identify and work towards mutual goals
Team without leaders can’t make decisions!
Forest Park leaders: Village Manager, Chief of Police, local Priest
Questions and Discussion