1. PBIS in the Middle &
Junior High School
SORLA 2012
Emily Robb

2. Who is in the room?
• Name
• Role
• Something you do for fun
• A positive memory you have of
Junior High

3. Agenda
• Introductions
• Nicollet Junior
High
Breaks as needed
• What is PBIS?
Questions anytime
– Basics
– Common Expectations
– Teaching Matrix
• Reinforcers
• Tier II
Interventions
• The Adolescent
Brain

4. Who is in the room?
• Name
• Role
• Something you do for fun
• A positive memory you have of
Junior High

5. SWPBS is about….
Improving classroom
& school climate
Integrating Decreasing reactive
academic & management
behavior
initiatives
Improving Maximizing
support for academic
students w/ EBD achievement

6. Supporting Social Competenc
Academic Achievement
OUTCOMES
Support
Supporting
Decision
Staff Behavior
Making
PRACTICES
Supporting
Student Behavior

7. Tertiary
CONTINUUM OF Prevention:
SCHOOL-WIDE Specialized
INSTRUCTIONAL & ~5%
Individualized
POSITIVE BEHAVIOR Systems for
SUPPORT ~15%
Students with
Secondary
High-Risk
Prevention:
Behavior
Primary Prevention:
Specialized
School-/Classroom-
Group
Wide Systems for
Systems for
All Students,
Students with
Staff, & Settings
At-Risk
Behavior
~80% of Students

8. A Few Steps Ahead
SORLA – PBIS in the Middle and JH School Presentation
Focus Be present
Integrity Ask questions
Be open minded
Responsibility Take care of you
Take responsibility for your own learning
Check email/texts on break or in hallway
Excellence Help others
Share ideas

9. Nicollet Junior High
FIRE
Focus
Integrity
Responsibility
Excellence

10. At Nicollet Junior High we
Focus on academics,
foster Integrity, take
Responsibility for
ourselves, and strive for
Excellence.

11. 08-09 School Year
Referrals per Day by
Month

12. 11-12 School Year, 3rd year
of implementation

13. Administrative time

14. Out of class time

15. Classroom Hallway/Stairwell Bathroom Lunchroom Bus Locker Room, PE Emergency In All Settings
and Ex. Cur Procedures
Eyes on the Walk on the Use the Walk to lunch Be on time to Be prompt Remain calm, Listen and
speaker right bathroom in a timely your bus Keep locker focused and follow
Listen when Be aware of facilities manner Watch for your rooms clean alert directions the
Focus
others are your efficiently Turn in lunch bus stop Lock up you Stop, look and first time they
speaking surroundings money first things in the listen for adult are given
thing in the locker rooms directions
morning. Remain quiet
at all times
Ask Help those Be respectful Join the end of Be respectful Treat others Respect Interact
appropriately who might be of the the of the bus, bus including: personal and appropriately
for help when in need bathroom appropriate driver, and opposing school with adults
needed Be courteous environment line bus stop team, other property and peers
Integrity
Electronic to adults and Use facilities Treat others, environment visitors, Do the right
devices turned peers for their including chaperones, thing
off and stored intended cafeteria staff peers, and Be positive
Maintain purposes only and custodial adults with Take pride in
academic staff, as you respect your actions
honesty would like to Wash your and school
be treated gym clothes Respect
regularly diversity
Arrive to class Walk with Clean up after Clean up your Keep your area Leave the area Follow Accept
on time, purpose to yourself area of the bus the way it was emergency responsibility
prepared and your assigned Wash your Take care of clean before you procedures for your
ready to learn destination hands accidental Take your arrived promptly actions
Clean up your Keep traffic Flush the toilet spills belongings Report theft Stay with Honor the
seating area areas clear and after use Say please and with you when and unsafe designated personal space
Obtain and allow others to Keep thank you exiting the bus behaviors group in of others
Responsibility
complete work pass bathroom Push your Respect other assigned areas Treat others as
you missed comfortably clean chair in when people's you would like
when absent Have hall pass you leave your property to be treated
(planner) with table Use peaceful
you at all times Keep all food conflict
and drink in resolution
the cafeteria Use
appropriate
language,
volume and
tone
Dress
appropriately
Take pride in Use your Report safety Invite others Report Show Nicollet Report Always try
your work passing time or cleanliness to join your concerns pride with problems or your best
Excellence
Participate in appropriately concerns to an table about bus respect to concerns to an Set a good
class activities adult Use safety to an others adult example
Complete all appropriate adult Set a good Encourage and
work and turn mealtime example support each
it in on-time manners other
Recycle

16. Matrix Examples

17. What characteristics
would you choose for
your school?
• Do you have a mascot?
• Does your high school have a
mascot?
• Can you use your school’s
abbreviation?

18. Reinforcers
• How might you reinforce positive
behaviors in your students?
• In your staff?

19. Interventions
• What classroom interventions
might you use?
• What about school-wide
interventions?
• Individual student interventions?