Arrowhead Elementary School

What is PBIS?

PBIS (Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports) is a process for creating safer and more effective schools.  PBIS is a systems approach to enhancing the capacity of schools to educate all children by developing research-based, school wide, and classroom discipline systems.  The process focuses on improving a school’s ability to teach and support positive behavior for all students.  Rather than a prescribed program, PBIS provides systems for schools to design, implement, and evaluate effective school-wide, classroom, non-classroom, and student specific discipline plans.  PBIS includes school-wide procedures and processes intended for:

· ALL students, ALL staff and in ALL settings

· Non-classroom settings within the school environment

· Individual classrooms and teachers, and

· Individual student supports for the estimated 3-7% of students who present the most challenging behaviors.

PBIS IS NOT a program or a curriculum. IT IS a team-based process for systemic problem solving, planning, and evaluation.  It is an approach to creating an environment within which school-based teams of educators are trained:

· Systems change

· Effective behavior management principles and practices; and

· Applications of research-validated instruction and management practices.

acquired from the www.pbismaryland.org