The Classroom Innovation Grants have made a positive impact on each of our schools

Intentional nurturing and investment in our youth prepare them for career and life readiness. Congratulations to our Irving Middle School Tigers who have been accepted into one of the Top 10 High Schools in the State of Illinois, Proviso Math & Science Academy

Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS)

PBIS is an evidence-based three-tiered framework to improve and integrate all of the data, systems, and practices affecting student outcomes every day. PBIS creates schools where all students succeed. Find out how to get started with PBIS.

Tier 1 practices and systems establish a foundation of regular, proactive support while preventing unwanted behaviors. Schools provide these universal supports to all students, school-wide.

Tier 2 practices and systems support students who are at risk for developing more serious problem behaviors before those behaviors start. These supports help students develop the skills they need to benefit from core programs at the school.

At Tier 3, students receive more intensive, individualized support to improve their behavioral and academic outcomes. At this level, schools rely on formal assessments to determine a student’s need.

Five Elements

PBIS emphasizes five inter-related elements: equity, systems, data, practices, and outcomes.

Equity

When you implement PBIS with fidelity, it fits seamlessly within your local context. To do that requires a focus on aspects of culture and equity. Leadership teams work with members of the school or program community — students, families, and community members — to prioritize valued outcomes and promote high expectations for all students. Centering equity also means supporting educators’ roles in implementation, adapting practices to meet students’ individual needs, and disaggregating data by student group to ensure success for everyone.

As you think about equity in your PBIS implementation, ask yourself: How can we enhance the experiences and outcomes of each educator and student?

Systems

Your foundational systems establish the way your schools and programs operate. Systems include teaming structures, training, coaching, and other supports for educators. In PBIS, these systems support accurate, durable implementation of practices and the effective use of data to achieve better outcomes.

As you think about the systems supporting your PBIS framework, ask yourself:
‍What can we do to sustain our implementation over the long haul?

Data

Your school or program generates a wide range of data about your students every day. Within the PBIS framework, teams use data to select, monitor, and evaluate outcomes, practices, and systems across all three tiers.

As you think about the data available to you, ask yourself:
‍What information do we need to make effective decisions about our PBIS implementation and outcomes?

Practices

The school and classroom practices you implement are critical to supporting students and creating a positive school climate. In PBIS, these interventions and strategies are backed by research and target the outcomes you and your community want to achieve.

As you think about the evidence-based practices you implement, ask yourself:
‍How will we support our students’ behavioral, social, emotional, and academic growth?

Outcomes

The ultimate goal of implementing PBIS data, systems, and practices is to improve outcomes. Families, students, and educators set goals and work together to achieve them. In PBIS, outcomes might include behavioral, social, emotional, and academic growth; positive school climate; or fewer office discipline referrals.

As you think about the outcomes you want to achieve, ask yourself:
‍What is important to each of our communities?

Notebooks, index cards, math manipulatives, materials that accompany the differentiated instruction cards, dry erase markers, shelves, baskets, etc.           

ELA Manipulatives like E-Z readers, Sound boxes, Response sticks, Growth Mindset journals.

Response paddles for students, Math manipulatives, etc. . Math Journals will be purchased.

Hands-on learning, manipulatives, student-centered leaning, small group instruction, and creative activities and projects..

Expand Authentic Spanish classroom Libraries for the 4th and 5th graders at Washington Dual Language.

3 Buses to go to Columbia College-Novel: A Raisin in the Sun (30 copies -Students will put on a Play at the end of school year)

Purchase a technology tool called BeeBots. These robots can be used by K-2 students to reinforce and practice counting, sequencing, estimation, and problem-solving. There also is a curriculum that provides ideas for lesson planning.