BIST Vision Team Members:
Jessica Schmitt, Mendy Brents, Beth Kemper, Amy Coleman, Jeremy Lloyd, Marcy Murphy, Natalie Jordan, Megan Weigel
BIST is a model that will help you have confidence to effectively deal with difficult classroom situations and negative behavior. In order for students to change their behavior for the long term, they must look at each life skill they are missing, the way in which it impacts their life, and create a plan to reincorporate each missing skill.
The Three Primary Life Skills
I can make good choices even if I am mad.
I can be ok even if others are not okay.
I can do something even if I don't want to (or if it's hard).
The Four Steps
Early Intervention
engaging pedagogy
best practice classroom management
structure and consistency
address all behaviors that are hurtful or interfere with learning
Caring Confrontation
BIST Continuum
firm, kind language that identifies the student's negative behavior
Planning for Success
BIST plans, problem solving in teams, SIT
Outlasting the Student's Acting Out
student accountability
insure that students know that we care