no wasted time: pbis meetings that work. our school durham elementary school durham elementary...
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No Wasted Time:
PBIS Meetings That Work
Our School
Durham Elementary School
Tigard, Oregon 550 students in grades K-
5 23 classrooms 44% free/reduced Targeted Assistance Title
I 60% White, 30% Latino,
10% other groups of color 20% ELL
Our Behavior Support System
Core curriculum is Second Steps
School-wide positive supports
District protocol defines tiers of support
Effectiveness tracked through SWIS
Our Reading Program
90 minute protected block
“Walk to Read” (flexible skill grouping)
District protocol of curricular options
3 instructional tiers Interventions
funded with general fund and Title I
Our Math Program
60 minutes per day of protected math instruction
Implementing Expressions next year
Interventions are mostly within core
Voyager math recently added
No Wasted Time
“Organizing is what you do before you do something, so that when you do it, it is not all mixed up.”
- Winnie the Pooh
Before the Meeting
1.Clarify the purpose
2. Invite the right people
3.Create a year-long calendar
4.Assign leadership roles
5.Prepare an agenda
6.Collect useful data
Clarify the Purpose(There are three!)
1. Evaluate School-Wide Effectiveness
2. Evaluate Grade-Level Effectiveness
3. Make Instructional Decisions About Individual Children
Invite the Right People(No missing pieces of the puzzle)
PrincipalLiteracy
SpecialistCounselor/
School Psychologist
Learning Specialist
ELL TeacherClassroom
Teachers
Create a Year-Long Calendar
It’s a priority for everyone
Every 6 weeks
Same week day
Assign Leadership Roles
Facilitator and Time Keeper
Presenters of Data
Note Takers
Make a Really, Really Good Agenda
Ask questions that need to be answered
Build in Decision Rules
Be thorough
Keep it consistent
Use it – stick to it
Collect Useful Data
What do you need to know to answer the questions you’ll be asking?
During the Meeting
1. Make it easy for classroom teachers to participate
2. Stick to the agenda
3. Present data in visual forms
4. Include all children
5. Make commitments to problem solve at a later date
6. Take minutes
Make it Easy for Teachers
Teachers “just” show up
Data are provided
Minutes are taken by others
Stick to the Agenda
Present Data Visually
Grade level chart
Individual student graphs
Color Coding
Mark 6 Week Intervals
Make Commitments to Problem Solve at a Later Date
- Identify the need to develop or modify a plan
- Determine who needs to participate
- Assign tasks
- Follow through
Take Minutes
Important for accountability
Historical record
Laptop at meeting
Designated recorder
After the Meeting
Get Minutes Out Promptly
Follow Through on Commitments
Share On-Going Progress Monitoring
Get Minutes Out Promptly
E-mail to all team members
Each meeting is added to the previous meeting
Staff are expected to read them
Follow Through on Commitments
“When you get right down to the root of the meaning of the word “succeed”, you find that it simply means to follow through.”
- F.N. Nichol
Share On-Going Progress Monitoring
Data are used to inform instruction
Adjustments are made as needed
“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.”
- Aristotle