What does it take to be a successful leader in a school with an SW-PBS framework? This session will aid leaders in knowing what they can do to smoothly transition into their position. Key elements will be discussed and questions will be accumulated so leaders can feel prepared to direct their staff toward the successful implementation of this behavioral framework.

SESSION OUTCOMES:

• Receive an overview of the most-important elements needed to be a successful leader in an SW-PBS school
• Discover meaningful questions to ask your staff to gain insight into your building’s SW-PBS framework
• Learn where to find resources that help aid successful leadership

What motivates our students? Function plays a huge role in understanding why behavior occurs. However, human motivation theory also provides a conceptual framework to further understand motivation and behavior. This session will provide participants with an overview of human motivation theory. Participants also will have the opportunity to reflect on how to apply this theory into their MO SW-PBS framework in order to support student motivation and desired behaviors.

SESSION OUTCOMES:

• Become familiar with the principles of human motivation theory
• Apply the principles of this theory to your MO SW-PBS framework

This session will provide evidence that disproportionality exists in most schools even when controlled for behavior and SES. Come discuss three metrics for monitoring disproportionality, and learn how to calculate them and how to interpret what they tell you. Also, discover how academic and behavioral data patterns can guide you toward determining what might be causing the disproportionality so that you can take appropriate action.

SESSION OUTCOMES:

• Recognize why you should monitor for discipline disproportionality
• Learn how to calculate and interpret the risk index, risk ratio, raw differential ratio, and discipline rates
• Understand how academic and behavioral data patterns point to possible next steps

During this session, participants will discover a simplified process for tracking behavioral data. Learn how to use Google Forms to input Tier 1 minor referrals and how to nominate students for Tier 2 interventions. Doing so promotes staff participation in the process by streamlining the amount of steps required, and organizing within Google Drive allows SWPBS team members to use data easily to make informed decisions. This systematic approach allows for more classroom-managed behaviors, which ensure students are receiving essential grade-level curriculum.

SESSION OUTCOMES:

• Learn to create a Google Form staff can use to document minor referrals
• Learn to create a Google Form staff can use to nominate students for Tier 2 interventions that work in conjunction with the FACTS form
• Discuss best practices in order to simplify staff workload

Representatives from the Northwest Community Schools in Jackson, Michigan, will share their approach to continuous improvement with the MTSS integrated framework in the four areas of SW-PBS, schoolwide reading, attendance, and transportation. Come learn about the district’s integrated systems and protocols, and discover how these approaches are used to strengthen the continuous-improvement process. The complexity of the integrated MTSS system will be simplified through the description of the district’s teaming structure, professional-learning plan, assessment plan, agenda protocol, communication plan, and barrier log.

SESSION OUTCOMES:

• Discover how one district coordinates four large effective innovations (SW-PBS, schoolwide reading, attendance, and transportation) under an integrated MTSS framework
• Learn the MTSS components and protocols that create the integrated infrastructure
• Learn how to ensure fidelity in each of the four innovations

While the logic of common formative assessments is well-developed for academic subjects, there lacks a professional efficacy in using the same logic for student and adult behavior. This session will encourage teachers, teams, schools, and districts to apply common formative assessment logic to common student behavioral skill errors. Participants will gain access to strategies, resources, and practices that support collaborative efforts regarding behavior.

SESSION OUTCOMES:

• Be able to use the logic and practice of academic common formative assessments to enhance the likelihood of increased student behavior and academic engagement
• Discover tools and resources to help develop common formative assessments for behavior in your classroom, school, or district

Come learn about our journey in the North Kansas City School District to establish and maintain SW-PBS. District representatives will discuss both bottom-up and top-down system approaches in addition to supports put in place for sustainability. Participants will receive the district’s levels of support document and information about mental health partnerships. Participants also will discuss the four tips for sustainability recommended by Kent McIntosh from the Center on PBIS as connected to North Kansas City practices.

SESSION OUTCOMES:

• Learn about district, building, and classroom leadership practices and mental-health partnerships that support SW-PBS systems
• Review North Kansas City’s levels of support document in order to begin developing plans for your own district or building
• Determine your needs and start an action plan for building district capacity and sustainability strategies

Do you worry that everyone but you has a superpower? In this fast-paced session, participants will hear about the five most-important lessons the presenters have learned about successful SW-PBS implementation in a PK-1 setting. Participants also will discover a dozen tricks and cheats that have made successful SW-PBS implementation a snap for our school.

SESSION OUTCOME:

• Receive hints and tips that will make SW-PBS implementation easier and more successful

Are you looking for innovative ways to implement SW-PBS at your school? Come learn some of our tried and true dynamic strategies. Participants will take away ideas that their teams can put into action tomorrow no matter the grade level or content. Covel D. Searcy Elementary School is one team with one vision that leads to success!

SESSION OUTCOMES:

• Discover how an SW-PBS team uses data to develop a schoolwide action plan and celebrations Learn how Covel D. Searcy Elementary implements SW-PBS in a functional-skills setting
• Receive creative strategies for implementing SW-PBS into daily instruction

In this session, participants will hear from a panel of educators from Tiffany Ridge Elementary School in the Park Hill School District. Panel members will discuss their journey toward SW-PBS implementation and how they utilized multiple systems along the way. Participants will reflect on their current level of staff commitment and on potential ways to bring more people on board.

SESSION OUTCOMES:

• Understand the importance of staff buy-in throughout the implementation process
• Evaluate your current level of staff commitment and barriers to SW-PBS implementation at a systematic level
• Outline your next steps to increase commitment to shift behavioral understanding