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Cultivating the Flower Garden
The Positive Behavior Support Initiative
in North Carolina
Behavior Support & Special Programs, Exceptional Children Division
North Carolina Department of Public Instruction
Sowing the Seeds
The beginnings of PBS in NC
NC State
Improvement Program
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Funded through IDEA
Five year program
Began in August 2000
7 Reading Centers
1 Mathematics Center
1 Behavioral Support Center
NC State
Improvement Program
• One Elementary School selected
as the Positive Behavioral Support
Center
• Given $85,000/ year for a part of
two positions to implement the
program.
Additional Regional
Positive Behavioral
Support Programs
• Four additional schools selected in
the winter, 2001
• Five more schools selected in winter,
2002
• Six schools selected in spring, 2003
• These schools were given $10,000 /
year.
Connected to OSEP
Technical Assistance Center
• Contracted with Lucille Eber to provide
PBS training in February, 2002.
• Invited to the implementers PBIS
Leadership Forum in September, 2002.
• Began to receive information from the
National Technical Assistance Center on
Positive Behavioral Interventions and
Supports (PBIS)
Sprouts
PBS Pilot Sites
PBS Leadership Team
• North Carolina Participants in the
PBS Leadership Forum met to create
a PBS Leadership Team in
November, 2002.
• Expanded group to include parent
and LEA representation.
• Developed first implementation plan.
Statewide Training Initiative
• Investigated PBS training curricula in
2002-03.
• Selected modules developed by Dr. Tim
Lewis from Missouri
• 2003-2004 Dr. Lewis trained 12
coaches/trainers with 12 new school
teams
• Added coaches/trainers from existing sites
NC PBS Training Initiative
• 2003-04 school year trained 40
trainers
• 31 were from LEAs, including 1
Charter School
• These trainers agreed to train 110
new schools from their LEAs and
other LEAs in 2004-05.
Formal Action Plan
• 2003 - 2004
• PBS Leadership Team completed
Self Assessment Tool from the PBIS
Implementers Blue Print
• Developed three year North Carolina
PBS Action Plan.
NC PBS Training Initiative
2004-05
• 120 new schools received training
• 65 school teams completed all 3
modules
• 4 Youth Development Centers trained
• 50 LEAs had schools and trainers
Seedlings
Nurturing Systems Change
Development of Resources
• 2005
• Exceptional Children Assistance
Center
• Developed North Carolina PBS
Brochure
• Filmed “School-wide Positive
Behavior Support in North Carolina”
NC Positive Behavior
Support Initiative 2005-06
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65 Traditional LEAs
4 Charter Schools
5 Youth Development Centers
Eastern School of the Deaf
More than 76 PBS trainers in the state
NC Positive Behavior
Support Initiative 2005-06
• 293 schools in some stage of
implementation
• 12% of the schools in the state
• 6 Regional Coordinators to support
implementing schools/districts
PBS Regional Coordinators
• Five positions for traditional LEAs
• One Charter School position
• Hosted by LEAs that already have PBS
school to be a demonstration site.
• 2/3 time coordinating PBS training and
efforts in region of the state or for Charter
Schools
Blooms & Blossoms
Supporting Implementing Schools
North Carolina Positive
Behavior Support Initiative
2006-07
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548 Participating Schools
532 Traditional Schools
9 Charter Schools
5 Youth Development Centers
Two Schools for the Deaf
81 School Systems!
Traditional School Breakdown
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302 Elementary Schools
148 Middle Schools
53 High Schools
29 Alternative Schools
Implementation in 2007-08
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260 new schools participating in training
Additional LEAs
New trainers
Development of in-school coaches
Exceptional Children Assistance Center
creating middle school implementation
DVD
Legislative Support
• Positive Behavior Support
Coordinator position was created by
the Legislature.
• It is a new state position.
• Heather Reynolds began January
14, 2008.
North Carolina
Positive Behavior Support Initiative
Currently,
about 85%of
the
counties/local
education
agencies in
the state
have at least
one school
participating
in the North
Carolina
Positive
Behavior
Support
Initiative.
North Carolina
Positive Behavior Support Initiative
Steady
growth
has been
evident.
