The Classroom Has Changed…

Aren’t students in class to learn? Shouldn’t they know

how to behave?

Good instruction in a behaviorally chaotic environment will fail.

WHAT IF THEY MISBEHAVE?

We can punish the ones who do wrong...

…or we can teach the expected behaviors SCHOOLWIDE and

REWARD the ones who are doing the right thing.

At the heart of a proactive school-wide discipline plan is the notion that expected

behavior needs to be taught. Simply put, “If you want good behavior, you

have to teach it.”Geoff Colvin, 7 Steps for Developing a ProactiveSchool-wide Discipline Plan, 2007

Prevention and Teaching Vs. Control Disruption and/or Exclude Troubling StudentsRequires Environments That Are:

Predictable Positive Safe Consistent

School-wide Positive Behavior Support: A New Standard of School Discipline

If children fail to follow the rules, we must view this as failure to learn the rules. Just as we

provide a variety of ways for children to learn content, along with ample practice, we should

do the same for children learning to follow school rules. As with all curriculum, we must develop formal teaching procedures for the school-wide expectations. This should be

accomplished through working with all faculty to develop a sense of ownership in the

development of these teaching procedures.

TEACH Behavioral Expectations – TEACH Social Competence

SWPBS is associated with… Reductions in Office Discipline Referrals Increased academic gains---when combined

with effective instruction Increased Attendance Increased perception that school is safe Sustained implementation at criterion levels.

Primary PreventionsWhole School, Classroom, and

Non-ClassroomSystems for

All Students & Staff

~80% of Students

Secondary PreventionsSpecialized Systems for Students with At-Risk

Behavior

~15%

Tertiary Interventions Specialized

IndividualizedSystems for Students with

High-Risk Behavior~5%

SYSTEMS OFSCHOOL-WIDE

POSITIVE BEHAVIORSUPPORT

Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true,

whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever

is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think

about such things.