Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS)
PBIS is a framework or approach for assisting school personnel in adopting and organizing evidence-based behavioral interventions into an integrated continuum that enhances academic and social behavior outcomes for all students.
Schools across Wisconsin have created more effective learning environments for students and staff by implementing behavior supports. Positive behavioral interventions and supports (PBIS) establishes clear expectations for students and takes active steps towards teaching, modeling, and reinforcing appropriate behaviors school-wide.
Benefits of a systemic approach to teaching behavior
While schools often implement PBIS to help teach and correct behavioral error, research shows integrating behavior supports into your system also has these important benefits:
Wisconsin's Framework for Multi-Level Systems of Support
For Wisconsin schools and districts, implementing an equitable multi-level system of supports means providing equitable services, practices, and resources to every learner based upon responsiveness to effective instruction and intervention. In this system, high quality instruction, strategic use of data, and collaboration interact within a continuum of supports to facilitate learner success. Schools provide varying types of supports at differing levels of intensity to proactively and responsively adjust to the needs of the whole child. These include the knowledge, skills, and habits learners need for success beyond high school, including developmental, academic, behavioral, social and emotional skills.
Each school develops, displays and teaches ALL students the expectations for behaviors. School-wide expectations as well as classroom expectations are taught through the use of a Teach-To. Visuals of the expectations are displayed throughout the building.
HOW IS POSITIVE BEHAVIOR REWARDED?
Each building has developed a structured system for rewarding positive behaviors. Rewards are immediate (ticket or token), unpredictable (classroom drawing, building-wide drawing), and celebratory (based on meeting a school-wide expectation). See your schools PBIS website for specific information on your students school.
WHO IMPLEMENTS PBIS?
ALL CFAUSD staff is responsible for implementing PBIS. Each building has a PBIS team consisting of individuals trained in PBIS implementation.
WHAT CAN I DO TO HELP MY STUDENT DISPLAY POSITIVE BEHAVIORS AT SCHOOL?
Review the expectations with your child.
Ask your child about his/her day at school every day.
Make sure your child is ready every day. Ensure a good night’s sleep.
Make sure your child arrives to school on time each day.
Encourage your child to be on time to every class.
Provide a quiet time and space for your child to do homework nightly.
Keep in touch with your child’s teacher.
Encourage your child to use appropriate language and tone.
Practice positive phrases with your child, such as, “Thank you,”“Excuse me,” and “Please.”
Be a visible part of your child's school day. Attend PTA meetings and other school activities.
If you would like to bring PBIS into your home start by using this matrix to define the positive behaviors you would like your child to display.
TO LEARN MORE ABOUT PBIS IN YOUR CHILD'S SCHOOL SELECT THE LINK TO THE SCHOOL'S PBIS WEBSITE AT THE TOP RIGHT OF THE PAGE OR CONTACT THE BUILDING COACH.
