Positive Behavior and Support Advisory Group

Purpose:

• Provide support in implementing and sustaining a positive behavior system districtwide.
• Coordinate training and coaching for district staff and evaluation of a schoolwide positive behavioral interventions and support program implementation.

Basis for Establishment:

• Washington state has established guidelines for discipline that support the implementation of a positive behavior system.
• Bellingham Public Schools have inconsistent discipline practices, which also supports the implementation of a schoolwide positive behavioral interventions and support program.
• To support schools in establishing positive behavior systems that will help students be more successful.

Decision-Making Process:

• This advisory group will make recommendations to the executive team regarding the schoolwide positive behavioral interventions & support program policies and procedures.

Plan of Timeline:

• Create a three to five year districtwide implementation plan
• Review of discipline data quarterly
  Review of implementation evaluation data quarterly
• Review the three to five year action plan annual delineating actions linked to each feature of Implementation Blueprint [1]
• Facilitate an annual self-assessment of implementation
• Assess and prioritize implementation needs districtwide
• Assist school teams in implementing a schoolwide positive behavioral interventions and support program districtwide
• Assess fidelity of implementation of a schoolwide positive behavioral interventions and support at the school level
• Report to stakeholders on progress of a schoolwide positive behavioral interventions and support implementation
• Report to stakeholders on exclusionary practices
• Create a list of in-district and schoolwide positive behavioral interventions and support content area consultants