Prioritizing school-wide PBIS work is a no-brainer for many building teams, given the track record of school-wide PBIS frameworks on equitable discipline outcomes, increases in desirable behavior, and reductions in challenging behavior when compared to school buildings not using PBIS systems, as summarized in Amanda Linehan’s recent post on equitable behavior management systems.
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School-wide PBIS Tiered Fidelity Inventory (TFI) - National Technical Assistance Center on PBIS, September 2019
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A free self-assessment tool (including no cost online scoring and reporting) on the extent to which core features of PBIS are being applied at the school building level. The TFI is based on the features and items of existing fidelity measures such as the PBIS Self-Assessment Survey (SAS) (please contact the behavior specialist assigned to your building for a google form version of the SAS, if interested) and PBIS Benchmarks of Quality (BoQ), which may be more familiar to many
- Recommended to be completed when school-wide PBIS is initially launched, then every month or so until at least 70% fidelity across three consecutive administrations is reached, and once that is achieved, annually at end of year
- Takes 15-30 minutes to complete, per tier; teams can start with Tier 1 alone at first; typically completed by 3 - 8 individuals
- The TFI produces scale and subscale scores indicating the extento to which Tier , Tier 2, and Tier 3 core PBIS features are in place (70% is generally accepted as the level of implementation that will result in improved student outcomes)
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A free self-assessment tool (including no cost online scoring and reporting) on the extent to which core features of PBIS are being applied at the school building level. The TFI is based on the features and items of existing fidelity measures such as the PBIS Self-Assessment Survey (SAS) (please contact the behavior specialist assigned to your building for a google form version of the SAS, if interested) and PBIS Benchmarks of Quality (BoQ), which may be more familiar to many
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PBIS District Systems Fidelity Inventory - Pilot Version (DSFI) - National Technical Assistance Center on PBIS, December 2019
- A free self-assessment tool for use at the school district level
- Recommended to be completed prior to installation of a tiered behavioral system (PBIS) and annually thereafter
- Takes 60 - 90 minutes to complete, depending on experience level of the team
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The nine (9) DFSI categories include:
- Leadership teaming
- Stakeholder engagement
- Resource alignment, funding & allocation
- Policy & systems support
- Workforce capacity
- Professional development
- Coaching & technical assistance
- Evaluation
- Local implementation demonstrations
- Leadership teaming
- A free self-assessment tool for use at the school district level
The comprehensiveness of the valuable self-assessment tools listed above can be overwhelming for teams of busy people who lack previous training in PBIS frameworks and may only be familiar with well-intentioned versions of PBIS that simply lack the core features summarized by the National Technical Assistance Center. Even people who’ve had explicit training in PBIS, if tasked with creating the agenda for their building’s next PBIS committee meeting, may feel overwhelmed by knowing the magnitude of coordinated effort needed to get core features into place, and wonder how to help team members with less training in PBIS share the vision and see the trajectory and end goals similarly.
Rather than link the PBIS Gantt Chart / Planning Calendar here, we’re asking that anyone interested in the document please reach out to us so that we can a) provide you with the most current version, as we’re continually updating it, and b) use your interest as an opportunity to get you and your school team set up with a shared folder including the google sheet we’ve described and other sample SCSD documents (e.g., mission/vision statements, behavior expectations matrices from schools within our district).
Sustainable work is relevant, efficient, effective, dynamic, and prioritized. We hope that the resources shared within this post (and the grouping of Benchmark of Quality items into sample meeting agendas and follow up tasks that will be shared upon request) will help teams feel like they are cohesive and clear on the trajectory of their shared work. Organizing PBIS work in accordance with these best practice guidelines will help teams achieve strides toward that 70% level of implementation when they’ll see improved student outcomes resulting from their PBIS work.
We look forward to consulting with you on your building’s PBIS needs! Please reach out to the district behavior team member assigned to your building for support.