PBIS in Kindergarten

Energy Check In

Prompts for Today

I will give you a time warning – “30 seconds”

Then I will start counting down from 5.

5 - Thank your partner for participating

4 – Turn your body back toward me

3 – Eyes on Me

2 – Arms folded

1 – Ready for more learning

What is PBIS?

Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports

A proactive approach to establishing a social culture in a school that supports social, emotional, and academic success.

Supports safe and effective school environments while preventing student behavior problems.

Data-based decision-making to align curriculum and behavioral supports for students and staff.

80% of students

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PBIS in Kindergarten

1. Understand the importance of creating a positive classroom environment
2. Explore the connection between school-wide PBIS systems and classroom practices
3. Create classroom procedures following the PBIS framework
4. Explore the power of teacher/student relationships

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Classroom Environment

What do you know about arranging an effective classroom?

ACTIVITY:

On the paper provided, draw a diagram of your classroom.

What kind of activities take place in your classroom and where do they take place?

Dramatic Play

Blocks

Library

Art

Sensory

Computers

How many students will you have in the various areas at one time?

Where and how is your teacher’s desk placed, does it invite students in or keep them out?

Is the room clutter-free thus allowing the teacher to view and move to all areas?

Does the physical arrangement maximize the opportunity for positive teacher-student interaction while minimizing the possibility of disruptions?

Classroom Environment

Mobility and proximity are powerful tools

in classroom management.

while moving and scanning you should also frequently interact with students

continuous, random teacher movement throughout all parts of the classroom

frequent and intentional visual sweep of all parts of the classroom

These steps will create a positive climate and increases the likelihood of accepting correction if needed.

Moving

Scanning

Interact

Classroom Environment

Design a classroom to minimize distraction and conflict:

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• Arrange for easy traffic flow

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• Adequate supervision in all areas

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• Seating/Grouping arrangements

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Establish Expectations

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All Areas

All Staff and Students

An expectation is a broad goal for behavior or the GENERAL WAY teachers want their students to act.

• Be Safe
• Be Respectful
• Be Responsible

Establish Expectations

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All Areas

All Students

All Staff

School-wide

Expectations

What If Chart

Classroom

Be Respect

Be Responsible

Be Safe

Warning

Reteach

Stop and Think

Positive Praise

Tickets

Prizes

Establish Expectations

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In the Classroom

Be Respectful

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Be Responsible

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Be Safe

Four Pillars of PBIS

Positive Behavior Interventions and Support

Tiered Behavioral Instruction and Intervention

Proactive, Preventative, Efficient

Explicitly Teach Expectations

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All Areas

All Staff and Students

Teaching behavior expectations makes it clear to students what they need to do to be a successful student, reducing the time you spend away from instruction to correct behaviors.

Explicitly Teach Expectations

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All Areas

All Staff and Students

Explicitly Teach Expectations

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In the Classroom

Explicitly teaching expectations requires the teaching of procedures.

Expectation: Make a Cake

Procedures are how we make the cake. Measuring ingredients, baking, frosting, and finally decorating the cake.

The type of cake we get depends upon how explicit our procedures are.

To teach expectations we need to think about procedures and routines that need explicit teaching to be successful.

Share Your Procedures!

• State the Procedure
• Provide the Rationale
• What does modeling the behavior look like?
• What does it sound like?

I Do

We Do

Pick a procedure.

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Work through the teaching process for that specific procedure.

getting a drink

Ya’ll Do

Working with a partner -Take a post-it off the wall.

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Work through the teaching process for that specific procedure.

Look over your map, and consider your schedule – can you find a time or place that could use refinement?

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Write a procedure to improve student success.

We Do

Zero Voices

Sitting on the rug

Lining Up

• When 3 or more students are not successful
• When routines are changed
• After long breaks

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Reteach

Procedures

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Four Pillars of PBIS

Positive Behavior Interventions and Support

Tiered Behavioral Instruction and Intervention

Proactive, Preventative, Efficient

Reinforce Expectations

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All Areas

All Staff and Students

For each expectation or procedure do the following:

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• Be consistent
• Strengthen positive relationships
• Know your students & classroom
• Flood the room with positive reinforcers

Reinforce Expectations

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All Areas

All Staff and Students

School-wide

Reinforcers

Reinforce Expectations

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In the Classroom

Are your incentives changing student behavior?

