Newton is proudly a Positive Behavioral Interventions & Supports (PBIS) school.

Core principles of PBIS:

• Social and behavioral competence and character are learned in the home, school, and community.
• Prevention is more effective than reaction.
• Teaching positive behavior is more effective than assuming students already have these skills.
• Teaching positive behavior is more effective than punishing negative behavior.
• Instructional & behavioral decisions are based on data.

Using a school-wide system produces long-term sustainability. Over 7,500 schools around the world and over 500 in Colorado are implementing PBIS, including 15 schools in LPS so far!

This positive support system has lasting benefits.

Benefits of PBIS:

• Participating schools report a 40- 60% reduction in office discipline referrals.
• This results in a 40 – 60% increase in time that teachers are able to spend on other tasks besides discipline.
• This in turn results in a 40 – 60% increase in time that students are engaged in their learning!