School-Wide Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (SW-PBIS)

School-Wide Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (SW-PBIS) is a school-based, multi-tiered prevention framework implemented at the universal (tier 1) level across elementary, middle, and high schools. SW-PBIS targets all school staff and students schoolwide, focusing on shifting staff toward a proactive and positive approach to behavior management with consistent implementation across all school settings (classroom and non-classroom). Through SW-PBIS training, school staff learn to set and teach clear behavioral expectations, implement a system to respond to the meeting of behavioral expectations (to proactively encourage desired and prevent undesired behaviors), and create and implement a consistent response system to behavioral infractions for all students across all school settings. Schools must gain 80% staff buy-in to implement SW-PBIS, make a three-year commitment to implementing, and identify a 4-6 person team including an administrator and coach who attend two-day initial trainings. The state provides annual two-day trainings for new and returning teams, quarterly full-day state leadership meetings for district contacts, and quarterly full-day coaches trainings throughout each school year. School-based coaches and district leaders provide ongoing professional development support through monthly or quarterly coaches' meetings.