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PBIS MarylandCoaches & Administrators

Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS)

Presented to theDecember 2008

State-Wide Coaches Meeting/TrainingDecember 9, 2008

Milton McKenna, MSDE

Number of PBIS Schools in Maryland

Where Are We In 2008?

7500 Schools across 44 states implementing school-wide positive behavior support

Maryland Organizational ModelSchool Level554 PBIS Teams (one per school)

Team leaders (one per school)Behavior Support Coaches (380+)

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Maryland Organizational Model

State

District

School

Classroom

StudentSchool Level554 PBIS Teams (one per school)

Team leaders (one per school)Behavior Support Coaches (380+)

District Level (24)Regional Coordinators

State LevelState Leadership Team

Maryland State Department of Education (MSDE)Sheppard Pratt Health SystemJohns Hopkins Center for Prevention of Youth Violence24 Local school districtsDepartment of Juvenile Services, Mental Health Administration

Management TeamAdvisory Group

National LevelNational PBIS Technical Assistance Center

University of Oregon & University of Connecticut

Academic Systems Behavioral Systems

1-5% 1-5%

5-10% 5-10%

80-90% 80-90%

Intensive, Individually Designed Interventions• Address individual needs of student• Assessment-based• High Intensity

Intensive, Individually Designed Interventions• Strategies to address needs of individual students with intensive needs• Function-based assessments• Intense, durable strategies

Targeted, Group Interventions• Small, needs-based groups for at risk students who do not respondto universal strategies• High efficiency• Rapid response

Targeted, Group Interventions• Small, needs-based groups for at- risk students who do not respond to universal strategies• High efficiency/ Rapid response• Function-based logic

Core Curriculum and Differentiated Instruction• All students• Preventive, proactive•School-wide or classroomsystems for ALL students

Core Curriculum and Universal Interventions• All settings, all students• Preventive, proactive• School-wide or classroom systems for ALL students and staff

Maryland’s Tiered Instructional and Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS) Framework

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Special Education Assessment and

Referral Bullying Reduction Strategies

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Continuum of SupportsContinuum of Supports

The required resources to address the

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The need to enhance

environmental structures increases

The frequency for collecting

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Leadership Team

FundingVisibility Political

Support

Training Coaching Evaluation

Active Coordination

Local School Teams/Demonstrations

PBIS Systems Implementation Logic

Opportunities to Increase Visibility• The Delinquency Prevention and Diversion Services The Delinquency Prevention and Diversion Services

Task ForceTask Force• School Safety School Safety Action Planning Committee-TwiceAction Planning Committee-Twice• International School Mental Health ConferenceInternational School Mental Health Conference• Blueprint for Mental Health’s Emotional Disturbance WorkgroupBlueprint for Mental Health’s Emotional Disturbance Workgroup• Child Welfare Training AcademyChild Welfare Training Academy• Youth Investment ProjectYouth Investment Project• Pupil Personnel State meetingPupil Personnel State meeting• Charles County Pupil Personnel Workers and Guidance/School Charles County Pupil Personnel Workers and Guidance/School

Counselors MeetingCounselors Meeting• APBS/PBIS Implementers ForumsAPBS/PBIS Implementers Forums

Leadership Team

FundingVisibility Political

Support

Training Coaching Evaluation

Active Coordination

Local School Teams/Demonstrations

PBIS Systems Implementation Logic

Fiscal Year 2010 Budget RequestSchool Safety Solutions in Maryland

$928, 522

• Further Youth Engagement• Need for a Teacher’s

Summit• Community Forums• Competitive Grants for

School Resource Officers• Expanded Training in PBIS

• 2 additional staff specifically trained to offer statewide training to school systems and schools in de-escalation and classroom management

• 1 support staff position

Leadership Team

FundingVisibility Political

Support

Training Coaching Evaluation

Active Coordination

Local School Teams/Demonstrations

PBIS Systems Implementation Logic

PBIS and the LAW 7-304.1: Schools To Be

Identified in School Year 2008/2009

1. Elementary schools with suspension rates exceeding 12%;

2. Elementary schools already implementing PBIS with suspension rates exceeding 12%; and,

3. Any school with a truancy rate exceeding 8%;

4. Any school already implementing PBIS with a truancy rate exceeding 8%.

Defining TruancyThe source for truancy data is the report

entitled Habitual Truants, Maryland Public Schools, 2006-2007:

A student is considered a habitual truant if he or she

meets ALL of the following criteria:• the student was age 5 through 20 during

the school year;• the student was in membership in a school

for 91 or more days; and• the student was unlawfully absent for 20%

or more of the days in membership.

Leadership Team

FundingVisibility Political

Support

Training Coaching Evaluation

Active Coordination

Local School Teams/Demonstrations

PBIS Systems Implementation Logic

PBIS Maryland’s Annual Training Events

• Leadership Forum– March 30, 2009

• Coaches and New Team Institute– Coaches ~ July 20, 2009– Elementary ~ July 21-22, 2009– Secondary ~ July 23-24, 2009

• Regional Returning Team Trainings– Central Regions 1 and 2– Eastern Shore – Upper Shore – Western Region – Southern Region

• Coaches Meetings (4/year)• Regional Team Leader/Coach Meetings (2/year)• Schools serving students with special needs - MANSEF

(2/year)• High Schools – (2/year)

Leadership Team

FundingVisibility Political

Support

Training Coaching Evaluation

Active Coordination

Local School Teams/Demonstrations

PBIS Systems Implementation Logic

Contact Information-PBIS Management Team

• NAME/PHONE EMAIL AGENCY • Andrea Alexander aalexander@msde.state.md.us MSDE

410.767.0318• Susan Barrett sbarrett@pbismaryland.org SPHS

410.274.9835• Brian Bartels bbartels@msde.state.md.us MSDE

410.767.0294• Jerry Bloom jbloom@pbismaryland.org SPHS

443.386.2158• Catherine Bradshaw cbradsha@jhsph.edu JHU

410.502.2587• Shanda Crowder scrowder@msde.state.md.us MSDE

410.767.0736• Phil Leaf pleaf@jhsph.edu JHU

410.955.3962• Milt McKenna mmckenna@msde.state.md.us MSDE

410.767.0304• Richard Scott rscott@msde.state.md.us MSDE

410.767.0288