Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports
Positive Behavioral Interventions and Support organizes North Tonawanda Middle School around h
ow decisions are made, how students get behavioral support and how systems are put in place to support staff to ensure the sustained use of best practices school-wide.Key Points
- P.B.I.S. is a proactive systems approach to promoting and teaching positive behaviors in the school environment.
- P.B.I.S. emphasizes an instructional approach to discipline.
- Behavioral expectations are taught directly, practiced, and reinforced – just like academics.
- School-wide behavioral expectations are posted throughout the building and are based on the matrix.
- ‘Cool Tools,’ or lesson plans, are provided to guide classroom instruction and to practice positive behaviors and choices.
- Teachers spend less time on disciplining negative behaviors and more time on teaching content areas and meeting the NYS learning standards.
- The emphasis is on continuous, data-driven improvement in student behavior and a systematized referral process.
- Incentives are provided to allow all students to succeed and to focus on positive behaviors.
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