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PBS DISTRICT PBS DISTRICT IMPLEMENTATIONIMPLEMENTATION
TAMARAH MYERS M.Ed.TAMARAH MYERS M.Ed.
St.Tammany Parish Public SchoolsSt.Tammany Parish Public Schools
Session 25Session 25
DISTRICT DISTRICT IMPLEMENTATIONIMPLEMENTATIONIT’S A JUNGLE OUT THEREIT’S A JUNGLE OUT THERE
St Tammany 2004-2007St Tammany 2004-2007
Approximately 8% OF STPSB Approximately 8% OF STPSB SCHOOLS IMPLEMENTATION WITH SCHOOLS IMPLEMENTATION WITH FIDELITYFIDELITY
Barely a pulse Barely a pulse
2007-20082007-2008The Year of AccountabilityThe Year of Accountability
STEP BY STEP – INCH BY INCH STEP BY STEP – INCH BY INCH
Began Life Support Began Life Support
THAT WAS THEN THIS IS NOWTHAT WAS THEN THIS IS NOW
FOLLOWING THE ATTENTION GETTERS WE FOLLOWING THE ATTENTION GETTERS WE NOW HAVE _21____NOW HAVE _21____
Schools implementing with fidelitySchools implementing with fidelity
__15___- schools that have scored_67______15___- schools that have scored_67____
Or better.Or better.
__14___-schools below expectations__14___-schools below expectations
CELEBRATE!!!!!CELEBRATE!!!!!
TWO SCHOOLS WITH PERFECT PBS TWO SCHOOLS WITH PERFECT PBS SCORES MANDEVILLE ELEMENTARY SCORES MANDEVILLE ELEMENTARY AND FOUNTAINBLEU HIGHAND FOUNTAINBLEU HIGH
ATTENTION GETTERSATTENTION GETTERS
Lost instructional minutes dataLost instructional minutes data Baseline Evaluations The “TEST”Baseline Evaluations The “TEST” Superintendent Follow-upSuperintendent Follow-up Use of PBS Language with parents of Use of PBS Language with parents of
children “at risk”children “at risk” 1:1 feedback session for schools 1:1 feedback session for schools
underperformingunderperforming
Attention Getters Cont…..Attention Getters Cont…..
Presentations of Social CompetencePresentations of Social Competence
Immerse the child with the skill and Immerse the child with the skill and the skill will emergethe skill will emerge
MARKETING OF PBS !!!!!!!!!!!MARKETING OF PBS !!!!!!!!!!! Review at Discipline meetingsReview at Discipline meetings Discussion at disciplinary hearingsDiscussion at disciplinary hearings Climate and culture surveysClimate and culture surveys
Challenges of the JUNGLEChallenges of the JUNGLEMonkies on our backMonkies on our back
Schools indicate that they do not have Schools indicate that they do not have enough time to teach behavior and enough time to teach behavior and academics…..academics…..
““REWARD” behavior that they are REWARD” behavior that they are supposed to be exhibitingsupposed to be exhibiting
Traditional punitive reactive approachTraditional punitive reactive approach Administrator not attending PBS Monthly Administrator not attending PBS Monthly
meetingsmeetings The once-over without rehearsals and The once-over without rehearsals and
boostersboosters
CHALLENGES cont….CHALLENGES cont….
Replacement not punishment!!!!!Replacement not punishment!!!!! NOT JUST POSTERS ON THE WALLNOT JUST POSTERS ON THE WALL
Reinforcers do not have to be Reinforcers do not have to be tangiblestangibles
St Tammany places great emphasis St Tammany places great emphasis in connecting the behavior to the in connecting the behavior to the expectation to assist in internalizing expectation to assist in internalizing the skillthe skill
WHY????WHY????
SCHOOL is not always that important to SCHOOL is not always that important to children therefore we want to CONDITION children therefore we want to CONDITION the environment to become more the environment to become more REINFORCING!!!!!REINFORCING!!!!!
By deliberately teaching prosocial behavior By deliberately teaching prosocial behavior and reinforcing that behavior, we teach and reinforcing that behavior, we teach the student to internalize pro-social the student to internalize pro-social behavior. The result….SOCIALLY behavior. The result….SOCIALLY COMPETENT and SOCIALLY ATTRACTIVECOMPETENT and SOCIALLY ATTRACTIVECHILDRENCHILDREN
THE ENDTHE END
QUESTIONS?QUESTIONS?
Tamarah.myers@stpsb.org (985) 966-4361(985) 966-4361
Complete Your EvaluationComplete Your Evaluation
TAMARAH MYERS M.Ed.TAMARAH MYERS M.Ed.
St.Tammany Parish Public SchoolsSt.Tammany Parish Public Schools
Session 25Session 25