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PBIS focuses on proactive strategies for defining, teaching, and supporting appropriate student behaviors to create positive school environments.

The PBIS principles are as follows:

Develop behavior and academic interventions and supports
Use data to make decisions and solve problems
Arrange the environment to prevent the development and occurrence of inappropriate behavior
Teach and encourage prosocial skills and behaviors
Implement behavioral practices with fidelity and accountability
Screen universally and monitor student performance & progress continuously

The school PBIS team will focus on three to five behavioral expectations that are positively stated and easy to remember. The team then creates a matrix of what the behavioral expectations/rules look like, sound like, and feel like in the classroom as well as non-classroom areas (i.e. Hallway, Gym, Restroom, Cafeteria, Playground, Media Center/Library, etc.). Another primary activity for the PBIS team is determining how the behavioral expectations and routines will be taught in and around the school. The PBIS team also establishes a reward/incentive program for students and staff who demonstrate the school’s behavioral expectations.

The climate of each learning community is different; therefore, PBIS behavioral expectations are based on the needs of each school. The following images depict each school’s PBIS Expectations for their students and staff: