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PBSIS Helping Schools Build Systems of Support

High School Implementation of PBIS NJ PBSIS is a collaboration between the New Jersey Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs and The Boggs Center, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. NJ PBSIS is funded through the I.D.E.A. 2004, Part B Funds. Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

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PBSIS Helping Schools Build Systems of Support

• PBSIS is a collaboration between the New Jersey Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs and the Boggs Center at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. State Training Team: • Sharon Lohrmann, Ph.D • • Bill Davis, M.Ed • • Scott McMahon, MSW • • NJ DOE – OSEP Coordinator: •

Perkie Cannon, M.Ed

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Kate Handville, Ed.S Paula Raigoza, M.Ed Blair Rosenthal, Ph.D Position Open

Today’s Session • Profile four high schools that are implementing PBIS: – Focus on Universal Intervention implementation – Coaches from each of the schools were interviewed – Highlight activities and strategies that have been important to implementation – Conclude with key take away messages about implementation at the High School level 3

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PBSIS Helping Schools Build Systems of Support

Bridgeton High School

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Bridgeton High School Data retrieved from http://nces.ed.gov

• Focus School (Graduation Rate of less than 75%) • 82% of students are eligible for F/R Lunch • Title 1 School • 1,135 students: Black

Hispanic

White

American Indian

Asian / Pacific Islander

Two or More Races

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Bridgeton High School • Trained 2011-2012; Kicked off 9/2012 • Currently in their 2nd year of implementation

Bridgeton High School • “A Solid instructional event gets everyone on

the same page” – First day of school – use a ½ day schedule – Students rotate as an Academy through different areas of the building – Mini lessons on the expectations are presented – Cafeteria rotation includes Minute to Win It games – Auditorium rotation includes a student made video on PBIS at BHS – Activities are infused for fun and community building 7

Instructional Event Extended Homeroom 7:40-9:10 Attendance Teach Expectations • Homeroom Icebreaker Activity • Relationship Building Welcome Video • Introduce all Administrators • Overarching Expectations Teach Expectations • Hallway • Auditorium Transition to Designated Locations Practice / Model expectations

9:15-9:55

ABLE Lunch • Teach Expectations • Procedures • Lunch SUCCESS • Auditorium • Kick off Video • Entrance Security • Dress Code SLICE • GYM • •

Recognition System and first drawing Minute to Win It

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SLICE Lunch • Teach Expectations • Procedures • Lunch ABLE • Auditorium • Kick Off Video • Entrance Security • Dress Code SUCCESS • GYM • Recognition System and first drawing • Minute to Win It

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SUCCESS Lunch • • Teach Expectations • Procedures • • Lunch • • SLICE • • Auditorium • • Kick Off Video • • Entrance Security • • • Dress Code ABLE • GYM • Recognition System and first drawing • Minute to Win It

Return to Homerooms 11:30-12:15 Character Building Activity Goal setting Teach Expectations Bathroom* Dismissal procedures Parent Info Distribute packets to be returned next day Dismissal

Bridgeton High School • Weekly classroom raffles (bin in each classroom) • Monthly Cafeteria raffles (classroom bins & loose tickets) • 3x a year Top Dog raffle (cumulative collection of tickets) • “Having multiple pathways to acknowledge assures that all students have something that motivates them” – – – –

Paw Pride Key Tickets ‘Keyed into Success’ Positive Referral Staff ‘Turning the Keys’ Days ‘Top Dog’ Bulletin Board 10

Monthly PawPride Drawings

Bridgeton High School • At least 3x a year solicit incentive ideas from students • “Freshman & Sophomores have different needs and interests than Juniors & Seniors” Freshman & Sophomores

Juniors & Seniors

• More likely to put tickets in the weekly & monthly raffles

• More likely to hold onto tickets for the Top Dog raffles

• Tend to select prizes that are student-centric (e.g., food gift card)

• Tend to like prizes that are socialcentric (e.g., getting an entry into the 12 in the minute to win it competition)

Bridgeton High School • “Boosters keep PBIS alive and relevant” – Monthly review of data – Select target and define Boost Goal – Data sent to Teachers with the target and suggestions for giving out tickets – Teachers share data and Boost Goal with the students – At least once during the month, the coach sends reminders to staff with suggestions

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Bridgeton High School • “Face to face communication with staff increases follow through” – Email is “risky business” – Coach joins the small academy meetings 1x month to provide updates, information, answer questions, etc.

