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Ep. 34: PBIS Conferences as Professional Development
In today’s episode, hear from three experts about how to leverage your next conference attendance as part of your on-going, high-quality professional development calendar. Curious which PBIS conferences we recommend? Take a listen!
Professional Development
Systems
Implementation
Ep. 32: The Fundamentals of Schoolwide Teams
In today's episode, join us as we talk about the similarities and the differences across schoolwide teams...and how it all comes down to contextual fit.
Data-based decision making
Implementation
Systems
Tier 1
Anatomy of a Framework Part 2: Teams
We continue our series exploring the PBIS framework and its features. Today, we're talking about your schoolwide team, who should be on it and which procedures will help you do your most effective work ever.
Assessment
Action plan
Group
Systems
Evaluate
Anatomy of a Framework: Demystifying the Elements of PBIS
PBIS is a framework, but what does that mean? Here are the systems, practices, and data you need to implement to support your schoolwide efforts.
Assessment
Evaluate
Fidelity
Implementation
Ep. 30: 2023 Year in Review
We're looking back at the conversations we've had this year and sharing the top 5 lessons we learned from our guests.
Climate
Equity
Data-based decision making
Mental Health
Early Childhood
Teach by Design's 2023 Year in Review
Here are some of our reflections on a year’s worth of research findings, practical strategies, and a whole lot of GIFs.
Implementation
Behavior
Data-based decision making
Equity
Evaluate
Ep. 29: Integrating Mental Health Supports in Your PBIS Framework
Check out how one organization connects students with the resources and support they need from their larger schoolwide community…and learn how you can do the same.
Implementation
Mental Health
Research
Social Relationships
PBIS + School Mental Health = A Winning Combination
Too often, our PBIS implementation doesn't include school mental health data, systems, and practices. The Interconnected Systems Framework is one way to leverage your systems so students get the social, emotional, and behavioral support they need sooner.
Mental Health
Data-based decision making
Systems
Ep. 28: Dosing Up Schoolwide Support
What can you do when there is more schoolwide behavior than ever before? You can infuse Tier 1 practices with an extra dose of Tier 2 elements.
Classroom
Behavior
Implementation
School-Wide
Tier 2
Let’s Talk About Behavior Trends: What the Data Say and How to Address Your Classroom Realities
Supporting student behavior continues to be a top concern in schools across the country. Before layering on additional support, we have to confirm the basics are firmly in place.
Assessment
Fidelity
Referral
School-Wide
Tier 1
Disrupt Your Vulnerable Decisions with These Simple Solutions
Once you’ve named a schoolwide vulnerable decision point, then what? You implement solutions, of course. Here are a few to get you started.
Action plan
Behavior
Discipline
Equity
Implementation
Ep. 26: Vulnerable Decision Points
In this episode, we’re diving further in exploration of what makes a decision vulnerable and how we go about the business of talking about it as a team.
Equity
Discipline
Behavior
Action plan
Equitable Outcomes Require Finding Vulnerable Decisions
When it comes to identifying the situations most vulnerable to inequitable decisions, it helps to define the problem with precision. Want to know how?
Equity
Data-based decision making
Action plan
Ep. 25: A Coaching Conversation
In this episode, we’re talking with two coaches about their experiences helping schools and districts sustain their implementation in spite of so much disruption.
Assessment
Fidelity
Implementation
School-Wide
Dust Off Your Practices: 4 Tools to Refresh Your PBIS Framework
If your PBIS implementation fell by the wayside last year, we’re here to tell you it’s not too late to make a comeback. Here are four components to tackle sooner rather than later to set up your reboot for a successful start.
Assessment
Fidelity
Implementation
School-Wide
Ep. 24: The Benefits of Play
In this episode, learn how unstructured free times like recess help students practice the social, emotional, behavioral, and academic skills we want them to master.
Behavior
Early Childhood
Social Skills
The Serious Business of Play
When students play, they do more than blow off steam; they practice social, emotional, behavioral, and sometimes academic skills. So how can we incorporate more time to play during the day? Research has some ideas.
