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OLD Mill High SchoolOLD Mill High School

PBISPBIS

Warts and ALLWarts and ALL

Old Mill High SchoolOld Mill High School 2680 student body2680 student body Newly formed 9Newly formed 9thth grade academy grade academy

05/0605/06 700 new freshman700 new freshman ““pure” classes/common planspure” classes/common plans approximately 40 faculty in academyapproximately 40 faculty in academy 2 Credit recovery classes2 Credit recovery classes

PBIS - The beginningPBIS - The beginning BrainstormingBrainstorming Excitement Excitement Our Acronym - Our Acronym -

S tudiousS tudious T imleyT imley A chievingA chieving R espectfulR espectful S uccessfulS uccessful

The DilemmasThe Dilemmas Entire school or just 9Entire school or just 9thth grade academy grade academy Core classes or electives tooCore classes or electives too To MIR or not to MIRTo MIR or not to MIR Forgery proof Stars TicketsForgery proof Stars Tickets Several big prizes or many small prizesSeveral big prizes or many small prizes How to In-service the staffHow to In-service the staff How to orient the FreshmanHow to orient the Freshman

What we did:What we did: Implemented PBIS in 9Implemented PBIS in 9thth grade academy grade academy Core academics with electives invited to Core academics with electives invited to

participateparticipate Staff power point end of first faculty Staff power point end of first faculty

meeting for 9meeting for 9thth grade academy teachers grade academy teachers onlyonly

Buy in survey distributed and returnedBuy in survey distributed and returned PBIS team participated in 9PBIS team participated in 9thth grade grade

academy freshman orientation planning academy freshman orientation planning Power point presentation to students Power point presentation to students

during their freshman orientation. during their freshman orientation.

What we did:What we did: Provided STARS Provided STARS

teaching grid with teaching grid with examples for lesson examples for lesson in all classesin all classes

Provided all Provided all students with 9students with 9thth grade academy grade academy notebook with a notebook with a letter introducing letter introducing program to parentsprogram to parents

Name: How I can aim for the STARS? Team:________________

What we did:What we did: Provided teachers with template for Provided teachers with template for

stars tickets so they could duplicatestars tickets so they could duplicate Stopped worrying about forgery of Stopped worrying about forgery of

tickets - it never happenedtickets - it never happened Held 5 PBIS Team meetingsHeld 5 PBIS Team meetings Canvassed school organizations for Canvassed school organizations for

incentivesincentives Student incentive surveyStudent incentive survey

Midyear regroupingMidyear regrouping Began weekly e-mails to teachers to focus Began weekly e-mails to teachers to focus

on a behavior of the weekon a behavior of the week Daily announcement the next prize Daily announcement the next prize

drawing and a behavior to focus on this drawing and a behavior to focus on this weekweek

Began the prize patrol cart that visited Began the prize patrol cart that visited morning classes morning classes

Developed pocket sized STAR TicketsDeveloped pocket sized STAR Tickets Stars Envelopes provided in all classesStars Envelopes provided in all classes Examined our SWIS dataExamined our SWIS data

Prize PatrolPrize Patrol Delivered prizes every other week Delivered prizes every other week

following drawing following drawing It was always a welcome diversion!It was always a welcome diversion!

The HurdlesThe Hurdles Student Student

participationparticipation Teacher Teacher

participationparticipation Stars productionStars production Holding regular Holding regular

drawingsdrawings Finding Motivating Finding Motivating

IncentivesIncentives Staying positiveStaying positive

The SuccessesThe Successes We are HERE talking about PBISWe are HERE talking about PBIS 50 percent of 950 percent of 9thth grade academy teachers grade academy teachers

actively used Stars in their classesactively used Stars in their classes PBIS team Advocated for and obtained a PBIS team Advocated for and obtained a

teacher planning period to devote to PBIS teacher planning period to devote to PBIS 06/0706/07

99thth grade academy funding will be used to grade academy funding will be used to gain additional staff to address tardy gain additional staff to address tardy problemproblem

OMHS received a very positive SET OMHS received a very positive SET assessmentassessment

Survey SAYS:Survey SAYS: Staff buy in surveyStaff buy in survey 55% YES55% YES 12% Yes - with reservations12% Yes - with reservations 33% No response33% No response

Student Survey Student Survey SAYS: SAYS:

42% students report only 1 teacher 42% students report only 1 teacher regularly uses STARSregularly uses STARS

36% students report 2 teachers 36% students report 2 teachers regularly use STARSregularly use STARS

4% - 3 teachers4% - 3 teachers 4% - 4 teachers4% - 4 teachers 10 Percent NONE (OUCH)10 Percent NONE (OUCH)

SWIS DATASWIS DATAMonthMonth # Days# Days # Referrals# Referrals Avg. ReferralsAvg. ReferralsAUGAUG 33 22 .67.67SEPSEP 2222 5151 2.322.32OCTOCT 1818 7878 4.334.33NOVNOV 1717 9696 5.655.65DECDEC 1616 8484 5.255.25JANJAN 1818 156156 8.008.00FEBFEB 1919 154154 8.218.21MARMAR 2323 204204 8.878.87APRAPR 1717 7272 4.244.24MAYMAY 2222 127127 5.775.77JUNEJUNE 88 2323 2.882.88TOTALSTOTALS 183183 10371037 5.675.67

The WartsThe Warts Our beginning was less then spectacular. Our beginning was less then spectacular. Only 66% faculty buy inOnly 66% faculty buy in 05/06 Freshman orientation was not felt to 05/06 Freshman orientation was not felt to

be effective.be effective. Difficulty finding incentives that motivate Difficulty finding incentives that motivate

kidskids Time involved in obtaining prizesTime involved in obtaining prizes PBIS Team attrition/sporadic meetingsPBIS Team attrition/sporadic meetings Data input – loss of SWIS trained personnelData input – loss of SWIS trained personnel Initial Data can be discouragingInitial Data can be discouraging

The FutureThe Future

Minor incident reports will be implemented in at Minor incident reports will be implemented in at least 50% of the classrooms.least 50% of the classrooms.

Stars incentives will be used by at least 75% of 9th Stars incentives will be used by at least 75% of 9th grade teachers.grade teachers.

Regular drawings will be held for students every Regular drawings will be held for students every other week and at a consistent time.other week and at a consistent time.

Daily announcements will be made regarding Daily announcements will be made regarding STAR behavior and upcoming drawings.STAR behavior and upcoming drawings.

Monthly drawings for teachers will be held.Monthly drawings for teachers will be held.Posters will be developed and posted in halls.Posters will be developed and posted in halls.Recruit parent member/participationRecruit parent member/participation

The FutureThe Future Plan a STARS introduction teaching Plan a STARS introduction teaching activity for 9th graders for 1st day back.activity for 9th graders for 1st day back. Data will be analyzed monthly and BIP’s written Data will be analyzed monthly and BIP’s written

for all high fliers 10 or more referrals.for all high fliers 10 or more referrals. Publish at least one Parent Newsletter Article Publish at least one Parent Newsletter Article

for first newsletter of school year, for first newsletter of school year, Student recognition in school newspaperStudent recognition in school newspaper Bulletin Board – post winners and upcoming Bulletin Board – post winners and upcoming

prizesprizes Obtain quarterly Teacher nominated winners to Obtain quarterly Teacher nominated winners to

be Super Stars and post/publish names. be Super Stars and post/publish names.

To Be Continued…..To Be Continued…..