Resource: Tiered Fidelity Inventory Version 2.1
1.7 Professional Development
A written process is used for orienting all faculty/staff on Tier I PBIS practices, including (a) teaching school-wide expectations, (b) acknowledging appropriate behavior, (c) correcting errors, and (d) requesting assistance.
Date Sources
- Professional development calendar
- Staff handbook
Scoring Criteria
0 = No process for teaching staff is in place
1 = Process is informal/unwritten, not part of professional development calendar and/or does not include all staff or all 4 core Tier I practices
2 = Formal process for teaching all staff all aspects of Tier I system, including all 4 core Tier I practices
Main Idea
The key to PBIS implementation is staff consistency. All staff need to be informed and aware of goals, process, measures.
Guiding Questions
- Does the curriculum teach the components of the discipline system to all staff and is used by all staff?
- How will the staff be taught on how to teach expectations/rules/acknowledgments?
- A plan for teaching students expectations/rules/acknowledgments is developed, scheduled, and delivered.
- Are booster sessions for students and staff planned, scheduled, and delivered (holidays, January, before testing, etc.)?
- Is a schedule planned for acknowledgments for the year ?
- Are plans developed and implemented for orienting incoming staff, substitute teachers and students?
- Are plans developed and implemented for involving families/communities?
- Have staff been taught and equipped with various developmentally appropriate teacher managed strategies to use in the classroom?
Surface Level to meet criteria
- Are there scheduled trainings for school team members?
- Is there a faculty-wide orientation led by the full Tier I team?
- Is there a scheduled annual orientation for new faculty?
- Are there documented strategies for orienting substitutes or volunteers?
- Is the process for requesting assistance around behavioral concerns known by all, easy to follow, and encouraged?