Overcoming The Odds Of
Implementation In An
Alternative Education
Setting
NWPBIS Spring 2016
Lina Bender & Amanda Thomas
Overview
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Getting started
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Forward progress in times of change
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Our next steps
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Agency Partners
MEET OUR PROGRAM
• SLOCOE Community School
• 3 sites; geographically placed across the county • Students ranging from 7-12th grades
• Staffing:
• Each site with 2-3 general education teachers • 1 special education teacher
• 1-3 paraprofessionals • 1 Assistant Principal
• Shared 1 School Counselor and 1 School Psychologist • 1 shared Principal
• 1 Mental Health Therapist (agency partner)
• 1 Drug and Alcohol Counselor (agency partner) • 1 Probation Officer (agency partner)
OUR TIMELINE
2013-2014 – Exploration & Adoption
• New Assistant Superintendent of Student Programs and
Services
• Assessment and identification of needs in SLOCOE
Alternative Education programs
OUR TIMELINE
2014-2015:
Beginning Installation
August 2014:
Dr. Sprague workshop
for SLOCOE and
OUR TIMELINE
2014-2015:
Beginning Installation
•
Fall 2014 – Beginning
to establish some
Universal components
• Defining School-Wide Behavioral Expectations • Establishing a data collection/analysis system • Developing a School-Wide Reinforcement SystemOUR TIMELINE
2014-2015:
Beginning Installation
•
Spring 2015 – Beginning
to establish some
Universal components
• Defining School-Wide Behavioral Expectations • Establishing a data collection/analysis system • Developing a School-Wide Reinforcement System www.pbisapps.orgOUR TIMELINE
2014-2015:
Beginning Installation
•
Spring 2015– Beginning
to establish some
Universal components
• Defining School-Wide Behavioral Expectations • Establishing a data collection/analysis system • Developing a School-Wide Reinforcement SystemAFTER YEAR 1
“
Change is hard because people overestimate the
value of what they have and underestimate the
value of what they may gain by giving that up.
”
– James Belasco and Ralph Stayer
ARE WE BOUGHT-IN YET?
• Where’s the discipline?
• Why do we reward for what they should already do? • PBIS coming out the a**
• What’s your background/what are your credentials? • How are prizes going to change behavior?
• This is too elementary/juvenile • Probation is the only answer • Just move them to another site
ARE WE BOUGHT-IN YET?
• How will we recognize high attendance? • Wow! [student] has really improved!
• Let’s find a way to better handle transition time.
• Call home because [student]’s test scores went up! • Let’s adjust lunch routines and see if that helps.
• Kids, make a rap about the Behavior Matrix (teacher
and students battle)
• We need accurate data/let’s track those behaviors • We need Tier 2 interventions.
AFTER YEAR 1
Staffing
•2 new administrators •2 new teachers
•2 new paraprofessionals •1 new probation officer •shift in coordinator/
psychologist
Process •New SST process•Adjusted intake/student handbook
Practices •Down with detention•Discipline/Restorative Practices
THIS YEAR
• SWIS training for Administrators
• Finding common availability and tech resources • Training materials on SWIS
• Practice/Follow up
• Outcomes:
• Data more available at sites • Finding needs for interventions • Data keeping/integrity improving
THIS YEAR
• Consistency following summer 2015 • Student reinforcement survey
• Weekly “bank accounts” updated by
main office
• Sites open student store for purchasing
items/activities
• Monthly attendance awards/prizes
• Sites finding other special activities and
acknowledgements
• Finding ways to recognize
families/bring in parents
THIS YEAR
• Admin using more de-escalation skills
• Looking at renewing staff de-escalation training
• Continue to work away from “Punishment” mindset • Having students reflect on misbehavior
• Clarifying role of Probation on sites and collaborating
with admin
• Continue to work on consistency with classroom
management
• Coordination with
Transportation Department
• Established Bus behavior
matrix
• Reinforcement & discipline
procedures
• Re-train drivers on writing
referrals
THIS YEAR
OUTCOMES SO FAR
• Drop in suspensions • Drop in referrals
• Increase in attendance
COMING SOON
• More reinforcement for staff (newsletter) • Crisis Intervention Training for staff
• Increasing opportunities for parent involvement • Continuous attention on staff culture
• Addressing staff secondary trauma/self-care • More restorative practices
AGENCY PARTNERS
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Included in staff meetings
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Give out reinforcement to students
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Working on relationship at administrative level
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Defining roles and where/how to work together
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Including agency partners in Student Support
AGENCY PARTNERS
•
They have access to resources outside of school
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Act as community liaisons and help problem solve
for students
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Communication on systems/functions
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Common goal for students
Celebrations
• very strong administrative
support
• much accomplished
quickly
• staff buy-in increasing
• progress increased when
sites took ownership
• reinforcement for staff as
well as students
• advanced planning for
change
• collaboration
• across roles/sites
Critiques
• developing more support
for implementers
• site-based leadership
team roles/meetings to be identified and
practiced more clearly
• difficulty in moving
program quicker than rate of culture change
People and Organizations
• Dr. Jeff Sprague, consultant
• Email: [email protected]
• Mobile: (541)521-4450
• PBIS North West Network
• http://pbisnetwork.org
• Association for Positive Behavior Support
• www.apbs.org
• California PBIS Coalition
• https://www.pbis.org/pbis-network/california
• California Technical Assistance Center on PBIS
• www.pbiscaltac.org
Tools/Data
• SWIS Data System
• www.pbisapps.org
• Scanners – Opticon Inc.
• 800-636-0090
• www.opticonusa.com
• Model # OPN2004
CONTACT US
Amanda Thomas
Assistant Principal
Lina Bender
School Psychologist/Program Coordinator
