Positive Behavior Support

Mt. Dora High School

Our beloved students will soon be here, and some of them may need a little extra attention…

And we all have our own ways of dealing with them.

Arne takes the pledge: “With us not to us.”

Collective wisdom lifts general awareness.

Preventing problems means less paperwork, more teaching time.

More good days make it fun to go to school here and fun to work here.

Staff-led: How we adapt the Positive Behavior Support program is up to us.

Is There a Link Between Curriculum, Instruction and Behavior?

WE TEACH THEM…“If a child doesn’t know how to read…we teach.”“If a child doesn’t know how to swim…we teach.”“If a child doesn’t know how to add…we teach.”“If a child doesn’t know how to drive…we teach.”

“If a child doesn’t know how to behave…we…?” …..teach? …….punish?

Can we finish the last sentence as easily as we do the others?

Fact…

“Approximately one-half of all classroom time is taken up with activities other than instruction, and discipline problems are responsible for a significant portion of this lost instructional time.”

(Cotton 1990)

Time Cost of a Discipline Referral(45 minutes per incident)

1000 Referrals/yr

2000 Referrals/yr(11 per Day and Less than 3 per

period) Administrator Time

500 Hours 1000 Hours

Teacher Time 250 Hours 500 Hours

Student Time 750 Hours 1500 Hours

Totals 1500 Hours 3000 Hours

Positive Behavior Support (PBS) is…

A positive school-wide cultureA plan to reduce negative behaviorsA way to increase and reinforce positive

behaviorsA plan to teach students and staff positive

behaviorsA way to monitor and track student behavior

PBS is NOT…More “Busy Work” for all of usAn additional piece of curriculum to

teach

PBS System: For Academics OR Behavior, Principles are the SAME

Acad

emics

Behavior

Response to Intervention

PHILOSOPHICAL SHIFT

Educators know that some students DO NOT have the skills and behavior necessary to cope with the many academic and social expectations in school.

So ….

We Must Teach Them…

Once you have developed classroom expectations, it is not enough to just post the words on the walls of the classroom….

We must teach them to the students!

REMEMBER…

Teach Behavior like we teach Academics – When kids are behaving, they are more likely to be learning!