Videos

During this session, presenters will discuss the elements that proved successful for creating a schoolwide positive behavior system in an urban school setting. The school successfully shifted from a consequence based discipline system to proactive teaching with reinforcement of the values and virtues upon which the school’s foundation is based. Celebrations of students’ success replaced emphasis upon restrictive systems.

This session will provide busy educators with instructional planning recipes for ready use within their classroom. Particularly emphasis is placed on harnessing the potential of technology to provide diverse learners in grades 4-12 with opportunities for accessing, participating, and benefiting from standards-based instruction. Participants are encouraged to Bring Their Own Device (BYOD) to maximize their interaction with the digital resources.

This session will impress upon participants the importance of “effective” staff collaboration and follow-through, administrative support, networking with outside supports and services, and parent involvement.

Staff and family buy-in is a huge part of successful PBIS imlementation. Come learn how PBIS Family Nights, with activities led by teachers, have had a positive effect on the school community. All activities require that parents and students talk and play together as a family unit, so that they can discover the benefits of using our High 5 Expectations at home and in the community.

This session will focus on HOW data are best used to inform instruction. As we all know, collecting data is the easy part. Creating infrastructure and capacity to USE the data to best identify, implement and evaluate instruction is what accelerates student growth. A model for how to use diverse data using a single decision-making process will be presented and discussed. Recent research on the impact of problem-solving teams on student outcomes will also be presented and how those teams

Join us for a lively discussion on social coaching from an infant/toddler through preschool perspective. We will talk about what it looks like at each age and different ways to encourage its’ development in your classroom.

This session fleshes out how IEP goals and frequent progress monitoring are targeted toward attaining MBSP, which then are the focus of Annual and 3 Year Re-Evaluations and Transition Plans. Implications for Direct Services of IEPs are discussed and the importance of prioritizing changes in special education interventions most at middle school to reduce systems’ change pressures at high school. The commitment to professional learning for general education content teachers for doable, research-based Supports for students who need support are discussed. The concept of MTSS as a support system for TEACHERS as well as students is introduced.

This session will highlight effective instructional practices that facilitate responsible student behavior and achievement in the classroom. The importance of preventive, evidenced-based approaches through application of PBS in the classroom will be highlighted with practical strategies shared throughout the session.

MTSS is a framework grounded in data-based decision making. When MTSS teams evaluate office discipline referrals, special education identification, access to advanced placement courses, the ability to disaggregate data becomes imperative. Without this process, decisions and actions may lead to misinterpretation and missing the voices and experiences of historically underserved learners. This session will focus on methods of disaggregating data and how it informs equitable practices, inclusivity and spaces of belonging.

Creating comprehensive inclusive education programs for students with disabilities happens when a student’s educational program focuses on the learning opportunities in general education (Tier 1) across the whole day and specially designed instruction to support individual learning needs across all tiers of MTSS. This session covers the process of creating a comprehensive inclusive education program beginning with a vision for the student, developing an IEP that is grounded in participation in Tier 1 instruction, using the Everyday-at-a-Glance tool to integrate a student’s IEP goals with the general education schedule, team collaboration and co-planning, and data collection.