Two years have gone by since your school made the decision to radically change its climate and culture with PBIS. In those two years, student behavior has improved, engagement has increased, and students have experienced greater academic success. What’s next?
While you may be feeling quite accomplished with the progress your school has made, you can’t stop now. PBIS implementation is a marathon, not a sprint. It can take up to five years to fully implement and establish a PBIS initiative in a school. Year 1 is for building a foundation of positive behavioral expectations, recognition, and buy-in. Year 2 is when you refine and expand your initiative, making decisions based on the data generated. PBIS implementation Years 3-5 are all about solidifying PBIS as a central part of your school’s culture.
Building Sustainable Positive Behavior Practices in PBIS Implementation Years 3-5
By the time your school has entered Year 3 of PBIS, the foundational elements of PBIS should be firmly established. Staff is using PBIS with fidelity, and students are responding in positive ways. Your school’s core behavioral values are an established part of school culture. Your PBIS team is continuing to evaluate and refine your initiative using best practices. Families and the larger community are engaged in your school’s PBIS mission in a variety of ways. All in all, your PBIS initiative is humming right along.
Now’s the time to take your PBIS initiative up a notch.
Because your PBIS initiative is a central part of your school’s culture, it’s easier to dig deeper into persistent behavior challenges, encourage service-learning activities, and build a strong, inclusive school community. It’s likely that the improvements in school culture are reflected in student culture, which in turn helps to improve staff culture. Teacher-student relationships can thrive in such an environment, which impacts not only behavior, but also academic success.
PBIS implementation Years 3-5 is where you can have fun with the entire school community. Adding elements such as a staff rewards program and a house system enables everyone in the school to participate in the positivity of PBIS. Because everyone in your school community is invested in PBIS, adding opportunities for fun, appreciation, friendly competition, and camaraderie can help further strengthen your school’s culture.
Using PBIS Rewards in PBIS Implementation Years 3-5
For schools using PBIS Rewards, adding higher-level elements to a PBIS initiative is easy.
PBIS Rewards is designed to provide schools with an easy digital management system for their PBIS initiative. As a digital token economy, PBIS Rewards enables schools to quickly acknowledge positive student behavior, tracks student point balances, and provides a way for students to accurately spend their points in their school’s PBIS store. The software also tracks every bit of PBIS data and provides a wealth of reports that schools can use to improve student outcomes.
In Year 2, you likely began using some higher-level features in PBIS Rewards, including Check-In/Check-Out, SEL/Status Check, Behavior Intervention & Restorative Practices, and more. Within PBIS Rewards, PBIS implementation Years 3-5 is where you can really level up.
Some of the notable elements that you can add to your PBIS initiative in Years 3-5 are readily available within the software, including:
- Advanced reports
- Customized interventions
- Teacher Rewards
- House Groups
As your school continues in its PBIS journey, PBIS Rewards can help to make that journey more productive. Not only does our software enable schools to administrate every part of a PBIS initiative, from recognition and tracking to referrals and reporting, our companion apps allow students and families to participate, as well. We also provide opportunities for staff training and professional development to help your staff improve their understanding of PBIS and PBIS Rewards.
We’d love to help you dive deeper into PBIS implementation with a digital token economy that makes it easier to administrate. Contact us to learn more!