North Carolina
Positive Behavior Support Initiative
Improving and
sustaining the
effort has been
supported with
continued state
funding and
local education
agencies are
kicking in to
support the
effective
programs in
their schools.
Annuals & Perennials
Capacity-building & Sustainability
Implementation Plan for PBS
• Three Components
• Training – Awareness, Training of
School Teams and Coach/Trainers,
and Advanced Training
• Visibility and Political Support
• Evaluation
PBS Systems Implementation Logic
Visibility
Funding
Political
Support
Leadership Team
Active Coordination
Training
Coaching
Evaluation
Local School Teams/Demonstrations
State Leadership Team
Visibility &
Political Support
Training &
Coaching
Assessment &
Evaluation
State PBS Consultant
Regional Coordinators
LEA
Coordinator
External Coach
Trainer
Team Leader
(In –School
Coach)
School
Administrator
Students
Community
Recorder
Parents
Data Manager
Time-keeper
Communication
Coordinator
School Staff
State Leadership Team
Visibility &
Political
Support
Training &
Coaching
Assessment
&
Evaluation
Vision:
All schools in North Carolina will implement Positive
Behavior Support as an effective and proactive process for
improving social competence and academic achievement.
Mission:
To provide leadership, professional development, resources,
and on-going support in order for schools to successfully
implement Positive Behavior Support
State Leadership Team
Visibility &
Political
Support
Goals
• Maintain an up-to-date PBS Website.
•Coordinate and inform all depts./divisions at DPI regarding
PBS updates
•Increase awareness of North Carolina’s mission and vision
for PBS
•Facilitate networking among all PBS stakeholders
State Leadership Team
Training &
Coaching
Goals:
• Current registry of trainers/coaches
•Current registry of participating LEAs, contact people/coordinators, &
schools
•Provide Training, Support, and Networking Opportunities for Trainers,
Coaches, & Coordinators
•Fidelity of Training & Implementation
•Inclusion of IHEs
•Inclusion of PBS in standards for Education Leadership Candidates,
preservice/graduate personnel
•Support Creation of Durable Systems
State Leadership Team
Assessment
&
Evaluation
Goals:
• Determine specific data to be collected statewide
•Create a plan for obtaining a thorough evaluation of the
PBS Program in North Carolina
State Leadership Team
Visibility &
Political Support
Training &
Coaching
Assessment &
Evaluation
State PBS Consultant
State PBS Consultant
Regional Coordinators
LEA
Coordinator
Position now External
filled by
Heather Trainer
Reynolds Solone,
Coach
as a result of legislative action. The PBS
consultant is part of the Behavior Support &
Team
Leader
Special
Programs
Section of the EC Division, led
(In –School
by Chief,
Diann Irwin.
Coach)
School
Administrator
Students
Recorder
Parents
Community
Data Manager
Time-keeper
Communication
Coordinator
School Staff
State Leadership Team
Visibility &
Political Support
Training &
Coaching
Regional
Coordinators
State
PBS Consultant
Assessment &
Evaluation
Regional Coordinators
Regional responsibilities include the following:
LEA
•2/3 of the time working with
PBS implementation in the region
Coordinator
and state (14 or 15 work days per work month).
Trainer
External Coach
•Attend PBS coordinator meetings and training.
•Host state and regional meetings for implementing schools.
•Coordinate
regional PBS training.
Team Leader
(In –School
•Provide PBS
Awareness Presentations in the region.
Coach)
School
Administrator
Students
Recorder
Parents
Community
Data Manager
Time-keeper
Communication
Coordinator
School Staff
Regional
Coordinators
Regional responsibilities include the following:
•Work with PBS LEA trainers to complete School Evaluation
Tools.
•Help plan PBS summer institute and conference presentations.
•Visit implementing schools in other LEAs, as possible.
•Provide PBS technical assistance and support in the region.
•Coordinate data collection for the region.
•Assist local PBS trainers with using and understanding data.
•Stay informed about national PBS research.
•Coordinate with Behavior Support Consultant from the region.
Regional
Coordinators
Expected LEA responsibilities for the position include:
•Coach participating schools in LEA.