• “Keep staff in the spotlight” – Staff ‘Turn the Keys’ days gives staff a chance to receive Keys from students 15

YOU’VE GOT THE KEYS Staff Appreciation A Special Thanks to: ___________________________________________________ From: _____________________________________________________ Because: ____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________

You Make the Difference!

Bridgeton High School’s Struggles • Administrative support: Fostering a cohesive administrative team who are all on the same page with PBIS implementation • Find resource to get started with more student leadership involvement • Encouraging upper class teachers to use the tickets more often 17

Three Year Comparison Overall Benchmarks of Quality Percentage

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Three year Comparison Average Per Day

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Three Year Comparison Number of Office Conduct Referrals for Students with IEPs

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Three Year Comparison OSS Assignments for All Students

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Three Year Comparison OSS Assignments for Students with IEPs

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Point Pleasant High School Data retrieved from http://nces.ed.gov

• 9-12th grade • 1% of students are eligible for F/R Lunch • 1,017 students: Black

Hispanic

White

American Indian

Asian / Pacific Islander

Two or More Races

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Point Pleasant High School • Trained 2011-2012; Kicked off 9/2012 • Currently in their 2nd year of implementation

Point Pleasant High School • “Don’t let the instructional event be a one hit wonder. Design the instructional event to result in a year long message that addresses a fundamental social need at the school” – – – –

Have a core message guiding decision making Learn about how that message is relevant to the students Invite a speaker who embodies your message Link year long activities, experiences and service learning to reinforce the message. 25

Point Pleasant High School • Point Pleasant’s process for defining next year’s message – The team identified respecting diversity as the year long message – They met with focus of students to learn what diversity means to the students, how students are relating to one another and how students view the need to increase respect for diversity at the high school – They met with the Director for Diversity and Relations at a local corporation to learn about how a large organization goes about strengthening their cultural competence – Now they are in the process of considering speakers and planning year long activities that will link to their core message • They’ve identified an NFL player who is going to talk about how important it is to an athlete’s success to relate and respect to team mates with differing perspectives 26

Point Pleasant High School • “You need to offer incentives that are important to your kids” • Students accumulate tickets they can trade in at three levels: 10 tickets

Homework pass, Unprepared for Phys. Ed pass, Free breakfast

20 tickets

Local eatery certificates

30 tickets

Oil change certificate, fitness membership, Amazon card

• Tickets are collected throughout the year for an end of the year raffle • The Golden Ticket : students who meet a combination of criteria are eligible for The Golden Ticket treatment 27

Point Pleasant High School • “Booster events are essential keeping PBIS front page news” – Use data to identify booster needs (e.g., increase attendance during March) – Design high interest activities linked to the booster purpose • March Madness Spring 2014 Booster • Entrance to a special event for all students who meet the booster attendance goal – Send out reminders to staff with booster targets and suggestions for when to give out tickets and provide social praise 28

Point Pleasant High School • “Build relationships with the community around the school” – Business owners can support implementation • Gift certificates to local eateries • Free or discounted passes

– Make signs business can display • Be on Point stickers for business windows • Expectations for how to conduct yourself at that business 29

Point Pleasant High School Says to Tell You • Stay up on the OCR data, make sure it is being inputted and used • Be patient, developing fluency with implementation takes time and persistence • Make sure the team meets regularly to plan • Communicate with staff frequently

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Point Pleasant’s Struggles • Instructional event: Focus on long range themes can compete with a message about expectations • Data based decision making: – Administrators are inputting data into SWIS – The team is inconsistent with accessing and consistently reviewing data 31

