What makes your team work so well?  Please discuss in detail (e.g., what is your administrator’s role on the team, how is staff represented, etc.)? 8 new teachers were added this year and the team including the administrator went through PBS training this last summer.  This is the core team that meets once a month.  Since PBS is a goal in our school improvement plan we have an additional committee day once a month where additional teachers are present.  Through this type of set up every grade level is represented including our ESE population.  The administrator attends all of the Core Team meetings.  Information is filtered to all staff through this process.

How does your team use data to make decisions on campus?  The PBS team reviews data monthly to determine if additional incentives need to be added to the calendar.  The data is also shared to the School Advisory Counsel when the School Improvement Plan is discussed.  Since the administrator is present when the team feels something needs to be added or changed to help with the success of the program, we do not have to wait for additional input.  We are able to put it directly on the school calendar.

How do you share information with the rest of your faculty (e.g., emails, newsletters, meetings, etc.)?  How often do you share this information?  PBS information is shared through emails, newsletters and during faculty meetings.  Data is reviewed during the faculty meetings.  Retraining for the faculty and open faculty discussion also occurred this year to help determine why some of the months saw an increase in the referrals.  Through this open dialog we have continued buy in from the faculty.  Parents are informed through the newsletter.  A bulletin board of pictures of PBS events is located outside the cafeteria door.

What do you see as the overall strengths of your team?  Please provide details.  The strength is in having regular meetings with a wide grade level representation present.  The new members are enthusiastic and want to try new events or programs to help the students improve their behavior.  Teachers are also willing to seek help from other members of the team.  One team member was able to use her summer training in the classroom because she had 2 of the students needing individual intensive help.  Through the efforts of the teacher, counselor and Kids Connection community counselor the overall reading scores increased even though she had some severe behavior problems in her room.

In what areas of PBS does your team excel (e.g., rewarding students/staff, teaching expectations, data-based decision-making, etc.)?  Please provide details below. Students were able to receive rewards for their Super Sprockets on a weekly basis.  We had 4 parent volunteers that ran the PBS Store and PTA Book store weekly.  One couple no longer had their grandchild at our school but enjoyed doing it so much last year they organized it again.  The team was also able to use the data to evaluate when additional incentives were needed.  The Core Team met on a regular basis and was able to continue to improve PBS through the year.  The team was able to share PBS information to the rest of the faculty because every grade level was represented.

Discuss the changes you have seen on campus since PBS implementation (e.g., data, climate, morale, etc.).There is a consistency in all areas of the campus for expectations and rules.  Students did not have to consistently be reminded what the rules were.  Visiting parents and schools looking at the Engineering magnet program were impressed with the control on campus.  Even though the data showed an increase in referrals on a daily average we were still able to maintain a low number compared to surrounding schools not using PBS.  The students were enthusiastic about purchasing at the PBS School Store.  Even the Pre K students participated.

What are some obstacles that your team has had to overcome?  Please explain the process for overcoming these hurdles below. The biggest obstacle we have seen is that some teachers are not consistent with the process for minor infractions and referrals.  They still see punishment as the way to handle students and do not give out Super Sprockets. This led to retraining of the staff second semester with an open discussion on the referral process.  The other obstacle was in having only two team members remaining from the previous PBS team.  This was overcome through the summer retraining of the entire Core PBS Team.  The team will be training the entire staff during pre-school on PBS expectations for the staff.  Administrator will also help with the training and support the methods to be used.