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Schedule a District Overview
- Contact your Regional Coordinator (Listed Below)
- Overview session is free and lasts 2–3 hours.
- Attendees should include:
- Superintendent or designee
- Director of Special Education
- Principals and key administrators
- Session includes:
- Overview of SWPBIS practices, data, and systems
- District-level and building-level implementation steps
- Review of district commitments
- Start of action planning
2. Begin Implementation
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After the overview, your PAPBS Network Facilitator will support your district leadership team.
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Once the district commitment is signed:
3. Regional Coordinators:
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PaTTAN West: Dr. Kathryn Poggi, kpoggi@pattan.net
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PaTTAN Central: Kelly Swartwood, kswartwood@pattan.net
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PaTTAN East: Brynne Rice, brice@pattan.net
Throughout the implementation process, schools and districts will collaborate with their assigned Independent PAPBS Facilitator to develop a comprehensive portfolio of evidence demonstrating the fidelity of implementation.
Examples of Artifacts that may be Saved:
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PowerPoint presentations
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Photographs
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Highlights from district action plans
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Media coverage and grant award letters
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Documentation of family and community engagement
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Tier evaluation summaries from the PAPBS Network
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Meeting minutes from school-based or coaches' PBS meetings
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PBS action and implementation plans
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Announcements and reports
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School improvement plans
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Details on PAPBS dissemination (methods, audience, timing, purpose)
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Fundraising documentation and outcomes
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Data-based decision-making (what changed, when, by whom, and impact)
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Evidence of collaboration with school staff, other schools, districts, and the state
The role of the District Coach within the PAPBS Network is to support the larger organization in the installation, implementation, and sustainability of PBIS across all three tiers.
District Coaches are provided with additional training to help support leadership efforts and to provide tools and evidence based strategies.
Are you interested in becoming a District Coach? Please use this link to apply for the 24-25 School Year Training Cohort.
One of the primary tools that District Coaches are encouraged to use is the District Systems Fidelity Inventory (DSFI). Please see the resources below that were designed for Pennsylvania District Coaches, by the DSFI creator, Dr. Kelsey Morris, from the University of Missouri.
What is a facilitator and why do we need one?
A PaPBS Independent Schoolwide (SW) Facilitator has applied for, been trained through, and mentored via the PaPBS Network established protocol. It may seem easy to download free materials off the internet but the science behind the practices is a critical understanding that only a trained facilitator can provide.
The PaPBS Network has over 10 years of data to support the procedures and protocols we encourage. When implementing Schoolwide PBIS, there is a lot to learn and develop. A PaPBS Independent SW Facilitator can help you through the process and make sure the steps needed to build a solid foundation are developed. In addition, working with a Facilitator is required to be a part of the PAPBS network.
How do I find my facilitator?
When looking to find an Independent SW Facilitator, contact the regional office where your program is located. There are Regional Coordinators located in the three PaTTAN offices. Please contact any of the following :
● PaTTAN Pittsburgh- Kathryn Poggi, kpoggi@pattan.net
● PaTTAN East- Brynne Rice, brice@pattankop.net
● PaTTAN Harrisburg- Kelly Swartwood, kswartwood@pattan.net
What is “Implementation Fidelity” and why is it important?
Replace the term “fidelity” with “accuracy.” Implementation fidelity or accuracy is achieved when a program has implemented the steps for a specific tier and reached the percentages designated by the evaluation tools used to measure implementation. Each tier of PBIS has specific assessment tools that are used to evaluate implementation fidelity/accuracy. These fidelity tools come from the national center for PBIS. The PaPBS Network is part of the national technical assistance network. Please check out Center on PBIS It is very important that a program is implementing PBIS with fidelity/accuracy to gain the maximum benefit of the School-Wide PBIS framework. The data from schools in Pennsylvania network supports this assertion in the PAPBS Program Evaluation conducted by Indiana University of Pennsylvania.
What is the purpose of School-Wide Recognition?
The purpose of the PAPBS network recognition system is to identify and publicly recognize School Wide (SW) Sites for successful implementation of Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS). It also affords SW Sites and districts the opportunity to accurately self-reflect on their progress implementing and sustaining PBIS. Please refer to this page to see previously recognized schools.
What are the categories for recognition?
There are four categories of PAPBS Network recognition:
● Universal (Tier One) Initial Implementation with Fidelity
● Universal (Tier One) Sustained Implementation with Fidelity
● Universal and Tier Two Implementation with Fidelity
● Implementation Fidelity at all three Tiers
How do I join the network?
Joining the network is as simple as contacting a Regional Coordinator who will connect you with an Independent PAPBS facilitator who will provide an overview of the framework and steps needed to become a part of the network. There are Regional Coordinators located in the three PaTTAN offices. Please find their contact information on this page.
Schoolwide Regional PBIS Coordinators
What training is offered to reach fidelity?
Prior to training through the network, a network facilitator will work to prepare a district Is the following areas: Establish District Commitment, Establish District roll out plan, Establish District/School readiness.
Where/how do we get the training we need?
Each building works PAPBS Independent Schoolwide (SW) Network Facilitator to complete PBIS Tier 1 coaching and training. The facilitator will continue to work with your team as your building works to achieve fidelity at Tier 1. Buildings that achieve fidelity at this level will continue to work with the facilitator to establish advanced tiers (Tiers 2 and 3) with additional training and on-going support.