Choose

Music for Class

Being the line leader

Eat lunch outside

Eat lunch with the teacher

Keep a stuffed animal at your desk pass

Participate in Behavior Party

Positive Praise

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• Call the student by name

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• State explicitly what the student is being praised for

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• Celebrate the little things

Four Pillars of PBIS

Positive Behavior Interventions and Support

Tiered Behavioral Instruction and Intervention

Proactive, Preventative, Efficient

Correct Behavioral Errors

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All Areas

All Staff and Students

Teaching rules, reviewing expectations, and providing feedback are associated with an increase in academic engagement, leadership skills, and conflict resolution.

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Correct Behavioral Errors

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All Areas

All Staff and Students

Correct Behavioral Errors

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All Areas

All Staff and Students

Kid Friendly

Version

Cueing

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Proximity

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Eye Contact

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Correcting Behavior Strategies

Proximity Praise

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Whisper

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Hand Signals

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‘I’ statements

Reteach

15-18% of students

3-5% of students

What do you do with

Tier 2 and Tier 3 students?

These are Your Kids for all Year!

Talk in your PLCs

Set an intervention that ties to the behavior

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Collect Data

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Set an appointment to attend the Student Support Team

These are Your Kids for all Year!

Work with your Social Worker, BHA, and school administration

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District Support

BCBAs will come out to work with you

(not to take that student out)

These are Your Kids for all Year!

Relationship

For Students: Students told researchers that good teachers listen to and take a personal interest in students’ lives. They show respect, value the individuality of each student, and are kind and polite. A caring teacher gives honest, but kind feedback, and offers second chances. They help students with schoolwork, manage the classroom well, and, perhaps most importantly, they plan fun activities.

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What is a positive teacher-student relationship?

Write a definition:

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What is a positive teacher-student relationship?

Relationship Strategy

2x10: Getting to Know a Student

Teachers spend two minutes a day for ten days getting to know a student with whom they wish to foster a positive relationship.

Relationship Strategy

Choose a student with whom you have had a hard time creating a positive connection or who perhaps is struggling.

Students who are habitually quiet in class may also benefit from this exercise.

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2x10: Getting to Know a Student

Relationship Strategy

Build Time into your daily schedule to interact with this student for 2 minutes per day for 10 consecutive school days; for example, before school, during centers, at recess, during lunch, during seat work, or after school.

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2x10: Getting to Know a Student

Relationship Strategy

Interaction with the student is positive and focused on the student’s interests. Avoid talking about classwork unless prompted by the student.

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2x10: Getting to Know a Student

2x10: What could you discuss?

Favorite movie

Favorite TV Show

Favorite song

What did you do over the weekend?

What did you do last night?

I noticed you like to run. Tell me about running.

Listen more than you talk!

Relationship Strategies

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• Greet students by saying their names or giving them a handshake or greeting.

• Send home positive notes of students caught doing something good.

• Share personal stories from class

• Stay up-to-date with pop culture as much as possible (great way to connect with students).

Relationship Strategies

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• When a new student arrives have a welcome sign with the student’s name and greet them at the door.

• “All About Me Board” – students love to learn about you and your likes and dislikes; this board could highlight your students throughout the year.

• Post students’ pictures and names in the classroom; students need to see themselves in the room, it builds a sense of belonging.

The teacher-student relationship is at the heart of teaching. Students who know their teachers care about them are more engaged and motivated to learn.

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They also show greater prosocial — kind and helpful — behavior and increased academic achievement. Indeed, for students in grades 8-12, the teacher-student relationship is the one factor most closely associated with academic growth.

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And teachers, too, benefit from good relationships with their students by experiencing the joy of teaching, helping them to maintain their commitment to the profession by preventing burnout.

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