In this session, participants will learn how student voice and belonging are associated with positive in-school and post-school outcomes. Participants will receive current research along with practical strategies for improving student belonging in the high school setting and free resources.

SESSION OUTCOMES:

• Be able to describe at least two common themes related to belonging for students with and without disabilities across high school settings
• Experience a Tier 1 strategy to support student belonging through intentional team-based learning opportunities
• Learn a framework for soliciting student voice to support Tier 2 and Tier 3 behavioral intervention design decisions

This session will guide you through one school’s process for clarifying Tier 1 expectations to increase on-task behavior, maximize student behavioral processing, and reduce office discipline referrals through a focus on the Tier 1 foundation. Participants will learn how a strong focus on our school’s matrix and behavior flowchart helped support students and staff through our midyear move to a new building.

SESSION OUTCOMES:

• Be able to clearly communicate the Tier 1 process to all stakeholders
• Utilize the matrix and behavior flow chart to reduce the number of chronic behaviors

This session will explore the principles and practices of SW-PBS as tailored specifically for early childhood and early elementary settings. Participants will gain insights into how SW-PBS can foster a positive learning environment and support social-emotional development.

SESSION OUTCOMES:

• Understand the SW-PBS framework, its principles, and its relevance to early childhood settings
• Identify practical strategies for implementing SW-PBS in early childhood and early elementary programs including how to establish clear behavioral expectations and best practices in the classroom
• Explore how to use data to monitor fidelity of implementation to make informed decisions that improve outcomes

In this session, participants will learn to use contextual data, the ABCs of behavior, and common formative-assessment data to identify possible function of behavior. Participants will also learn how to use data to prioritize academic, behavioral, or integrated academic and behavioral interventions to improve student outcomes.

SESSION OUTCOME:

Understand and be able to implement a process for using data to improve academic and behavioral outcomes for students

Communicating with teens and preteens often leaves adults confused or asking “What just happened?” Did you know that a teen’s inconsistent ability to read facial expressions accurately can lead to many misunderstandings? In this session, participants will learn more about these areas of mass confusion along with strategies that can help communication with teens and preteens both at school and at home.

SESSION OUTCOMES:

• Learn and be able to utilize the B.R.I.E.F. strategy to increase the quality of conversations with adolescents
• Identify conversation crashers that can deter the progress of a conversation

This session will focus on implementing the SW-PBS framework in a middle school setting. Participants will discover strategies to improve buy-in from faculty, staff, and key stakeholders. Participants will also learn the steps to build a rewards system that motivates student success along with the importance of building partnerships with parents and community leaders to help support the system. Learning about both the failures and the wins that Tipton Middle School has faced will help other schools in their beginning steps toward becoming a Tier 1 school.

SESSION OUTCOMES:

• Learn to encourage buy-in from students, teachers, and stakeholders
• Identify steps to build a rewards system that motivates student success

Discover how Park Hill South High School went from zero to Tier 1 recognition in one year. Receive examples of our school’s different systems for encouraging positive behavior, discouraging negative behavior, setting expectations buildingwide, and everything else related to Tier 1 through our Positive Panther Program. Walk away with ideas and motivation for how to implement SW-PBS at the high school level.

SESSION OUTCOMES:

• Learn about the comprehensive implementation of Tier 1 systems and practices at the high school level
• Take away ideas and hard-copy files of proven strategies and practices geared toward implementing SW-PBS in high school

Are you ready to launch Tier 1 in your school and build a foundation for lasting positive behavior? This session will offer a step-by-step guide to successful implementation by covering essential components like creating a behavior expectation matrix, designing acknowledgment systems, and using data to drive improvement. Participants will leave equipped with practical tools and strategies enabling them to set clear expectations, engage staff, and build a proactive and positive school culture in which students can thrive.

SESSION OUTCOMES:

• Identify the essential components of Tier 1 including setting behavioral expectations, developing an acknowledgment system, and creating proactive behavior-management strategies
• Develop a customized behavior expectation matrix and create a plan to teach, reinforce, and monitor the expectations in various settings
• Analyze data-collection methods to track behavioral trends and enable data-driven decisions that improve SW-PBS fidelity and support schoolwide success

Acting-out behaviors manifest in ways that make both classroom management and academic success challenging. In this session, the book Managing the Cycle of Acting-Out Behavior in the Classroom by Geoffrey T. Colvin and Terrance M. Scott will be used to provide an understanding of acting-out behavior along with strategies secondary educators can use to prevent or minimize behavioral issues.

SESSION OUTCOMES:

• Review the acting-out cycle
• Identify strategies to use in secondary settings that can diffuse escalating behaviors