Be Borlaug B.e.s.t.

What is Schoolwide PBIS?

• Proactive strategies for defining, teaching, and supporting appropriate student behaviors to create positive school environments.
• Instead of using a piecemeal approach of individual behavioral management plans, a continuum of positive behavior interventions and support for all students within a school is implemented in areas including the classroom and non-classroom settings (such as hallways, buses, and restrooms).
• Positive behavior interventions and support is an application of a behaviorally-based systems approach to enhance the capacity of schools, families, and communities to design effective environments that improve the link between research-validated practices and the environments in which teaching and learning occurs.
• Attention is focused on creating and sustaining primary / core (school-wide), secondary/ supplemental (classroom), and tertiary / intensive (individual) systems of support that improve lifestyle results (personal, health, social, family, work, recreation) for all children and youth by making targeted behaviors less effective, efficient, and relevant, and desired behavior more functional.

What are the benefits of PBIS?

• Development of a leadership team in your building that focuses attention on social emotional needs of students and improvement of climate and culture of the building.
• Focuses attention and resources on prevention of problem behaviors.
• Prioritizes resources and staff development to increase all staff skills in dealing with problem behaviors.
• Supports the use of a common language across staff, students, families and the community.
• Teaches staff to implement a system for data based decision making.
• Decreases discipline referrals and thus decreases administrative time devoted to problem behavior.
• Increases instructional time and student achievement.
• Fosters a calm, safe environment and improves the climate and culture of the building.
• Can increase both student and staff attendance.

District staff are responsible for providing proactive strategies for defining, teaching, and supporting appropriate student behaviors to create positive school environments for all students, identifying those students who need additional supports, and implementing interventions based upon student need. If you feel that your child needs additional supports in the area of behavior, please contact your child's teacher, guidance counselor, and/or principal. Together we will work with you to ensure that your child is successful.

• At Borlaug Elementary, we celebrate students through a variety of positive acknowledgments as part of our Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS) framework. Each classroom teacher sets clear expectations for their learning environment and rewards students with Bulldog Tickets when they demonstrate respectful, responsible, and safe behavior. All staff members use Bulldog Tickets to recognize and reinforce these positive actions throughout the school.
• Each month, Borlaug staff nominate students who consistently demonstrate these values to be honored as Positive Acknowledgement Winners (PAW). These students’ names are proudly displayed on our Borlaug PAWS bulletin board in the front hallway. As part of this recognition, the principal calls each student’s family to personally share the great news. With parent permission, we also take a photo of the student and the principal next to the PAWS board and post it on our Borlaug Facebook page—a celebration of how our Bulldogs are Engaged, Safe, and Always Trying Their Best!
• We also hold weekly Friday drawings where each classroom teacher selects a Bulldog Ticket from their “doghouse” to reward a student with a school-wide incentive. Additionally, the school sets monthly goals for Bulldog Tickets earned. When the school meets its goal, we celebrate together with fun and meaningful activities that build community and highlight our students' commitment to being respectful, responsible, and safe.