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How Long To Implement?

Submitted by Alexis on Thu, 04/12/2012 - 09:15

Is it true what I've heard, that PBIS can take three years or more to ramp up?

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Submitted by Alexis on Thu, 06/21/2012 - 09:57.
Can any of you share some early PBIS successes in terms of reductions of office referrals at your school? At our school we reduced supensions by 35% in the first year.
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Submitted by Alexis on Thu, 06/21/2012 - 09:45.
Often schools will find that their weakest Tier is Tier 1 (universal, school-wide practices). Some recommended programs to fill this gap include Responsive Classroom (to build social-emotional skills) or for substance-abuse prevention with older kids, Botvin's Life Skills.
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Submitted by Alexis on Wed, 05/02/2012 - 06:02.
Schools can start by sorting their current interventions and practices into three tiers: Tier 1 is schoolwide (universal) practices, Tier 2 is interventions for at-risk/higher-need students, and Tier 3 is interventions for the highest-need students. Check to see if there are gaps in any of the Tiers, and also check what percentage of students currently receive Tier 2 and 3 interventions...if the proportion is too high, Tier 1 practices may be insufficient.
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Submitted by Alexis on Wed, 04/25/2012 - 08:33.
A lot of what schools do during that time is creating an infrastructure (data collection process, PBIS steering committee, etc.) so that PBIS will succeed. There is also a lot of data analysis that needs to occur so that disciplinary problems can be diagnosed. For example, are most office referrals generated by the same few teachers? If so, those teachers may need training.
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Submitted by SheTeaches on Thu, 04/12/2012 - 09:20.
That's a really great question. As with many things, I imagine it takes time to become an accepted part of school culture.
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Submitted by RDatz40 on Thu, 04/12/2012 - 11:20.
It took close to three years at my previous district.
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