What is PBIS?
PBIS is a proactive systems approach to establishing behavioral support for all students in the school to achieve social, emotional, and academic success. PBIS establishes a three tiered system of support, and a problem-solving process to enhance the capacity of schools to effectively educate all students.
The Balmoral staff believes that schools can only be successful when they help students grow academically, socially, and emotionally. In order for this to happen, it is important that we establish an environment that allows students to grow. It is our goal to create an atmosphere of learning by setting clear expectations and directly teaching students about those expectations.
Our plan is based on Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS). We have a team of staff and parents that meet monthly to go over the referral data and make changes where needed.
Tier Two Interventions
All schools in Crete-Monee School District 201U develop and implement school-wide systems to promote positive student behavior. As part of that process, teams meet monthly to review school, grade level, and individual student behavior data. If a student's behavior data indicates that they may require more support, we will provide it in the form of Tier 2 interventions. These interventions are check-in-check-out (CICO), Social Academic Instructional Groups (SAIG), and brief behavior plans.
Check-in-Check-out (CICO) - The goal of CICO is to provide behavioral and academic supports to students. This daily intervention will provide students with regular reminders and feedback so he/she can remember to follow Balmoral behavior expectations at all times. The student's teacher will rate his/her behavior according to a daily behavior progress report. The students in this program are provided with incentives for positive behavior.
SAIG - These are skill-building groups used to support students in the school environment. There are three types of skills-building groups. 1) Pro-social skills (replacement behaviors for avoidance, withdrawal, etc.) Friendship skills/Social Awareness/Relationship building 2) Problem-solving skills (replacement behaviors for fighting, arguing, etc. ) Conflict Resolution skills/Anger Management skills/Self Management 3) Academic Behavior skills (replacement behaviors for getting out of seat, poor study habits, talking out during instruction, etc) Study/Organizational Skills/Focus/Self-Management skills/Responsible Decision- Making Skills.
Brief Behavior Plan - The goal is to meet as a team and develop a plan to support individual students. The plans are based on students' areas of need. It focuses on one area of concern and it is completed after we have used the above interventions first.