Gentian is proud to be a PBIS school. The premise of PBIS is that continual teaching, combined with acknowledgement or feedback of positive student behavior will reduce unnecessary discipline and promote a climate of greater productivity, safety and learning. PBIS schools apply a multi-tiered approach to prevention, using disciplinary data and principles of behavior analysis to develop school-wide, targeted and individualized interventions and supports to improve school climate for all students. Please click through the links and documents on this page to learn more about PBIS at Gentian.
PRINCIPLES OF PBIS
PBIS has a few important principles:
In schools that use PBIS, students receive fewer detentions and suspensions. There’s less bullying. Students also have better grades.
GOALS OF PBIS
The goal of PBIS is to create a positive school climate, in which students learn and grow. Positive school climate includes:
“Regardless of socioeconomic status, students in a positive school climate are more likely to have higher test scores and greater academic success.”
HOW PBIS WORKS?
In a school using PBIS, the focus is on preventing problems. From the start, students learn about what behavior is appropriate, just like they learn math or science. Students are taught social skills, including how to act in different settings, such as the classroom, on the bus or with friends. They may learn through role-playing or through actual lessons. Staff at the school regularly praise kids for good behavior.
With PBIS, teachers look for minor issues and prevent them from becoming bigger behavior problems. Before a spitball is thrown, a teacher might notice the student who is craving attention. The teacher might address that need positively before it grows into a need to throw a spitball.
If a student acts out, the school creates a strategy to prevent the behavior from happening again. The strategy might include things like a break time to cool off or a peer mentor. The school may even provide training for parents.
The school follows the student’s progress in managing behavior issues and may change strategy if something’s not working.
“In PBIS, discipline is used, but punishment isn’t the focus.”
PRINCIPLES OF PBIS
PBIS has a few important principles:
- Every child can learn proper behavior.
- Stepping in early can prevent more serious behavior problems.
- Each child is different and schools need to provide many kinds of behavior support.
- How schools teach behavior should be based on research and science.
- Following a child’s behavioral progress is important.
- Schools must gather and use data to make decisions about behavior problems.
In schools that use PBIS, students receive fewer detentions and suspensions. There’s less bullying. Students also have better grades.
GOALS OF PBIS
The goal of PBIS is to create a positive school climate, in which students learn and grow. Positive school climate includes:
- A feeling of safety
- Respect
- Engagement in learning
- Involvement in school life
- Shared vision
- Involvement of teachers, students, and families
“Regardless of socioeconomic status, students in a positive school climate are more likely to have higher test scores and greater academic success.”
HOW PBIS WORKS?
In a school using PBIS, the focus is on preventing problems. From the start, students learn about what behavior is appropriate, just like they learn math or science. Students are taught social skills, including how to act in different settings, such as the classroom, on the bus or with friends. They may learn through role-playing or through actual lessons. Staff at the school regularly praise kids for good behavior.
With PBIS, teachers look for minor issues and prevent them from becoming bigger behavior problems. Before a spitball is thrown, a teacher might notice the student who is craving attention. The teacher might address that need positively before it grows into a need to throw a spitball.
If a student acts out, the school creates a strategy to prevent the behavior from happening again. The strategy might include things like a break time to cool off or a peer mentor. The school may even provide training for parents.
The school follows the student’s progress in managing behavior issues and may change strategy if something’s not working.
“In PBIS, discipline is used, but punishment isn’t the focus.”