Three Year Comparison Overall Benchmarks of Quality Percentage

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Three year Comparison Average Per Day

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Passaic High School Data retrieved from http://nces.ed.gov

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9-12th grade Title 1 School Focus School: Graduation rate >75% 76% of students are eligible for F/R Lunch 2,775 students Black

Hispanic

White

American Indian

Asian / Pacific Islander

Two or More Races

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Passaic High School • Trained 2011-2012; Kicked off 9/2012 • Currently in their 2nd year of implementation

Passaic High School • “The instructional events & boosters have helped to build cohesion among students & staff” – Expectations video that features students modeling the expectations – Kick off celebration – Parade to the park – Increase positive interactions through ticket distribution – Student talent showcase – Reverse days for Staff 36

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Everybody loves a parade. 2,700 Passaic High School Students ‘paraded down main street to Third Ward Park

They ate…..

…listened to their fellow students speak…

….danced…..

…left with some swag and feeling really good about being part of the high school community.

Passaic High School • “For some students the ticket represents a memory of a meaningful moment with a staff person” – For some high school students, just taking the time to have a positive interaction will have a permanent impact – Offer opportunities for students to receive social validation 40

Passaic High School • “Keep PBIS interesting for students & staff” – POP up boost goals • Use data to select a boost target • Someone gets on the PA and instructs staff to provide a ticket to all students who meeting that boost goal in that moment (e.g., everyone displaying their ID)

– Vary incentives – Create unique PBIS events • Movie night • Talent show 41

Three Year Comparison Overall Benchmarks of Quality Percentage

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Passaic High School • “Not having access to data really holds you back” – The school is struggling to get a system in place that is reliable and provides access to data regularly – OCR & OSS is not consistently tracked – Thus, the team has inconsistent access to information needed to evaluate implementation and guide decision making – As a result, it is more difficult to rally administrators and staff around common goals and targets 44

Two Year Comparison Office Conduct Referrals for All Students by Grade Inconsistencies in documenting and tracking data impede usability and decision making

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Two Year Comparison OSS Assignments for All Students Inconsistencies in documenting and tracking data impede usability and decision making

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Passaic High School’s Struggles • Administrative support: Fostering a cohesive administrative team who are all on the same page with PBIS implementation • Data based decision making: accessing and using data • Size does matter: engaging a staff of 300 and a student body of 2,700 takes strategic efforts 47

Bordentown High School Data retrieved from http://nces.ed.gov

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9-12th grade Title 1 School 21% of students are eligible for F/R Lunch 709 students Black

Hispanic

White

American Indian

Asian / Pacific Islander

Two or More Races

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Bordentown High School • Trained 2009-2010; Kicked off 9/2010 • Currently in their 4th year of implementation Aspire Higher

Bordentown High School • 9th grade orientation – ½ day schedule – Students rotate through four groups – Introduces Aspire Higher and the key expectations for students – Entire event is developed and run by students

• 10-12th grades – Short staff run presentation that reviews key expectations 50

Bordentown High School • “We link everything back to our Aspire Higher message” – High schools are inundated with new programs and initiatives – There has to be an articulated link to how emerging programs and initiatives fit within the PBIS framework – Initiative & program mapping has to be a part of ongoing reflection • What are the gaps? • What are the overlaps?

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Bordentown High School • “Students want to be a part of making the school better. They want to see their high school be the best.” – Student interns and committees run Aspire Higher at Bordentown • • • •

Organize and run instructional and booster events Deliver the instruction on expectations to the freshman Manage the tickets and prizes Write up all the passes for students involved in the various groups • Host recognition events for staff (e.g., custodial staff 52 appreciation; bus driver appreciation)

At Bordentown High School, Students Run the Show…..

