PBIS TEAM

This year, I had the privilege to start a PBIS Team!  The Positive Behavior Intervention Strategies Team works on a variety of projects throughout the school.  We support the morning meeting by providing MC's for the daily meeting, our Power Point group creates the slide show daily, our Bulletin Board and Banner group provides inviting PBIS based displays for the school.  All of these subgroups create one large PBIS team.  This team allows kiddos from the fifth grade to be character leaders for the school, provides them with a purpose, and enhances our school climate.  Overall, the PBIS Student Team is a great idea that would work at any school!  If you are interested in learning about PBIS approaches, visit the website www.pbis.org. 

Here are a few of the bulletin Board Designs the PBIS Bulletin Board Team Created!

Bulletin Boards with a Purpose

Bulletin Boards are a great way to connect with our kiddos!  I love creating bulletin boards that not only address the CCR Standards but also are interactive.  This bulletin board was created to highlight Kelso's Choices, a wonderful program that empowers kiddos to solve their own little problems (play doh problems) and seek help from an adult for big problems (rock problems).  I simply displayed the Kelso's Choices poster that is posted on all playgrounds used as a "work it out space".  Then, I used student writing that shared what they felt were small problems and big problems.  The most exciting part of the bulletin board is the note that invites the kiddos to leave a question for Kelso that maybe answered during our daily school wide morning meeting.  You can see I attached several pens, so the students could write directly on the bulletin board.  Of course, my last touch was the College and Career Readiness Standards that the board covered.  Incorporating the standards across all areas of the curriculum is possible and exciting to highlight especially in the area of counseling.  Did I mention that my PBIS Team helped create and put up this bulletin board for me !!! :-)