PBIS Pivot After the Pandemic

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Summary

Similar to all educational agencies in the world, Camden County Schools (CCS) staff found ourselves in the quandary of battling the after effects of the Covid Cliff on the whole child: academically, behaviorally, mentally, social-emotionally, and physically. A pivot in the PBIS framework implementation was required The focus to recharge our teachers, renew the mindset of the educational practitioners, embrace the new normal and continue with a positive approach was a shift we had to make.

Some of the challenges we faced were:

  • As we return to some semblance of normalcy, we had to identify new behavioral and social-emotional issues we had not encountered in the past.
  • We discovered the need to implement a Multi-Tiered System of Support (MTSS) framework with fidelity to identify evidence-based interventions to mitigate the new behaviors.
  • Due to teacher turn-over, we had to recruit new PBIS Team members, train the staff and ensure they implemented the framework with fidelity.
  • We had to re-engage our parents who had not been in the schools for a long period of time. We had to indoctrinate new families into the PBIS world in a face-to-face environment.
  • We had to redesign our PBIS lessons to incorporate strategies for new behaviors.
  • We had to find new ways to acknowledge staff as the burnout rate was high.
  • We used the results of the Self-Assessment Survey (SAS) and Tiered Fidelity Inventory (TFI) to drive our lessons and professional learning for staff.
  • We developed action plans in the schools to extinguish critical behaviors identified during data reviews.

CCS developed a plan to overcome all the hurdles. We implemented the plan and evaluated the effectiveness of the steps throughout the year to determine successful outcomes.

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PBIS Pivot After the Pandemic

Similar to all educational agencies in the world, Camden County Schools (CCS) staff found ourselves in the quandary of battling the after effects of the Covid Cliff on the whole child: academically, behaviorally, mentally, social-emotionally, and physically. A pivot in the PBIS framework implementation was required The focus to recharge our teachers, renew the mindset of the educational practitioners, embrace the new normal and continue with a positive approach was a shift we had to make.

Some of the challenges we faced were:

  • As we return to some semblance of normalcy, we had to identify new behavioral and social-emotional issues we had not encountered in the past.
  • We discovered the need to implement a Multi-Tiered System of Support (MTSS) framework with fidelity to identify evidence-based interventions to mitigate the new behaviors.
  • Due to teacher turn-over, we had to recruit new PBIS Team members, train the staff and ensure they implemented the framework with fidelity.
  • We had to re-engage our parents who had not been in the schools for a long period of time. We had to indoctrinate new families into the PBIS world in a face-to-face environment.
  • We had to redesign our PBIS lessons to incorporate strategies for new behaviors.
  • We had to find new ways to acknowledge staff as the burnout rate was high.
  • We used the results of the Self-Assessment Survey (SAS) and Tiered Fidelity Inventory (TFI) to drive our lessons and professional learning for staff.
  • We developed action plans in the schools to extinguish critical behaviors identified during data reviews.

CCS developed a plan to overcome all the hurdles. We implemented the plan and evaluated the effectiveness of the steps throughout the year to determine successful outcomes.