2. Prevention practices
System for establishing the social
culture, learning and teaching
environment
Clearly lays out behavioral
expectations
System for providing support to
achieve academic and social success
for all students.
3. Instead of using punishment as a
method of changing behavior, PBIS
schools focus on preventing
misbehavior.
There will be a greater focus on
teaching expected behaviors and
acknowledging good choices.
4. Students who misbehave will still receive
consequences; consequences however
will match the misbehavior
5. Primary Prevention:
School-/Classroom-
Wide Systems for
All Students,
Staff, & Settings
Secondary Prevention:
Specialized Group
Systems for Students
with At-Risk Behavior
Tertiary Prevention:
Specialized
Individualized
Systems for Students
with High-Risk Behavior
~80% of Students
~15%
~5%
CONTINUUM OF
SCHOOL-WIDE
INSTRUCTIONAL &
POSITIVE BEHAVIOR
SUPPORT
ALL
SOME
FEW
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6. • Who is being suspended or expelled?
• Time taken away from instruction
• School to Prison Pipeline
• “Punishment doesn’t fix behavior; it just
throws thousands of flailing kids into the
school to prison pipeline.”
7. At William Green Elementary our students:
Stay safe
Own our actions
Act with kindness
so we are
Ready to learn
8. 5:1
Say 5 positive statements to every 1
correction statement
Root Causes
Begin to look at reasons why students
are misbehaving
9. • School matrix that clearly lays out
expectations
• Positive Reward System Implementation
