PBIS is a proactive systems approach to prevention and responding to school and classroom discipline problems.  It involves developing a school wide systems that supports staff to teach and promote positive behavior in all students.

By reducing behavioral problems, PBIS creates and maintains safe learning environments where teachers can teach and students can learn.

Why are we implementing PBIS?

Teaching and learning occur best in school climates that are:
positive, orderly courteous and safe.

What are the benefits of PBIS?

Increase consistent use of positive teaching and reinforcement strategies for behavior among teachers and other school staff.

Reduces discipline referrals, suspensions, and expulsions while increasing academic performance.

Increase database decision making about behaviors and academic skills to be consistently taught and reinforced across all school settings.

Implement effective behavior and/or academic change plans for students with specific needs not being addressed by school-wide systems (5-15%) through problem -solving teams.

Implement effective comprehensive supports/services/interventions for students with the most intensive needs (1-7%) through wraparound plans that address home, school, and community.

Identify students in need of mental health services and facilitate access to a range of flexibly designed and effectively provided mental health services.

Increase family and student voice and participation in implementing positive behavior, academic, and mental health systems and practices at the primary, secondary and tertiary levels.