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.)? Our team is effective because each member understands the value of School-wide Positive Behavior Support. We have wide representation including a representation from each grade level, a counselor, ESE teacher, Related Arts teacher, and an administrator. Our administration offers input and supports our team. We work together, share the responsibilities and support each other.
How does your team use data to make decisions on campus? Parkside uses the School-wide Information System (SWIS). Data is shared and analyzed at PBS committee meetings. Team member shares the information with their grade level and then the information is placed on the Edshare drive for staff to refer to if needed. In addition, the Data is shared at school-wide faculty meetings. We use the data to brain storm and make pro-active changes. For instance when the SWIS data was presented at our Faculty meeting, many staff members noted the majority of the referrals were disrespect. The school staff came up with a variety of suggestions to empower the children to be more respectful, such as implementing character traits in both School -wide and classroom activities..
How do you share information with the rest of your faculty (e.g., emails, newsletters, meetings, etc.)? How often do you share this information? Information is shared in a variety of ways at Parkside.
At the beginning of the year, all staff members were trained on Basic PBS principles.
The morning news show been used to very effectively reinforce PBS expectations and procedures, recognize students who were caught a B.U.G. (Being Unusually Good) daily, and showcase the students of the week. The orative Weekly Focus, a weekly newsletter includes useful tidbits and staff recognition,
At grade level meetings, information is shared by PBS team member’s information and data is shared in the same small group setting.
Bi-monthly staff meetings and monthly facility meetings were use to spotlight staff, share information, and review the data.
What do you see as the overall strengths of your team? Please provide details. The direction and support the PBS coach receives from the District Coordinator has been a real plus. Opportunities for monthly coaches meeting to meet with all coaches from the district, the District Coordinator and the Administrator leadership and support of PBS have been essential.
We have had a school-wide commitment to PBS and students. Team members who care about the school and the success of all the students have made our inaugural year a success. |
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.
Being the school’s initial year, we feel we did a wonderful job establishing expectations and procedures.
Parkside excels at recognizing and supporting the staff which in turn has a direct effect of the students.
The entire staff is involved in and takes turns in recognizing peers through use of pay it forward” employee of the week parking space. In addition the administration recognizes staff successes by presenting 3-5 staff members with a character trait pin bi-monthly.
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Discuss the changes you have seen on campus since PBS implementation (e.g., data, climate, morale, etc.). As previously stated Parkside is a new school. It is hard to note change since implementation, because we started implementing PBS the day the school opened.
Observations we have made are: students know the school-wide expectations and the procedures, teachers are positive with their students, staff is supportive to each other, visitors to the school notice how great our students behave. |