•Help train new schools in LEA.
•Direct data management and program evaluation.
•Chair School System PBS Leadership Team.
•Work with PBS trainers and chair persons in LEA.
•Link between schools, leadership team and leadership of school
system.
•See that School Evaluation Tool is completed for each implementing
school in LEA.
•Manage school system action plan.
State Leadership Team
Visibility &
Political Support
Training &
Coaching
Assessment &
Evaluation
State PBS Consultant
Regional Coordinators
LEA Coordinator
Coordinate with PBS Regional Coordinator from the region.
LEA
•Attend PBS coordinator
meetings
and training.
Coordinator
•Coordinate LEA PBS training.
Trainer
External Coach
•Provide PBS Awareness Presentations in the LEA.
Provide PBS technical assistance and support in the LEA.
•Host LEA
meetings for implementing schools.
Team Leader
(In –School
•Visit implementing
schools.
Coach)
•Work with PBS coaches, trainers, and chair persons in LEA.
•Assist localRecorder
PBS teams
with using
and understanding
data.
School
Data Manager
Time-keeper
Communication
Administrator
•Stay informed about national PBS research. Coordinator
Students
Parents
Community
School Staff
LEA Coordinator
Direct data management and program evaluation.
•Chair School System PBS Leadership Team.
•See that School Evaluation Tool is completed for each
implementing school in LEA.
•Coordinate data collection for the LEA and send to Regional
Coordinator.
•Link between schools, leadership team, and leadership of
school system.
•Manage school system action plan.
State Leadership Team
Visibility &
Political Support
Training &
Coaching
Assessment &
Evaluation
State PBS Consultant
External
Coach
Coordinate with PBS LEA Coordinator.
•Attend PBS Coach meetings
and training.
Regional Coordinators
•Attend LEA PBS Leadership Team meetings
•Coordinate LEA PBS training.
Provide PBS technical assistance and
LEA support in the LEA.
•Facilitate LEA meetings forCoordinator
implementing schools.
Trainer
External
Coach
•Attend implementing
school
team meetings.
•Work with PBS trainers and school teams in LEA.
•Assist local PBS teams with using and understanding data.
Teamabout
Leader national PBS research.
•Stay informed
(In –School
•Complete School
Coach) Evaluation Tool for each implementing school in
LEA.
School
•Coordinate
dataRecorder
collectionData
forManager
schoolTime-keeper
teams sendCommunication
to
LEA Coordinator.
Administrator
Coordinator
•Link between schools and LEA Coordinator.
Students
Parents
School Staff
•Assist schools
with action planning.
Community
State Leadership Team
Visibility &
Political Support
Training &
Coaching
Assessment &
Evaluation
State PBS Consultant
Regional Coordinators
Trainer
LEA
Coordinator
Work with PBSExternal
Regional
Coordinator
Trainer & LEA Coordinator to plan
Coach
trainings.
Complete the train-the-trainer process.
•Participate
in all 3 Modules as a team member.
Team Leader
(In –School all 3 Modules with an experienced trainer.
•Co-train
Coach)
•Achieve competence and train independently.
Attend Trainer
and updates.
School
Data Manager
Time-keeper
Communication
Recorderrefreshers
Administrator
Provide support and technical assistance forCoordinator
school teams.
Students
Parents annual self-assessment and competency requirements.
Complete
School Staff
Community
State Leadership Team
Visibility &
Political Support
Training &
Coaching
Assessment &
Evaluation
State PBS Consultant
Regional Coordinators
LEA
Team Leader Coordinator
School
Administrator
Students
(In –School Coach)
Coordinate
with LEA/External Coach & LEA
Trainer
External Coach
Coordinator.
Attend PBS coach meetings and training.
Facilitate team meetings for your school.
Team Leader
Assist
(In –Schoolteams with using and understanding data.
Coach)
Stay
informed about national PBS research.
Coordinate
completion
ofTime-keeper
School Evaluation
Tool.
Data Manager
Communication
Recorder
Coordinate data collection and send toCoordinator
LEA
Coach.
