Discipline

The purpose of the Colorado School-wide Positive Behavior Support (PBS) initiative is to establish and maintain effective school environments that maximize academic achievement and behavioral competence of all learners.
 * Positive Behavior Support**

Components of this approach:

•Defines and teaches behavioral expectations •Acknowledges and rewards appropriate behavior •Monitors and corrects behavioral errors •Uses data for decision making •Builds parent collaboration

While these ideas aren’t new, the approach is a bit different: it’s data driven, Program characteristics:

•Common approach to discipline

•Positively stated expectations for all students and staff

•Procedures for teaching the expectations

•Continuum of procedures for encouraging demonstration and maintenance of

•Continuum of procedures for discouraging rule-violating behavior system on a regular and frequent basis Procedures for monitoring and evaluating the effectiveness of the discipline

How PBS is evaluated for effectiveness:

Once the program themes, expectations and behaviors have been introduced and taught, staff and students are surveyed to see if they understand the concepts. This provides a baseline of information to gauge the success of the implementation and understanding of the PBS initiative.

The Thompson School District is implementing the PBS program through the Colorado Department of Education and the University of Oregon. Across the country, 29 states are adopting the researchbased, data-driven, Positive Behavior Support approach to student behavior.

Outcomes: With PBS  
 * Each school must have 80 percent buy-in from staff. 
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Verdana;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,Verdana;">Staff and parent participation <span style="font-family: MS Mincho,MS Mincho;"><span style="font-family: MS Mincho,MS Mincho;">and culture
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Verdana;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,Verdana;">Schools are given the flexibility to design programs to suit their school climate
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Verdana;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,Verdana;">The program can work alongside other behavioral programs. <span style="font-family: MS Mincho,MS Mincho;"><span style="font-family: MS Mincho,MS Mincho;">
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Verdana;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,Verdana;">Staff involvement in all aspects of the program, particularly in defining appropriate behavioral expectations





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