Social Skills
Research
Early Childhood
Ep. 21: Benefits & Examples of Creating a School-wide Purpose Statement
In this episode, explore with us the role “purpose” plays in your school and how you can go about the business of co-creating one with your larger school-wide community.
Motivation
School-Wide
Climate
Social Relationships
Start With Why: How to Put Purpose Back in Your Work
Your school has a mission statement. What about a purpose statement? This is your 4-step process to committing your school’s purpose to paper.
School-Wide
Individual
Climate
Motivation
Systems
Ep. 20: 2022 Year in Review
We're taking a look back at the conversations we've had this year and sharing the top 5 lessons we learned from our guests.
Data
Climate
Research
Social Relationships
Teach by Design’s 2022 Year in Review
Here are some of our reflections on a year’s worth of research findings, practical strategies, and a whole lot of GIFs.
Classroom
Climate
Implementation
Summary
Research
Ep. 19: Post-conference Wrap-up 2022
In today’s Expert Instruction episode, our PBISApps team shares answers to some of the most pressing questions we heard at the vendor booth during three PBIS conferences.
Assessment
Account
Individual
Point Card
Mental Health Matters: 12 Things I Learned From an International PBIS Conference
Mental health and social-emotional learning were trending topics at this year’s Association for Positive Behavior Supports Conference. These are 12 tips, tricks, and resources we learned from the experts that can support everyone’s mental health in your school.
Classroom
Research
School-Wide
Systems
Social Skills
Ep. 18: The Fundamentals of Data-driven Decisions
In this episode, hear how two coaches guide their teams through the decision-making process. What are the questions they always ask and where do they recommend you start?
Data-based decision making
Implementation
Systems
Decisions, Decisions: 5 Keys to Creating a Data-Driven School
When it comes to using data, nothing beats a solid process to guide the decisions you make. Here are five key factors to take your decision-making process to the next level.
Data-based decision making
Action plan
Measure
Report
Systems
Ep. 17: How to Create an Action Plan
In this episode, we’re talking with Hannah Anderson and Luke Anderson about how they help teams create effective action plans using data to guide the way.
Assessment
Data-based decision making
Climate
Fidelity
Implementation
Proven Ways to Make School-wide Feedback Work
So, you asked your students, families, and staff to take a survey about your school climate. What do you do with all the data you collected? You go through it all one step at a time.
Survey
School-Wide
Climate
Report
Ep. 16: Adding Student Voice to Leadership Teams
In this episode, we meet Zachary Patterson, San Diego Unified School District’s very first student board member. Find out how his experience might just change the way you add student voices to your leadership teams.
Climate
Systems
Social Skills
Social Relationships
Ep. 15: Uplifting Student Voices in Implementation
In this episode, learn about one county’s strategy to engage student voices and improve the way school works for everyone.
Equity
Climate
School-Wide
Social Relationships
7 Ways to Partner with Students and Level Up Your Implementation
Whether you find yourself starting at the bottom or you’re ready to level up, here are some ideas to incorporate student perspectives in your school.
Classroom
Implementation
Data-based decision making
Climate
Social Relationships
Ep. 14: Relieving Staff Stress with System-level Solutions
In this episode, we're talking about ways to make system-level changes to relieve staff stress.
Climate
School-Wide
Systems
Building System-level Solutions to School-wide Stress
While we practice self-care, it’s also important to examine the systems creating our stressful environments and find ways to change them. The WRAP process is just the thing to jumpstart those conversations.
Data-based decision making
Climate
Measure
Ep. 13: The Who, Why, & How of Tier 2 Decision-Making
In this episode, we talk to Dr. Erin Chaparro and Dr. Ginny Joseph about the fundamentals of Tier 2 team decision making.
Tier 2
Data-based decision making
Ep. 11: Creating a Welcoming Classroom
In this episode, we talk with Saki Malose about how to go beyond welcoming students and start creating radically welcoming classrooms.