Parents
School Staff
Community
State Leadership Team
Visibility &
Political Support
Training &
Coaching
Assessment &
Evaluation
State PBS Consultant
Regional Coordinators
LEA
Coordinator
External Coach
Trainer
Team Leader
(In –School
Coach)
School
Administrator
School
Administrator
Recorder
Students
Students
Recorder
Timekeeper
Time-keeper
Communication
Coordinator
Communication
Coordinator
Parents
School Staff
Parents
Community
Community
Data
Manager
Data Manager
School Staff
Positive Behavior Support Training
Opportunities and Support
• Regional and LEA Trainings
• PBS Summer Institute
• PBS Workshops – Training for LEA
Coaches and Coordinators
• DVD for principals new to PBS schools
Adding Vegetables to the Garden
Braiding Initiatives
Integration with Other Efforts
• Systems of Care
– Meeting hosted by Charlotte/Mecklenburg
– Discussed integration of PBS and SOC
– SOC Coordinators requested additional
information about PBS
– PBS presentations at SOC regional
meetings
• Has led to PBS/Behavior support participation
at local SOC meetings
Integration with Other Efforts
• Preschool Behavior Education
– Joint meeting 2/13/08 at DPI
– Connection between people who work
with Preschool Children and Schoolaged Children around behavior and
social skills
– Grant for Preschool Training
– Additional meetings planned to increase
collaboration
Integration with Other Efforts
• Family Involvement
– Help PBS teams determine ways to involve and
support families at all levels of the continuum
– Epstein’s Model of parent involvement:
Parenting, communication, volunteering, learning
at home, decision-making, community
collaboration
– Training will ask teams to identify a task/project
to address each of the six areas at each of the
three levels of continuum
– Pilot training 08-09
Integration of DPI Efforts
• School Improvement
–Responsiveness to Instruction
–Positive Behavior Support
–Instructional Consultation
–Reading Initiative
–Etc.
School Improvement
Academic
Whole School
Behavior
Effective
Classroom
School
Intensive, Individual
Interventions
Culturally
Intensive, Individual Interventions
•Tutoring Organization
•Functional Behavior Assessment &
Responsive
•Academic Remediation Plans
Behavior Intervention Planning
Instruction
•Specially Designed Instruction
Struggling Students
Effective
Culturally
Targeted
Group Interventions
Targeted Group
Interventions
Instructional
Progress
Individuals
Responsive
•Small group instruction Practices
•Social Skills instruction
Monitoring
ConsiderPractices
•Focused academic help
•Reinforcement of specific skills
EC
ation
for
Behavioral
sessions
•Group
Behavioral
Strategies
Eligibility
Related Specially
•Classroom
Coaching
Group Strategies
Positive School Universal
Effective
Services Designed
Design/
Climate
Instructional
Instruction
Differentiated
Mental
Health
Universal Interventions
Universal
Interventions
FBA/BIP
Behavior
Practices
Assistance
•Effective instructional Instruction
•School-wide
rules and
Interventions
Mental
Effective Staff
practices
procedures
Focused
Positive
•Recognition
of
•Systematic
Health Services
Development
Research-based
academic
reinforcement
Classroom
Academic Instruction
achievement
•Social Skills Instruction
Management
Data Based
•Culturally responsive
•Culturally responsive
Ongoing
practices
practices
Decision
Classroom
Coaching
•Data-based decision•Data-based decisionScreening
and
Making
and Consultation
making
making
Assessment
•Parent & Community
•Parent & Community
Parent and
Partnerships
Partnerships
Community
Partnerships
Fruits & Bouquets
Implementation Data
Evaluations
• Annual evaluation with Bob Algozzine
from UNC-Charlotte
• Duke University has started evaluation of
eight schools
• Positive Behavior Support Consultant will
work with others in NCDPI to analyze
relevant data.
North Carolina
Positive Behavior Support Initiative
More elementary
schools (77%) had SET
Total scores of 80% or
higher than middle
(44%) or high schools
(25%). Higher levels
were also evident in
elementary schools for
the SET Expectations
Taught subscale.
North Carolina
Positive Behavior Support Initiative
Office discipline referral
data from schools
implementing PBS in
North Carolina compare
favorably with national
averages.
