Effective classroom-management strategies are essential for increasing student success in school. Unfortunately, not all teachers have received evidence-based classroom management training or professional development. In this session, we will discuss the importance of screening teachers’ evidence-based classroom-management skills and will demonstrate how to connect screening data to professional development.

The power of precorrects will change how you and your students function daily by being able to manage predictable problem behavior in a positive way. Learn how to use the Guiding Hand by focusing on precorrects with fidelity in order to help students be successful academically and behaviorally when issues arise.

Have you ever wondered how The Leader in Me and SWPBS can work successfully hand-in-hand in an elementary school? During this session, staff members from John W. Luff Elementary School will take you on their journey of being a Leader in Me school while successfully incorporating many components of the SW-PBS model.

Are you looking for ways to spice up your Tier 1 process? Come learn some classroom strategies that you can implement immediately in your school. Discover ways to help inspire your teachers in their SW-PBS lessons, strategies to motivate your students to make positive choices during the school day and when they have a substitute, and how to host an SW-PBS night for families.

Secondary staff members are often reluctant to implement SW-PBS in their setting. This session will provide strategies for increasing staff engagement, many of which can be implemented immediately. Learn about a data protocol that staff can use to develop relevant plans – leading to increased engagement.

The MO SW-PBS Effective Teaching and Learning Practices are the key to universal support for all students. Learn about the new self-assessments and practice profiles available to help teachers, coaches, administrators and district-level teams identify the extent and quality of implementation of the practices in all classrooms.

Do you want to take your Behavior Intervention Plans (BIPs) to the next level? In this session, you will learn how to use the principles of motivation to teach students to regulate their own behavior. We will examine the critical features of BIPs through the lens of self-determination theory. Using case studies, we will decide when externally delivered reinforcers are appropriate and how to transition from externally delivered reinforcers to self-reinforcement and naturally occurring reinforcement.

This session will provide you with a brief overview of a procedure for using office-discipline referral (ODR) data to make decisions. In addition, you will learn how to access and use a free electronic DBDM/Solution Plan that will guide your team through the data-analysis and decision-making process.

Effective leadership is paramount in the implementation of SW-PBS. During this session, you will engage in open-ended conversations that focus on connecting with other leaders, collaborating on the practical application of SW-PBS and creating plans for sustainability.

Our journey with SW-PBS started with taking ideas from other schools and creating a BIG 3. We were dabbling, but then we decided to make the investment in our school and our students to receive formal training in SW-PBS. That choice has made all the difference in the progress our school has achieved over the past several years.

This session will describe how trauma-informed practices can be interwoven with SW-PBS schoolwide systems. We will focus specifically on the systematic identification of students in Tier 2, using a trauma-informed lens to establish meetings and design meeting templates for Tier 2 students, and working with families and the community to support these students who have a background of trauma.