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Positive Behavior Interventions & Supports (PBIS) What is PBIS?
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Unfortunately, no magic wand single-handedly works to remove the barriers to learning that occur when behaviors are disrupting the learning community. The climate of each learning community is different; therefore, a “one size fits all” approach is less effective than interventions based on the needs of each school.
One of the foremost advances in school-wide discipline is the emphasis on school-wide systems of support that include proactive strategies for defining, teaching, and supporting appropriate student behaviors to create positive school environments. Instead of using a piecemeal approach of individual behavioral management plans, a continuum of positive behavior support for all students within a school is implemented in areas including the classroom and non-classroom settings (such as hallways, buses, and restrooms).
Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports (PBIS) is a proactive approach to establishing the behavioral supports and social culture and needed for all students in a school to achieve social, emotional and academic success. Attention is focused on creating and sustaining primary (school-wide), secondary (classroom), and tertiary (individual) systems of support that improve lifestyle results (personal, health, social, family, work, recreation) for all youth by making targeted misbehavior less effective, efficient, and relevant, and desired behavior more functional.
The following diagram illustrates the multi-level approach offered to all students in the school. These group depictions represent systems of support not children:
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Why is it so important to focus on teaching positive social behaviors?

Frequently, the question is asked, “Why should we have to teach kids to be good? They already know what they are supposed to do. Why can we not just expect good behavior?” In the past, school-wide discipline has focused mainly on reacting to specific student misbehavior by implementing punishment-based strategies including reprimands, loss of privileges, office referrals, suspensions, and expulsions. Research has shown that the implementation of punishment, especially when it is used inconsistently and in the absence of other positive strategies, is ineffective. Introducing, modeling, and reinforcing positive social behavior is an important step of a student’s educational experience. Teaching behavioral expectations and rewarding students for following them is a much more positive approach than waiting for misbehavior to occur before responding. The purpose of school-wide PBIS is to establish a climate in which appropriate behavior is the norm.
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 *  Outcomes: academic and behavior targets that are endorsed and emphasized by students, families, and educators. (What is important to each particular learning community?)
  * Practices: interventions and strategies that are evidence based. (How will you reach the goals?)
  * Data: information that is used to identify status, need for change, and effects of interventions. (What data will you use to support your success or barriers?)
  * Systems: supports that are needed to enable the accurate and durable implementation of the practices of PBS. (What durable systems can be implemented that will sustain this over the long haul?)
What is PBIS? (Adobe Acrobat Document)
"Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn."   
 
-Benjamin Franklin
  • About Us
    • Principal's Message
    • Our Vision
    • News and Happenings
    • Events
    • Policies
  • Students
    • Student Handbook >
      • Attendance Policy
      • Expectations and Requirements
      • Dress Code
      • Discipline Code
      • Graduation Requirements
      • Prospective Students
      • Transgender and Gender Nonconforming Student Guidelines
      • Transcripts / Graduation Letters
      • Zero Tolerance Bullying Policy
    • Homework Help
    • School Clubs
    • PBIS
    • Certification Opportunities
    • Especially for Seniors
    • Bell Schedule
    • Regents Schedule
    • Tutoring Schedule
    • Spirit Days
  • Parents
    • A Message from the Parent Coordinator
    • Attendance Policy
    • Bell Schedule
    • Parent Information
    • PTA
    • School Leadership Team
    • PBIS
  • Departments
    • English Language Arts
    • ENL / Foreign Language
    • Fine Arts
    • Instructional Support Services >
      • Related Services
      • Special Education Teacher Support Services
      • Vision Room
    • Mathematics
    • Music
    • Physical Education / Health
    • Science and Technology
    • Social Studies
    • College Office >
      • SAT Prep
      • Summer Programs
      • Transcripts / Graduation Letters
    • Guidance >
      • Guidance Staff and Services
    • Library
  • Athletics
    • Teams
    • PSAL
    • Sports Calendar
  • Small Learning Communities
    • Academy of the Arts
    • Allied Health and Athletics
    • BHT
    • BELA
    • NGA (Tiger Academy)
    • STEM >
      • Information Technology
      • Pre-Engineering
  • Directory
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