Climate
Behavior
School-Wide
Make It Radical: Ideas For Your Most Welcoming Classroom Ever
As your students come back to the classroom, investing in relationships and fostering a sense of belonging should be at the top of your list of to-dos. Here are some ways to start radically welcoming students in your classroom.
Climate
Social Relationships
School-Wide
Behavior
Ep. 10: More Wins From a Weird Year
In this episode, we’ll hear from three schools about the things they did to make the 2020-21 school year successful in spite of the challenges, obstacles, and ever-changing mandates.
Behavior
Implementation
Climate
It's a Wrap: Wins That Inspire From a Weird Year
To close out the year, we’re celebrating the wins you experienced in spite of the chaos.
Implementation
School-Wide
Outcome
Climate
Ep. 9: Supporting School-Wide Mental Health
In this episode, we talk with Susan Barrett and Dr. Brandi Simonsen about the little things schools can do to support mental health in their students, teachers, and larger community.
School-Wide
Social Relationships
Social Skills
Mental Health Matters: 14 Strategies for Your School
It doesn't have to be a heavy lift. Here are 14 small things you can do to make improving everyone's mental health a priority in your school.
School-Wide
Social Skills
Individual
Behavior
PBIS Practices Pave Your Path to Recovery
Walk with us on a journey through the past year as we explore the four phases of crisis recovery and how PBIS practices supported us every step of the way.
School-Wide
Intensive
Implementation
Ep. 7: The I Am M.O.R.E. Project
In this episode of Expert Instruction, we talk with author, advocate, teacher, and visionary, Renee Mitchell, about her project to empower her students to share their stories.
Individual
Social Skills
Equity
Climate
Respect: Find Out What It Means to Me... Actually Ask Your Students
What's your definition of respectful behavior? How would your students define it? Get on the same page by creating something called a behavior dictionary.
Climate
Behavior
Equity
Individual
Supportive Environments Create Classroom Community
Creating a supportive environment requires addressing policies, procedures, and a school’s physical space. Here are some tips to make your school's environment more welcoming and culturally relevant to students.
Climate
Equity
School-Wide
Social Relationships
Ep. 5: Voice's Role in Implementation
In this episode of Expert Instruction, we're joined by three experts to explore the role of including students, family, and community voices in PBIS implementation.
Climate
Equity
Social Relationships
School-Wide
Including Student Voice in Your PBIS Implementation
Give students ownership over the way their school feels and center their voices in your school's PBIS implementation.
Equity
Implementation
School-Wide
Climate
Ep. 4: School Culture vs Climate
In this episode, we're talking to Athena Vernon about the difference between your school's climate and its culture and how to make your schoolwide expectations work for all students.
Climate
Equity
School-Wide
Social Relationships
Go, Engage, Connect: Welcome Student Identity & Improve Equity
Embedding culturally responsive practices in PBIS implementation requires creating a space where all students’ identities are affirmed and validated from the moment they walk in the building.
Equity
Climate
School-Wide
Social Relationships
Suspension Prevention: Classroom Management in Distance Learning
Find out how one teacher uses classroom management to prevent problem behaviors from getting out of hand.
Discipline
Distance Learning
Behavior
Social Skills
Equity
Ep. 2: Making Virtual Meetings Work For Your Team
Dr. Erin Chaparro joins us to talk about how teams can make the most of their virtual meetings.
Social Skills
Distance Learning
Social Relationships
Purpose, Trust, & Time: Tips for Teams Meeting Online
If your team will meet virtually for any part of this school year, here are some ways to adapt your meeting processes based on your new, remote reality.
Social Skills
Distance Learning
Social Relationships
Group
Ep. 1: Adapting Practices for Distance Learning
We started a podcast! In this first episode, get some quick tips from our trainers on how you can adapt your in-person instruction for distance learning.
Distance Learning
Data-based decision making
Get Back to School by Going Back to Basics
Don’t look for brand new ways to manage student behavior during distance learning; look for small changes you can make to your strong classroom management strategies.
