Positive Classroom Behavior Supports (PCBS), formerly known as classroom management practices, include evidence-based practices designed to promote positive behavior and create a conducive learning environment for all students. By fostering a supportive and inclusive environment, positive classroom behavior supports help students feel safe, respected, and valued, which in turn encourages them to take responsibility for their actions and contribute positively to the classroom community.
These supports include five main practices, including:
Maximizing Structure
- Physical Arrangement of the Learning Space
- Transitions, Attention Signals
- Active Supervision
- Resources:
Establishing Expectations, Rules and Routines
- Utilizing common, student-friendly language
- Providing and communicating expectations and rules clearly
- Creating and teaching effective procedures
- Resources:
Encouraging Appropriate Behavior
- Behavior Specific Praise
- Classroom Contingencies
- Acknowledgement Systems
- Resources:
Ensuring Active Engagement
- Ensuring Active Engagement
- Defining Engagement vs. Compliance
- Opportunities to Respond
- Resources:
Responding to Behavioral Errors
- Using a Continuum of Response
- Resources:
General Resources:
Supporting and Responding to Behavior with Evidence-Based Strategies
High Leverage Practices
Rethinking Discipline
Trauma-Informed Practices Crosswalk