School PBIS Leadership Team Roles and Responsibilities

Establish Team Membership

Have you ever been a part of this team?

No agenda is prepared Meeting starts late No time schedule has been set for the meeting No one is prepared No facilitator is identified No one agrees on anything No action plan is developed Everyone is off task Negative tone throughout the meeting

A PBIS Leadership Team

School Administrative Team must be committed to school-wide PBIS and actively participate on the team PBIS team should remain small (6-10 members) Consider representatives that include: administration, general education teachers, special education teachers, guidance, specials teachers, paraprofessionals, custodian, parents…

STEP 1 - Establish Team Membership 1. Representative of demographics of school and community 2. 1-2 individuals with behavior/classroom management competence 3. Administrator active member 4. Schedule for presenting to whole staff at least monthly 5. Schedule for team meetings at least monthly 6. Integration with other behavior related initiatives and programs 7. Appropriate priority relative to school and district goals 8. Rules and agreements established regarding voting, confidentiality and privacy, conflict/problem solving, record-keeping, etc.

9. Schedule for annual self-assessments 1.

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Self-Assessment Survey Review Office Discipline Referrals Benchmarks of Quality School-wide Evaluation Tool 10. Coaching support (school and/or district/region) Page 44

Coaches’ Roles & Responsibilities

May be district-level person (external) who can move across schools or person who works on-site (internal) – or both Is familiar with the school-wide process Facilitates team throughout the process (insures critical elements are in place) Attends all trainings/meetings with their school-based teams Is an active and involved team member, but not the Team Leader Is the main contact person for the school-based team Reports to district level staff

Administration’s Roles and Responsibilities

ALL administrators are encouraged to participate in the process Administrator should play an active role in the school wide PBIS change process Administrators should actively communicate their commitment to the process Administrator should be familiar with school’s current data and reporting system If a principal is not committed to the change process, it is unwise to move forward in the process

Administrator’s support and active involvement

Administrator attends ALL trainings and team meetings.

Administrator provides allocation of resources for PBIS implementation Administrator puts time on staff agenda for PBIS updates Administrator actively promotes PBIS as priority, integrates with other initiatives/improvement activities Do we have it?

Team Leader

Develop agenda Facilitate meeting Follow-up on assigned tasks Seek input from staff and other committees

Team Member

Attend PBIS meetings Attend PBIS trainings ◦ ◦ ◦ Spread the message of PBIS to other staff/Faculty Have a quick answer for “What is PBIS” Invite other staff/faculty to meetings Be a PBIS cheerleader in your building and in your community Offer suggestions and ideas to the team (no ideas are too big or too small) Ask questions and keep learning.

Team Meeting Template/ Process

Page 46 - 47 – Conducting meetings

Activity - Team Roles and Responsibilities

Team Responsibility Person Responsible School Role

Administrator Internal Coach External Coach Time Keeper Data Specialist Behavior Specialist Communications Recorder

Action Planning

Establish 3-5 norms for your team Choose Roles for your team Complete STEP 1 ( pgs. 44-48 in manual )