Data-based decision making
Distance Learning
A 4-Step Plan for Handling Problem Behavior Remotely
Managing classroom behaviors when students are physically in front of you is challenging. How on earth are you supposed to respond to problem behaviors over the internet? First, breathe…
Behavior
Distance Learning
Implementation
4 Tips for Your Families Trying PBIS at Home
While your students are at home, families might benefit from those strong school-level PBIS structures you know and love. This is my family's experience attempting to create normalcy in the middle of a pandemic.
Distance Learning
Action plan
Implementation
Motivation
4 Steps Every Team Should Take for Students with Support Plans
Successfully implementing individual student supports can be challenging. Incorporating data in the process makes the path to success so much clearer.
Action plan
Individual
Targeted
Data-based decision making
Outcome
5 Questions Every Team Should Ask About School-wide Behavior
Data is a four letter word, but it doesn’t have to be one that causes your team anxiety. Embrace a data routine and start looking forward to using your data to improve decision making and outcomes for students!
Data-based decision making
Behavior
School-Wide
Outcome
Don't Discipline Hangry: 3 Steps to a Better Classroom
To break a habit of reacting to every problem behavior, we need to turn our intuitive, knee-jerk responses into deliberate, practiced actions.
Discipline
Behavior
Outcome
Implementation
Climate
Putting a Definition Back in Defiance
When it comes to our referral process, knowing what subjective behaviors like defiance and disrespect feel like isn’t enough. We need to define them precisely and we better do it fast.
Behavior
Data-based decision making
Equity
Measure
How to Bend Your Referral Process Without Breaking It
If you think your referral process is written in stone, think again. You can adjust it to fit your style without sacrificing fidelity.
Behavior
Data Integrity
Discipline
Implementation
Consistent Process + Reliable Data = Better Results
Your school's systems work together to make sure you’re collecting the right information in the right way at the right time. When it comes to improving student outcomes, everything starts with your discipline systems.
Data Integrity
Outcome
Data-based decision making
12 Books for Every Teacher’s Summer Reading List
Looking for a little inspiration to carry you into the upcoming school year? Here are 12 books to check out...preferably poolside.
Research
Behavior
Climate
Equity
28 Hacks to Improve Any Meeting
If meetings are going to be part of your work, don't let them be a waste of time. Here are 28 hacks to make your next meeting the best one yet.
Social Skills
Social Relationships
Climate
The Best Decisions Take Guts and Data
Using data to make decisions is important. What role does your intuition play in the process?
Data-based decision making
Survey
Implementation
7 Keys to Real World Implementation
In all the ways educational research is juicy and full of promise, the way we talk about research findings can be overly complicated. If a journal article loses us at its abstract, those findings don’t stand a chance to see the light of day in a classroom.
Fidelity
Implementation
Data-based decision making
11 Easy Tips to Really Engage with Families
Numerous studies confirm that actively engaged families play a major role in improving academic and behavior outcomes for their students. It's time to stop simply involving families and start really engaging them.
Climate
School-Wide
Social Relationships
Assessment
Become a Better Team by Solving 3 Common Mistakes
Team-based decision making is how your school operates. How can you turn those teams into effective decision makers while avoiding the parts about group work that make you want to scream?
Climate
Social Relationships
Social Skills
Your Foolproof Plan to Create Staff Buy-In That Sticks
Sometimes telling someone what to do works. Most of the time, mandates from above do little to inspire actual change. Getting support from staff members is critical if you plan to sustain any program in your school over the long-haul.
Social Relationships
Implementation
Data-based decision making
Implementation Fidelity: It's More Than a Score
The higher your fidelity score, the better your odds for improving student outcomes. How well you can match the intervention to your context matters almost as much.
Implementation
Fidelity
Survey
Suspension Doesn't Work: There's Gotta be a Better Way!
Nearly every school reports suspension data at the end of the year. If improving academic outcomes is on your list of goals for next year, don't just send your suspension data to the state; use it.
Discipline
Data-based decision making
Behavior
Motive, Motivate, Motivation: Why Are My Students Doing That?!
Knowing the function of a student's behavior is the difference between creating a support plan that works versus creating one that makes things worse.
Motivation
Behavior
Data-based decision making