Our school is participating in an important district initiative. It is called Positive Behavioral Interventions and Support (PBIS). 

What is Positive Behavioral Interventions & Support?
     PBIS is a process for creating safer and more effective schools. It is a systems approach to enhancing the capacity of schools to educate all children by developing research-based, school-wide, and classroom behavior support systems. The process focuses on improving a school’s ability to teach and support positive behavior for all students. Rather than a prescribed program, PBIS provides systems for schools to design, implement, and evaluate effective school-wide, classroom, non-classroom, and student specific plans. PBIS is not a program or a curriculum. It is a team-based process for systemic problem solving, planning, and evaluation. It is an approach to creating a safe and productive learning environment where teachers can teach and all students can learn.

What is PBIS at our school? 
     We have adopted a unified set of classroom rules. You will see these rules posted throughout the school and your child will be learning them throughout the year. Our unified classroom rules, found in every classroom and non-classroom setting in the school, are as follows:

    As part of our PBIS process, teachers and other staff members use evidence-based practices to increase student learning and decrease classroom disruptions. To keep students on the rules in a positive manner, we do the following when teaching academics and behavior:

•  Constantly teach and refer to our school-wide expectations. 

•  Provide students with more praise than correction.

• Talk to students with respect using positive voice tone. 

• Actively engage everyone in the class during instruction.

• Use pre-correcting, prompting, and redirecting as we teach.

How can I incorporate PBIS at home? 

Useful Links:

• https://www.parentcenterhub.org/pbs-resources/

• https://www.pacer.org/pbis/trainingmods/pdf/04-SW-PBIS-Using-PBIS-at-Home-and-in-the-Community.pdf

• https://www.pbis.org/resource/positive-solutions-for-families-eight-practical-tips-for-parents-of-young-children-with-challenging-behavior

If you have questions about Positive Behavioral Interventions and Support, please feel free to contact Ms. Moreira or your child’s teacher. We look forward to a wonderful year of teaching your child through positive behavior interventions and support!