Center on PBIS | Back to School 2024

August 21, 2024

Welcome students back with inclusive, engaging, and proactive PBIS in your classroom!

As we welcome students back to school, we can all benefit from a brief refresher on the basic practices that will set our students (and ourselves) up for social, emotional, behavioral, and academic success!

Check Out These “Top Ten” Tips and Resources!

1. Proactively Support and Respond to Students’ Social, Emotional, and Behavioral (SEB) Needs

2. Connect With Your Students and Their Families to Develop Meaningful Relationships to Support Students’ SEB and Academic Growth

3. Develop a Classroom Teaching Matrix, With Your Students (and Their Families), to Define the Positive Expectations, or Norms, for Your Classroom

4. Co-create Your Classroom Matrix With Your Students (Use This Lesson Plan)

5. Engage Students in Relevant Instruction to Promote Equity

6. Acknowledge Students’ Social, Emotional, Behavioral, and Academic Skills in an Equitable Way

7. When Needed, De-escalate and Support Students (and Yourself) Through Challenging Situations

8. Implement a Continuum of Support With PBIS—a Multi-tiered System of Support (MTSS)—in Your Classroom

9. Intentionally Include All Students, Especially Students With Disabilities, in Your Classroom

10. Document Your Classroom Expectations Matrix and Other Proactive Practices to Set Yourself Up for Success (Check Out This Template)

In addition to these resources, check out the Guiding Principles and Best Practices in School Discipline to Support Students’ Social, Emotional, Behavioral, and Academic Needs from our U.S. Department of Education, Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, Office of Safe and Supportive Schools, Technical Assistance Center Collaborative.

Back to School 2024

Check Out These “Top Ten” Tips and Resources!

1.

Proactively Support and Respond to Students’ Social, Emotional, and Behavioral (SEB) Needs

2.

Connect With Your Students and Their Families to Develop Meaningful Relationships to Support Students’ SEB and Academic Growth

3.

Develop a Classroom Teaching Matrix, With Your Students (and Their Families), to Define the Positive Expectations, or Norms, for Your Classroom

4.

Co-create Your Classroom Matrix With Your Students (Use This Lesson Plan)

5.

Engage Students in Relevant Instruction to Promote Equity

6.

Acknowledge Students’ Social, Emotional, Behavioral, and Academic Skills in an Equitable Way

7.

When Needed, De-escalate and Support Students (and Yourself) Through Challenging Situations

8.

Implement a Continuum of Support With PBIS—a Multi-tiered System of Support (MTSS)—in Your Classroom

9.

Intentionally Include All Students, Especially Students With Disabilities, in Your Classroom

10.

Document Your Classroom Expectations Matrix and Other Proactive Practices to Set Yourself Up for Success (Check Out This Template)

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