You will find matrices and lesson plans, action plans, and other examples from schools below.
Ms. Bockman Walks the Plank at Bonne Terre Elementary
By Sarah and Brad Van Zee
Here is a great school example from Bonne Terre Elementary. This school has a pirate theme with Johnny Depp - D.E.P.P. = Drop Everything and Practice PBS! Thanks to Brandi Schumacher, Southeast RPDC SW-PBS consultant for submitting this story. Read the “Walks the Plank” script here.
Southwest Region had its first SW-PBS Coaches Meeting on September 20, 2007. The meeting was facilitated by Lois Jones, the southwest region SW-PBS consultant. Over 50 participants representing 40 teams attended and exchanged success stories and challenges in getting started in their first year with Schoolwide Positive Behavior Support. Our PBS schools have been very busy in fun and productive activities. It is clear that teams are working hard on establishing capacity to implement SW-PBS consistently and with fidelity throughout their schools.
Rosie Gunter, SW-PBS coach for Skyline Elementary, contributed the following progress report about her school through the Southeast RPDC.
Our school has just begun to implement PBS this year and I am very excited about the results so far. We started with improving hall behavior. Students have adjusted to walking on the right side of the halls, in single file and keeping their voices to a minimum. We are now working on lunchroom behavior. Students are learning to stay in single file in lunch lines and to having quiet conversations during lunch. The younger students seem to be having some trouble with the voice control (but I'm sure with daily practice and encouragement, but the older students are doing quite well. I know that the overall behavior in the school has improved. Attitudes of the students and teachers are much better since we started PBS. Thank you for your guidance and support in this program.
1) Gordon Parks Elementary has 93% minority enrollment. Ninety-three percent of the students are eligible for free/reduced lunch. Gordon Parks Charter had 18 students who spent more than 1 hour in the Recovery Room for behavior problems during the first two weeks of the 2006-2007 school year. This school year, Gordon Parks initiated implementation of SW-PBS. The school developed school-wide expectations in all common settings in the school. The staff has begun to develop social skills lessons to teach appropriate behaviors. This school year, only 6 students have spent time in the Recovery Room. The average amount of time in the Recovery Room has also reduced from one hour to 32 minutes (the amount of time necessary for the adult to work with the child to individually teach and practice the behavior the child needs to learn in order to participate appropriately in class.)
2) The numbers of students requiring individual behavior plans has been reduced from 8 students to 3 students. The five students who no longer require individual plans exhibited appropriate behavior 93% of the time when school staff identified and taught school-wide expectations.