Session 1A
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Maintenance Level – Maintenance Level – This Does Not Mean the Work Is Done
Holly Broadway, Assistant Principal, Bush Elementary School, Fulton School District, and Christie Lewis, MO SW-PBS Regional Consultant, Heart
of Missouri RPDC
Tier 1, 2, 3 – Schoolwide
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Bush Elementary School is a K-5 gold-status building. While at the maintenance level, our SW-PBS became a bit stagnant. So, we decided to talk to teachers, teams
and students to restructure and revamp our system. By shaking things up and giving students more of a voice, needs are being met and our teams are running more efficiently. At the district level, we developed a team to ensure fidelity of practices and the sustainability of the program across the district.
Session 1B
Title
Classroom Sensory Spaces
Jen Meyer, Director, and Brandi Slaughter, School Based Social Worker, Early Childhood Learning Center, Kirksville R-III School District; Sandy Daniels, MO SW-PBS Regional Consultant, Northeast RPDC
Tier 1, 2 – Classroom
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Do you have students who seem to melt down quickly? Are they unable to regulate their emotions? Let us introduce you to classroom sensory spaces to help.
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Session 1C
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Classroom Practices Refreshers for Educators
Cristin Nowak, Principal, Nowlin Middle School, Independence School District, and Kathy Growney, MO SW-PBS Regional Consultant, Kansas City RPDC
Tier 1 – Leadership
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We all need precorrects and booster lessons. This session will give strategies for providing engaging, meaningful professional development for the educators in your building. These professional-development lessons will increase their engagement with the classroom practices identified by SW-PBS.
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Session 1D
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Problem-Solving – Meeting the Needs of Students Within Three Tiers of Support
Deanna Maynard, MO SW-PBS Virtual Production Coordinator, and Daniel Rector, MO SW-PBS Statewide Coach, MU
Tier 1, 2, 3– Classroom
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Inclusive teaching requires planning for instruction and behavior support for a range of learners. How can general and special education teachers plan for meaningful student support through universal, targeted and intensive instruction and intervention? This session will focus on a framework of instructional and behavioral tiered support to help teachers use data-based decision-making to meet the needs of all learners.
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Session 1E
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The Whole Child Mindset – Blending Academic and Behavioral Supports to Ensure Student Success
Kevin Creighton, Principal, and Rana Hudson, Interventions Coordinator, Dent-Phelps R-III School District; Jeanie Carey, MO SW-PBS Regional Consultant, South Central RPDC
Tier 2, 3– Districtwide
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Participants will leave this session with a deeper understanding of when to implement the Eight Effective Classroom Practices based on their students’ functions of behavior.
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Session 1F
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All Day, Every Day! Using Data and Rewards to Improve Schoolwide Behavior
Nicole Thogmartin, Principal, Courtenay Treece, Second Grade Teacher, and Shonna Morrison, Counselor, Covel D. Searcy Elementary School, Gallatin R-V School District; Carolyn Hall, MO SW-PBS Regional Consultant, Northwest RPDC
Tiers 1– Schoolwide
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Covel D. Searcy Elementary School takes a building-level approach toward using data to design action plans that meet the needs of all learners with exciting, hands-on experiences. Learn how celebrations and rewards can be used to reinforce positive behavior, and leave this session with creative ideas that can be used right away in your school.
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Session 1G
Title
Follow the Yellow Brick Road – Ravenwood’s Road to GOLD!
Tara Mounts, Classroom Teacher and SWPBS Coach, and Heather Percell, School and Community Resource Specialist, Ravenwood Elementary School, North Kansas City School District; Jeff Freeland, MO SWPBS Regional Consultant, Kansas City RPDC
Tiers 1, 2, 3 – Tier 3
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Maintaining gold status has been our focus this year as we establish a strong CICO, SM, SSIG, FBA and BIP procedures. Follow the yellow brick road as we highlight Ravenwood Elementary School’s road to gold.
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Session 1H
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SW-PBS Across the Globe – A Focus on a Small Country in Africa
Lisa Powers, Senior Research Associate, and Trisha Guffey, Senior Research Associate, MU
Tiers 1, 2, 3– Special Interest
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SW-PBS is installed in more than 25 percent of schools throughout the United States and in several countries worldwide. Learn how the critical features of SW-PBS are being used at schools in Lesotho, Africa, while partnering with UNICEF and Lesotho’s Ministry of Education and Training to reach every student in the country.
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Session 1I
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The BIP-IT – A Free Tool for Monitoring the Behavior of Students Requiring Tier 3 Supports
Gordon Way, MO SW-PBS Web and Data Consultant, MU
Tier 3 – Data and Technology
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This interactive session will introduce participants to the Behavior Intervention Plan-Intervention Tracker (BIP-IT). Learn how the BIP-IT is used for monitoring the behavior of students receiving Tier 3 supports. You will have the opportunity to practice setting up a student file and entering behavioral data. (Please bring an Internet accessible device that can run Microsoft Excel).
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Session 1J
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Tier 1 – Schoolwide
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Session 1K
Title
Our Dance – Two Steps Forward, One Step Backward, but Always Moving
Tina Turner, Principal, and Ashley McGuire, Teacher, Richland Elementary School, Richland R-IV School District; Rebecca Roberts, MO SW-PBS Regional Consultant, South Central RPDC
Tier 1 – Schoolwide
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Staff members at Richland Elementary School will share their journey of implementing SW-PBS, tracking the school’s growth, setbacks and lessons learned along the way. Learn how we tracked data, removed an ISS room, focused on school climate, reviewed minor and major data, and delivered Thanksgiving meals to our students.
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