SST16 PBIS Newsletter
If a student doesn't know how to behave: WE TEACH IT!
SST16 PBIS Consultant: Missy Baker
I am here to support 24 Southeastern Ohio School Districts. PBIS (Positive Behavior Intervention and Support) is an implementation framework for maximizing the selection and use of evidence-based prevention and intervention practices along a multi-tiered continuum that support the academic, social and emotional competence of all students.
Upcoming Professional Development and Important Deadlines
TRAINING Opportunities
Please see NEW resources at the bottom of the newsletter
SWIS (Behavior Data Collection System) training and support: by request
PBIS Award Recognition Application is due May 1, 2023 by midnight (details)
START thinking about the 23-24 school calendars to determine PBIS training dates
A PBIS survey will be coming soon to determine the needs of the district.
Keeping attendance a priority and preparing for the “spring dip”
As spring draws near, schools and districts can continue emphasizing the importance of daily attendance to try to avoid the “spring dip” – the time from spring break to the end of the year when many schools observe drops in daily attendance. Reinforcing positive messaging during this time can keep students in school and engaged in learning. Consider spreading school attendance messages communitywide by partnering with businesses, organizations and local government to encourage collective action. For example, Columbus City Schools is partnering with the Columbus Crew as part of the Stay in the Game! Network with a clap-in event in March to promote school attendance. Additional attendance messaging resources are on the Stay in the Game! Network website.
Beyond positive messaging, schools can plan activities and events that encourage students to attend class regularly. Event ideas include spirit weeks, shows and showcases, or field day. Spring Attendance Slump resources from Attendance Works provide ideas and considerations for implementing activities in the weeks before and after spring break, including a downloadable Sprinting through Spring planning calendar.
The Department’s Attendance Support webpage has resources to support regular attendance, including templates for positively communicating with families about attendance.
Attendance Playbook: Smart Solutions for Reducing Chronic Absenteeism in the Covid Era
To help educators respond to these challenges, FutureEd and Attendance Works have expanded our Attendance Playbook to reflect schools’ realities during and after the pandemic. It offers ideas for how to encourage and track attendance during distance learning. And it includes more than two dozen effective and readily scalable approaches to reducing chronic student absenteeism in the wake of the Covid-19 outbreak. Attendance Works has added an implementation guide for schools and districts.
Social Emotional Learning Resources for Students and Teachers
Social and emotional learning (SEL) is key to advancing equity and excellence in education. It can help students experience greater agency and well-being; achieve academic, career and lifelong successes; and implement collaborative solutions that lead to a just, thriving society.
The PBS WOUB Social Emotional Learning Website has short 4-5 minute videos on topics from self-awareness, self-management, responsible decision making, future self, relationship skills, and role of mindfulness. These videos could be shared with staff during TBT time to gain a perspective on how Social Emotional Learning is crucial in a learning environment.
The website has great visuals to download and a subject and grade link for various tools.
National PBIS Leadership Forum October 26-27 2023
Call for Poster Presentations
Proposal Due Date: May 26, 2023
Be a Poster Presenter and Receive Discounted Registration!
We are inviting submissions from PBIS Implementers and their partners to share their research and/or best practices through an informative and engaging Poster Presentation at the 2023 National PBIS Leadership Forum. The poster presentation will be held from 5:30 to 7:00 pm on Thursday, October 26th. Visit our Call for Posters webpage for all information.
CLICK HERE to submit a Poster Proposal
Also here is the program for The National Forum
- Proposal Submission Due Date: May 26, 2023
- Notification Date: June 16, 2023
Save the Date!
Registration for the National PBIS Leadership Forum Opens May 9, 2023
4 Ways Schools Can Ring in the Year of the Teacher
While 2022 left us with serious challenges, we can look to 2023 with some optimism about how the situation could be improved. These broad strokes paint the picture of where change needs to happen:
- Teachers need space to heal, and to break the pattern of struggle. Teaching has always been an under-resourced, underappreciated profession, and teachers are used to seeing their jobs as a constant struggle. Mandy Froehlich believes that this perception needs to change in order for teachers to heal and feel empowered.
- Teachers need to reconnect with their jobs emotionally. Humans deserve to feel connected to their purpose and fulfilled by what they do. This doesn’t mean any job will be perfect, but teachers need to feel satisfaction in the parts of their job that are most meaningful—most often, building relationships and supporting students to succeed.
- Teachers need to be trusted and respected. Teachers are experts in their field and have been hired for that reason, but education systems often don’t provide the recognition they deserve or the autonomy they need to do their best work.
- Teachers need opportunities to play. Playful teaching allows teachers to experiment with new methods, adjust their teaching as they go, and find joy in their work again. This approach can combat low morale and improve learning experiences for students.
Change in these areas needs to come from various stakeholders at various levels, but with a coordinated holistic approach we can create an environment where teachers are fulfilled by reconnecting with their passion for teaching, and where students are therefore also supported and thriving.
PAXIS Institute is proud to partner with Prevention Action Alliance to offer fully funded school-based PAX training to educators across Ohio. This funding covers virtual training in the PAX Good Behavior Game, PAX Hero, and PAX Update training ( Link).
Tiffanie Ryan, BCBA, COBA-PAX Prevention Specialist and Samanta Boddapati, PhD, NCSP- PAX Prevention Clinical Manager, Psychologist, both with Nationwide Children's, partnered with past PBIS consultant, Bradley Clay, to create a crosswalk between PAX and PBIS. This document is an excellent resource for schools to see how PAX fits into the framework of PBIS.
Ohio School Safety Center
The Ohio School Safety Center is pleased to announce that the 2023 Ohio School Safety Summit will be held on July 25 and 26 at the Greater Columbus Convention Center in Columbus.
You won't want to miss our exciting and informative keynote presentations, breakout sessions covering a variety of topics, and vendors exhibiting the latest in safety products. Please plan to join us!
Details including registration and vendor opportunities will be forthcoming soon!
House Bill 318
PBIS Connections to State Initiatives
Governor Kasich signed House Bill 318 in August 2018, with an effective date of Nov. 2, 2018, to address multi-tiered behavioral supports to reduce out-of-school suspension and expulsions, especially for prekindergarten through grade 3 students.
Resources
Report Card Measure for Implementation of Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS)
Positive Behavior Intervention Supports (PBIS) and the Use of Restraint and Seclusion Frequently Asked Questions