IMPLEMENTATION QUOTES


	TEAMING:

	~WDE’s PBS Team is comprised of one teacher representative for each grade level, one representative for special areas, one representative for educational support personnel (ESP), as well as the Guidance Counselor. WDE’s Administrative Assistant is the chairperson of the PBS Team. The PBS Team meets monthly. The staff has “bought into” PBS because they have a voice in deciding how the program works for our school. The staff is given opportunities to provide feedback, offer suggestions, and to make choices in every step of the PBS process. The PBS Team reviews data such as attendance, grades, climate surveys, and office referrals during each monthly meeting to determine the course of PBS, progress and successes. WDE uses the School-wide Information System (SWIS) to monitor office referrals. The School-Wide Information System (SWIS) is a web-based information system designed to help school personnel to use office referral data to design school-wide and individual student interventions. Data is shared with the WDE staff via e-mails, PBS Team representatives, monthly PBS Team meetings, and monthly Faculty meetings. The greatest strength of our team is feedback and collaboration. The staff and PBS representatives are not afraid to discuss the pieces of our PBS system that may not be working as planned. Once a problem has been identified, the team works collaboratively to correct the problem.

	IMPLEMENTATION:

	~Teaching school-wide expectations and making data-based decisions are strengths of WDE’s PBS Team. The cafeteria was targeted as a problematic area as evident by review of data such as, office referrals and discipline procedures. Through collaborative efforts successful strategies were developed and implemented.

	OUTCOMES:

	~During the first year of implementation, student behavior in the hallways and cafeteria was identified to be problematic areas for our students. The PBS Team worked collaboratively within the group as well as with the staff to create an action plan. Rules were immediately developed for these areas that were in line with our school-wide expectations. Lesson plans to teach the rules were developed and presented to the staff. The rules were posted throughout the problematic areas and reinforced in the classroom and on the school’s morning show by administrative staff. A positive change was noticed immediate throughout the hallways of the school. Progress was made in the cafeteria as well, but not a quickly. The PBS Team met with the staff during a faculty meeting to discuss continued problems in the cafeteria. With feedback from the staff and data, the PBS Team was able to create a new plan for the cafeteria that made a positive impact.

	OBSTACLES:

	~Creating an effective reward system has been the biggest challenge our team has faces. The team met monthly with faculty and staff and constantly evaluated the reward system to determine strengths and weaknesses. Through input from students, ESPs, teachers, and administration a more effective reward system was developed.

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