North Carolina
Positive Behavior Support Initiative
There has been a
consistent decrease in
suspensions across
schools implementing
PBS over the past three
years.
Office Discipline Referral Risk in NC
5
100%
90%
3
9
12
4
10
11
23
80%
70%
60%
50%
83
87
85
67
40%
30%
20%
10%
0%
04-05
05-06
06-07
Control
6+ ODR
2-5 ODR
0-1 ODR
Office Discipline Referral Risk in NC
2
4
7
100%
14
90%
80%
70%
60%
91
82
50%
40%
30%
20%
10%
0%
SET Met (n=7)
SET Not Met (n=5)
6+ ODR
2-5 ODR
0-1 ODR
Asheboro City Schools
• 8 out of the 8 schools ( about 4700 students)
have teams trained in PBS.
• Out of School suspension occurrences for the
entire system:
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2003-2004 646 OSS occurrences
2004-2005 562 OSS occurrences
2005-2006 329 OSS occurrences
2006-2007 497 OSS occurrences (Increase in
2006-07, but reduction since beginning of
implementation)
Pine Valley Elementary School
New Hanover County Schools
1000
900
800
700
600
500
400
300
200
100
0
Discipline
Referrals
2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07
Pine Valley Elementary School
New Hanover County Schools
Year
200304
200405
200506
200607
Total #
Administrator Instructional
Referrals
Time
Time
944
644
480
321
236 hours =
- 36 days
161 hours =
+ 11 days
120 hours =
+ 6 days
80 hours =
+ 6 days
708 hours =
- 109 days
483 hours =
+ 35 days
360 hours =
+ 19 days
241 hours =
+ 18 days
Brunson Elementary School
Winston Salem/Forsyth County Schools
2004-2005 School
Year (Before PBS)
2005-2006 School
Year 1 PBS
2006-2007
Year 2 PBS
Office Referrals
263
156
107
Suspensions
49
41
16
5,260 min.
(88 hrs.) (15 days)
7890 min.
(132 hrs.) (22 days)
3,120 min.
(52 hrs.) (9 days)
4680 min.
(78 hrs.) (13 days)
2,100 min.
(35 hrs.) (6 days)
3180 min.
(53 hrs) (9 days)
34,920 min.
(582 hrs.) (97 days)
30,240 min.
6,480
(504 hrs.) (84 days) (108 hrs.) (18 days)
Administrator Time
@ 20 min./referral
Instructional Time
Missed @ 30
min./referral
Instructional Time
Missed @ 6
hrs./suspension
Comparing 05-06(year 1 PBS) and 06-07(year2 PBS)
3 days of administrator time recovered
70 days of instructional time regained!
Third Grade EOG Results in PBS Schools
86.73
90
80
83.1
SET
Met
(n=7)
71.7
70
58.34
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
Reading
Math
SET
Not
Met
(n=5)
While achievement
differences were not
statistically significant
across schools with
different levels of
implementation, effect
sizes reflecting practical
differences were large
(.55 for reading and .98
for mathematics).
Charlotte/Mecklenburg
Implementation Data
• Elementary PBIS schools increased the
number of students passing the EOG
reading test as they progressed from
grades 3 to 5 by 13.9%, compared to 7.7%
for similar non-implementing schools.
• Elementary bus behavior decreased by
5.73% between first and fourth quarter for
2006-07.
Charlotte/Mecklenburg
Implementation Data
• West Charlotte High school reduced suspension
days by 39% between 05-06 and 06-07.
• Mountain Island’s enrollment grew by 17.6%
between 05-06 and 06-07, but the average
referrals per day only grew by 3%.
• Hidden Valley Elementary reduced office
discipline referrals by 68% and suspension
events by 77% between 05-06 and 06-07.
Cultivating Your Garden
Essential to Plan for:
• Seeding
• Time for germination
• Dealing with fertilizer
• Expect some plants
you’ve never seen
before
• Insurance for
floods/droughts
Helpful Information
• www.ncpublicschools.org/positivebehavior
• Diann Irwin
[email protected]
• Heather Reynolds [email protected]