Louisiana Department of Education

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Session 7
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Louisiana Positive Behavior Support Project 2nd
Annual State Conference July 9-10, 2009
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CURRENT LAPBS PROJECT Where we were, where we
are, and where were going!
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• 2869 Individuals from 468 schools received
  training from 2002 until December 2008
• 752 Individuals from 222 schools received
  training from January 2009- current
• 279 Individuals received School wide Evaluation
  Tool Training to become evaluators
• 135 Universal Trainers available statewide
• 1,411 School Teams trained since 2002 in Primary
  Training

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• 1,519 Individuals received training in Secondary
  related topics from 2002- December 2008
• 156 individuals received training in Secondary
  related topics from January 2009- current
• 12 Pilot sites were trained by Project Staff and
  Consultant
• 46 Individuals were trained to provide Secondary
  Intervention training
• 93 additional schools have received training and
  had complete teams

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• Meetings were conducted to design initial
  tertiary design characteristics
• Tertiary intervention materials were drafted and
  revised
• 7 pilot sites were trained in May 2009 which were
  determined from Secondary Implementation
• 99 participants from 7 schools, along with a
  district team from each schools district,
  attended training in Tertiary Intervention

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Regional Coalitions
8 Regional Coalitions Representing 58 of 64
Parishes Charters are being integrated within
existing regional coalitions One fiscal agent
per region Voluntary participation Regional
(not local) focus Funds used to leverage and
coordinate trainings
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• PBS implementer in 2007-2008?

Initial SWPBS Training
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Alternative School (1)
Current Project Baseline
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February 2008
Alternative School (2)
6 Months
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Elementary Schools (139) Middle/Jr. High Schools
(33) High Schools (19) Alternative School
(5) Elementary/Middle (7)
12 months
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Elementary Schools (154) Middle/Jr. High Schools
(44) High Schools (24) Alternative School
(5) Elementary/Middle (7) Schools maintained
Demo Status(38)
18 months
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Top 9 schools

• 8 out of 9 schools reduced out of school
  suspensions
• 7 schools reduced in school suspensions
• 8 of 9 schools attendance rates higher than
  state average
• Grade 4 LEAP (LA) increased 9-17 points
• Math 4 LEAP 7-32 point increase over past 5 years

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Top 9 schools continued

• Grade 8 LEAP (LA) increases in 3 of 5 schools
  (range 3-13 points) past 5 years
• Grade 8 (Math) increases 3 of 5 schools (5-11
  points) past 5 years
• Grade 10 GEE (LA/Math) increases past year well
  above state average

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Top 9 schools

• ELA passage rates 12-22 percentage points above
  state average
• Math 10-19 percentage points above state average

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La Dept. of Education plans for 2009-2010

• Consolidated Monitoring
• Desktop monitoring of BESE Model Master Plan and
  PBS with Contact(s)
• Site visitations
• SET visits

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BESE Model Master Plan ?Improve Safe school
planning ?Revise zero tolerance ?Provide
improved mental health services in/through
schools ?Graphical representation of data ?Safe
school planning ?Inter-agency cooperation ?transfe
r of discipline records-10 days, including
suspension/expulsion records ?Usage of
state-approved discipline forms ?Review Crisis
Intervention Plan ?Improve/strengthen
Parental/community involvement in
school ?Leadership team works to increase direct
communication, coordination, and collaboration
with other agencies

• Positive Behavior Support
• Louisiana PBS Project technical assistance
• and staff development through LSU Project
• Regional Coalition access
• BoQ self-assessment
• SET external assessment
• State and international conference
• Technical assistance and support from DOE PBS
  personnel
• PBIS network
• Usage of IDEA Part-B funding to implement
  research-based, scientific way to address school
  climate

BESE Model Master Plan and Positive Behavior
Support (PBS) ?Improve classroom management
through implementation of positive behavioral
supports ?3-5 expectations ?Data-driven
decision making ?Leadership team consisting of
all school stakeholders, including support
personnel ?Leadership team monitors, evaluates,
and modifies Schools Master Discipline
Plan ?Code of Student Conduct reviewed/revised to
include Rewards/incentives ?Annual report to
school board
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Please complete evaluations Session 7 Rob Schaff
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School Climate Section

• Rob Schaff- Section Leader JJRA and PBS
• Robert.Schaff_at_la.gov 225-219-0367
• Terri Byrd Educational Consultant
• Lillie Burn Educational Consultant

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