What: Educators in today’s schools and classrooms must be
supported to adopt and sustain effective, cost-efficient school-wide Positive Behavioral
Interventions and Supports (PBIS) practices. Effective approaches to school-wide PBIS include:
(a)
systematic social skills instruction;
(b) academic and curricular restructuring;
(c) positive, behaviorally based interventions;
(d) early screening and identification of
antisocial behavior patterns; and
(e)
integrated progress monitoring.
Who: All
staff learn the process and outcomes of the BEST BEHAVIOR curriculum to support
school wide, classroom, and individual student positive behavior. BEST BEHAVIOR (Sprague
& Golly, 2004) provides a program aimed at improving school and classroom
discipline in schools, and associated outcomes such as school violence, and
alcohol, tobacco and other drug use. We will celebrate the successes of
participating schools and also address challenges and barriers to
implementation.
Help: IVDB staff will provide on-going consultation
to the Site Coach, the school’s principal and/or staff directly responsible for
the implementation of BEST BEHAVIOR.
Training of Site Coaches Building Capacity in Schools
What: Provides the opportunity to become a Site Coach via the
BEST BEHAVIOR staff development program
for positive school discipline.
Who: Individuals who complete the
workshop may function as Site Coach and may provide BEST BEHAVIOR Staff
Implementation workshops at their own schools and/or in their own district.
How: Site Coaches provide
ongoing support and consultation regarding implementation and evaluation to
their targeted schools.
Keeping it going: Site
Coaches attend at least one training update meeting per year following the
initial training. Site Coaches will also be eligible to attend training for
specific custom designed modules and other training developed in response to
the needs of BEST BEHAVIOR schools.
