1.7 Professional Development

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

1. Does the curriculum teach the components of the discipline system to all staff and is used by all staff?
2. How will the staff be taught on how to teach expectations/rules/acknowledgments?
3. A plan for teaching students expectations/rules/acknowledgments is developed, scheduled, and delivered.
4. Are booster sessions for students and staff planned, scheduled, and delivered (holidays, January, before testing, etc.)?
5. Is a schedule planned for acknowledgments for the year ?
6. Are plans developed and implemented for orienting incoming staff, substitute teachers and students?
7. Are plans developed and implemented for involving families/communities?
8. 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?