Throughout this month’s December Friday 5s, we have been unpacking the PBIS Tiered Fidelity Inventory (TFI). Thus far, we have examined ways to effectively establish teaming processes, teach and reteach expectations, coordinate high quality professional learning and strengthen our feedback and acknowledgement systems. This week we will focus on TFI features 1.10 and 1.11. These… Read More 5 Tips to Prioritize Staff, Student, and Family Voice
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5 Tips for Developing Feedback and Acknowledgement Systems
TFI feature 1.9 defines feedback and acknowledgement as a formal system that is in place and used by at least 90% of a sample of staff and received by at least 50% of a sample of students. This written set of procedures for specific behavior feedback should be: [a] linked to school-wide expectations and [b]… Read More 5 Tips for Developing Feedback and Acknowledgement Systems
5 Tips for High Quality Professional Learning
TFI 1.7, Professional Development, calls for a written process to be used when orienting all faculty/staff to the four core Tier 1 SWPBIS practices: teaching school-wide expectations, acknowledging appropriate behavior, correcting errors, and requesting assistance. The Every Student Succeeds Act calls professional development an integral part of an educator’s work, and says for an activity… Read More 5 Tips for High Quality Professional Learning
5 Tips for Effectively Teaching and Re-teaching Behavior
The PBIS Tiered Fidelity Inventory (TFI) features 1.3 – 1.6 focus on teaching behavioral expectations and emphasizing consistency in defining and responding to behavior. Providing resources that assist and empower staff and students to teach expected academic and social behaviors ensures we are creating a positive climate for learning. Turn the Tables: Ask Students to… Read More 5 Tips for Effectively Teaching and Re-teaching Behavior
5 Tips to Build and Sustain Well Functioning Teams
Throughout this month’s Friday 5 we will be unpacking the Tiered Fidelity Inventory (TFI). The TFI is a tool that is used at least annually to check for fidelity of PBIS implementation. The TFI features can also have a broader applicability and can be useful for teachers, administrators, and school teams even if they are… Read More 5 Tips to Build and Sustain Well Functioning Teams
Student Agency: The Key to Authentic Engagement
Student agency can be described as “the idea that students have the capacity to take action, craft and carry out plans, and make informed decisions based on a growing base of knowledge (Safir & Dugan, 2021).” Roger Hart’s Ladder of Participation is one conceptual framework which describes the degrees to which students may or may… Read More Student Agency: The Key to Authentic Engagement
Cultivating an Integrated System of Support for Behavior: A 5-Article Series
It’s all about behavior! Student success is the result of many individuals’ behaviors that converge to result in a total school experience. We’ve spent the last month creating a five-article series that focuses on supporting student behavior, which begins with teachers co-creating positive classroom communities for learning where all students experience a sense of belonging… Read More Cultivating an Integrated System of Support for Behavior: A 5-Article Series