Bordentown High School • Student run event: Senior Brag Board – On Point group developed a Brag form – Distributed out to seniors – Seniors submitted the forms – The On Point group is developing a bulletin board to display senior ‘brags’

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Bordentown High School • Student run event: Bordentown’s Got Game – One day break in between marking periods – The On Point group developed a series of game show activities weaving in Aspire Higher expectations • Don’t forget the lyrics; Bordentown trivia; Charades; Pictionary (i.e., high students like to be silly)

– Teachers submitted names for an Aspire Higher Raffle – Seniors only: ‘Guess how many’ winner got a jug of blank On Point tickets that could be used in the 55 Prom Ticket raffle

Bordentown High School • “Juniors & seniors are not going to jump up and down when they get a ticket, they’re too cool for that. Don’t be mislead into thinking that they don’t want one. I’ll ask the teachers, has a student every turned a ticket down?” – Very common to see a decrease in ticket distribution in the upper grades – High school students are not going to betray their public image – Just the fact that they accept the ticket implies there 56 is value to given them out

Bordentown High School • “Green Slip breakfast is the hottest ticket in town. Upper class students and teachers really buy-in to the Positive Referral” – Teacher submits a Positive Referral for an ‘above and beyond’ student behavior – Students are invited to a Green Slip breakfast cooked and hosted by Administrators and local key community leaders 57

INSTRUCTIONS: 1. Teacher submits this form to office as soon as possible. 2. All appropriate information should be included. 3. Following administrative action, a copy will be sent home.

Reason for Referral:  Continual Punctuality  Gesture of Good Will  Able to overcome adversity

STUDENT REFERRAL POSITIVE BEHAVIOR  Bordentown Regional High School 318 Ward Avenue, Bordentown, NJ 08505 Phone: (609) 298-0025

 Polite behavior  Sought extra help  Great smile

Student Name Teacher/Staff Member Grade

Location

Date of Observed Behavior Time

 Positive Attitude  Respectful Behavior  Provided help to a peer  Taking a stand against bullying  Provided help to a staff member  Continual Compliance of School Rules

Other/Explanation: _____________________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ Action Taken by Teacher prior to referral. (Please give all data.)  Share w/ Student Date _______  Phoned Parent Date: _______ Action Taken by Administrator:  Verbal Praise  Parent (Phone) Conference Date ________ Date: ________

 Email/Note Home Date: _______

 Parent Note/Email Date(s): _______

 Contacted Guidance Date: _______

 Treat! Date(s): ________

 Recognition Lunch Date: ________

Other:______________________________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ Administrator’s Signature __________________________________ Student Signature ______________________________________________

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Bordentown High School • “Booster events re-ignite Aspire Higher” – It is easy to loose momentum – We quickly forget the things we’re not talking about or using – Boosters keep PBIS in the conversation and focus efforts on issues that ‘crop up’ during the school year

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Three Year Comparison Overall Benchmarks of Quality Percentage

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OSS Comparison

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Bordentown High School’s Struggles • Accessing and using data • Preparing for administrative turnover • The continual introduction of new programs and initiatives

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Take Away Messages • At the high school level, folks are leveraging the instructional event beyond expectations – Building social cohesion among students & staff – Planning a year long message linked to service learning activities and post secondary outcomes

• Boosters are critical to keeping PBIS alive & relevant – Use data to select Boost Goals – Design creative high interest boosters

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Take Away Messages • Engage students as meaningful partners and leaders of PBIS implementation • Differentiate the recognition system & offer multiple pathways for recognition – Have some incentives that are grade specific – Offer recognition options beyond the ticket • Positive referral form, Golden Ticket, Brag boards

– Tune into what is important to your students 65

Take Away Messages • Provide staff with frequent reminders, encouragement & suggestions for implementation • Reverse days for staff are important – Throughout the year have designated days when students recognize staff

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Take Away Messages • Remember the fun – teenagers like to have to have fun • Our schools that seem to have to highest level of student buy in tend to infuse a few minutes of silliness into their events

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Dress Up Relay

Bubble Gum Balloon Relay

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NJ PBSIS Position Announcement • New Jersey Positive Behavior Support in Schools (NJ PBSIS) is pleased to announce a position opening on the state team. • Contact [email protected] for more information

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