SWPBS: Leadership

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SW-PBSLeadership Sustainability

• George Sugai
• Center on PBIS
• University of Connecticut
• University of Oregon
• November 2, 2005
• www.Pbis.org
• George.sugai_at_uconn.edu

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Purpose

• Review main features, processes, outcomes of
  SW PBS in context of sustainability expansion
• Role of administrators
• Rationale for commitments
• Basic process for implementation durability
• Evaluation Outcomes

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Why invest in active administrative participation
at all levels?

• Enhances outcomes at individual systems level
• Establishes priority
• Encourages maximizes team productivity
  influence
• Increase resource access efficiency of use
• .may be most important PBS implementation
  consideration

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Increasing SWPBS

• Know PBS basics
• Organize for efficiency link to outcomes
• Run efficient meetings
• Embed staff development
• Decide with data
• Monitor, model, acknowledge, participate
• Give priority to evidence-based practices
• Evaluate continuously

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What does administrative support look like?

• High visibility across multiple settings
• Regular positive contacts acknowledgements
• Measurable short long term outcomes
• Data-based decision making
• Content competence
• Model expectations
• Long term investments in capacity building
• Active member of team
• Active participants in action plan implementation

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2001 Surgeon Generals Report on Youth Violence
Recommendations

• Establish intolerant attitude toward deviance
• Break up antisocial networkschange social
  context
• Improve parent effectiveness
• Increase commitment to school
• Increase academic success
• Create positive school climates
• Teach encourage individual skills competence

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School-based Prevention Youth Development
ProgrammingGreenberg et al. (2003)

• Teach children social skills directly in real
  context
• Foster respectful, supportive relations among
  students, school staff, parents
• Support reinforce positive academic social
  behavior through comprehensive systems
• Invest in multiyear, multicomponent programs
• Combine classroom school- community-wide
  efforts
• Precorrect continue prevention efforts

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PBS Systems Implementation Logic
Visibility
Political Support
Funding
Leadership Team
Active Coordination
Evaluation
Training
Coaching
Local School Teams/Demonstrations
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Leadership Team Active Coordination

• FUNCTIONS
• Implementation support
• Data-based action plan
• Coordination
• Capacity building
• Policy funding
• Communications
• Training capacity
• Exemplars
• Evaluation

• MEMBERS
• Coordinator
• State representation
• Behavioral capacity
• Agency
• Parent/family
• Leadership
• Etc

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Training
Coaching
Evaluation

• Continuous
• Embedded
• Team-coordinated
• Data-based
• Local expertise
• Action plan linked
• Etc.

• Continuous
• Local support
• Data-based
• Preventive
• Positive
• Competent
• Etc.

• Continuous
• Question-based
• Academic social
• Efficient
• Team-coordinated
• Public
• Etc.

Training
Coaching
Evaluation
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Political Support
Funding
Visibility

• Continuous
• Top 3 priorities
• Quarterly/annually
• Policy
• Participation
• Etc.

• General fund
• 3 years of support
• Integrated
• Data-based
• Etc.

• Demos research
• Multiple formats
• Multiple audiences
• Acknow. others
• Etc.

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Local School Teams/Demonstrations

• Fidelity implementation
• 80 of staff
• 80 of students
• Administrator leadership
• Team-based
• Data driven
• Contextually relevant
• Teaching focused
• Integrated initiatives
• Etc..