J'R' Smith Elementary

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J.R. Smith Elementary

• DeAnna Lloyd, Principal
• Allan Whitmore,Building Coordinator
• Kena Mair, Krystal Walch, Rebecca Hyde,
• Jo Summers, Mike MaWhinney,
• Incoming Building Coordinators
• Penny Flory, Karen Edwards,

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Teacher Staff Reinforcement

• As a UBI team we are very proud of the way we
  have reinforced our staff over the past two
  years. We work with great people and it has been
  a lot of fun to use the same principles of PBS on
  our teachers that we have been using with our
  teachers.
• Staff reinforcement has been the most effective
  way of helping our more resistant teachers and
  staff to climb aboard the UBI train. Remember 4
  positives to every negative!!!!!!!!

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Rationale

• Staff reinforcement was a natural evolution for
  the UBI Team.
• Our team wanted to improve staff morale and make
  our building happier, kinder, and more gentle
  place to be.

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Data indicators

• Because we showed appreciation for what staff
  members did, we had better buy-in with the
  interventions we implemented. Teachers were
  willing to do more because they felt appreciated.
  We had the happiest school on earth.

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Trends and changes in data indicators after
intervention

• At the beginning of the year, none of the
  teachers had posted procedures.
• Using a tracking sheet, we were able to record
  that over 80 of the teachers had posted and were
  reinforcing classroom procedures.

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Implementation Description

• In order to gain and maintain staff support, we
  resorted to legal addictive stimulants, such as
  chocolate and lunch treats for completing the
  requested assignment. We used the Flory Tracking
  Sheet to record the data.
• When the staff responded positively, they were
  rewarded with tokens for car washes, candy bars
  in their mailboxes, and a myriad of other
  reinforcements.
• Staff members are always given a template or a
  shown a demonstration to model the given task.

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Most recent data

• The most heavily requested legal addictive
  substance data.

Dark Chocolate
Nutty Chocolate
Light Chocolate
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General Discussion

• Eighty percent () of our teachers are on board
  with UBI?
• A happy teacher is a patient teacher?
• Dont underestimate the power of CHOCOLATE!!!
• Our teachers need to be rewarded as well as the
  students.