Colorado PBS: Sustainability and

Scaling Up

Cyndi Boezio, Ph.D.SIG DirectorColorado Dept. of Education

July 31, 2006 OSEP Project Directors’ Conference

Goal: Lessons Learned for Sustained Implementation & Scaling Up

State Leadership Team/Advisory

Support Coaches Family and Community

Engagement

History of Colorado PBS

1992: District BEST (Behavior Evaluation Support Teams)

2001-02: PBS Leadership Team*

2002-03: 2 Pilot Districts

2003 to 2006: Scaling Up & Sustaining* Lesson Learned

02

9

22

32

50/176

0

10

20

30

40

50

2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07

Districts Signing Commitments by Year

Triangle Colors = Level of Support from PBIS Center

*

1660

141

275

405

0

50

100

150

200

250

300

350

400

2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07

# of Schools Trained by Year

3

9

25

39

61

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07

# of District Coaches Trained by Year

Building State Capacity: State Leadership Team Representation

General Ed and Special Ed Units at State 1 Rep from District and 1 from University

Purpose LT: Establish and Maintain Vision Develop Procedures & Policies e.g. district

commitments, # and type of trainings, who’s involved (private schools)…

Funding, Visibility, Political Support

Leadership Team

FundingVisibility Political

Support

Training Coaching Evaluation

Active Coordination

Local School Teams/Demonstrations

Building State Capacity: Political Support

2002 Pilot Sites’ Trainings Summer: Welcome by Deputy

Commissioner Fall: Superintendents did welcome for

follow-ups 2003 to Present

Commissioner, New Asst. Comm., PEAK Parent Center, State Board of Education

PBS State Advisory Council: Top 3 tasks

Building State Capacity: Visibility

Advertise your Results! Conferences—State and Sites

present

State Board of Education School presentation at public session Leadership Team presentation

during work session

Elementary CSAP Reading Proficiency

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20

40

60

80

100

ChamberlinElem

Oak CreekElem

StrattonMeadows

Turman Elem

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2001-02 2002-03* 2003-04 2004-05

*1st Year of PBS Implementation

Elementary CSAP Math Proficiency

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1020

3040

5060

7080

90

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Oak CreekElementary

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2001-02

2002-03

2003-04

2004-05

PBS Starts

Building State Capacity: Funding

Commitment to Prioritize Use of $ Special Ed Set Aside (16-60 sites),

Safe and Drug Free, State $ for At-Risk of Expulsion

SIG/SPDG $ Used for: Scaling Up Develop Capacity

Advisory Council

Leadership Team

FundingVisibility Political

Support

Training Coaching Evaluation

Active Coordination

Local School Teams/Demonstrations

Split Duties During Scaling Up

Building State Capacity: State Advisory Council Representation

State Leadership Team + Retired LT, District/BOCES Reps (Central Admin, Elem, Sec.), PEAK Parent Center (PTI), Coordinated School Health Rep, Safe To Tell—Dist. Attorney’s Office, State Board of Education, Mental Health, Social Services

Purpose Advisory Council: Funding, Visibility, & Political

Support

Lessons Learned

Strong State Leadership Team/Advisory

Build District Capacity:Commitments

District and School Commitments District Coach .5 FTE per 5-8 schools Attend Trainings including principals Data (SWIS or SWIS-like)

Re-Commitments 2006-07 District Leadership Teams after first

year Prove SWIS-like efforts or SWIS

Build District Capacity:Support District Coaches

Training for Coaches

Training by Coaches

3

9

25

39

61

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07

# of District Coaches Trained by Year

schools/coach = 6.6

5.6 6.7 5.3

7.1

Average # of schools per coach

Build District Capacity:Coaching Training for Coaches (5 during Sch.

Yr) Using data for decision-making Working with building teams Creating district level teams Engaging parents and community Looking at the “bigger picture”

Training by Coaches

2005-06 Trainings Provided by Colorado District PBS Coaches

Data from 19 out of 32 Coaches

122

66

49

0

25

50

75

100

125

150

SW Targeted Intensive

Type of PBS Training

# o

f T

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ing

s

Build Local Capacity

# of Participants Trained by Colorado District PBS Coaches 2005-06

Data from 19 out of 32 Coaches

1933

3474

824

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1000

2000

3000

4000

SW Targeted Intensive

Type of PBS Training

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Coaches Report Results:One District’s Report

PBS schools—Office discipline referrals: 02-03 to 03-04: 4.7% decrease 03-04 to 04-05: 5.7% decrease

Non-participating schools: 02-03 to 03-04: 19.0% increase 03-04 to 04-05: 19.3% increase

Build District Capacity:Family/Community Engagement

Added as a priority Key to sustainability during

turnover at schools Key to buy-in Teamed w/ Peak Parent Center

(PTI)

Eight Practices of School-wide Positive Behavior Support

1. Administrative Leadership2. Team Implementation3. Define Concrete Expectations4. Teach Behavior Expectations5. Acknowledge and Reward Positive

Behavior6. Monitor and Correct Behavior7. Use Data for Decision Making8. Family and Community

Engagement

Focus of Family/Community Training

Overview of PBS: purpose, school-wide rules, the school-wide system of implementation, opportunities for parent involvement in PBS

Ways to develop their own personalized PBS systems for home use: given basic tools to consider for consistent behavior management in the home; parents are encouraged to coordinate their home PBS system with the school PBS system

Coaches Train Families and Community Members

In 2005-06, 5 out of 39 coaches had taken over family and community engagement training

Leadership/Advisory Team

FundingVisibility Political

Support

Training Coaching Evaluation

Active Coordination

Local School Teams/Demonstrations

Parent/Comm.Support

Lessons Learned for Sustained Implementation & Scaling Up

State Leadership Team/Advisory

Support Coaches Family and Community

Engagement

Colorado School-wide Positive Behavior Support

Cyndi Boezio, SIG Director 303-866-6853 boezio_c@cde.state.co.us

Kiki McGough, State PBS Coordinator 303-866-6768 mcgough_k@cde.state.co.us