Tier I Team Training

During this interactive training, your team will learn the features of Tier I PBIS as well as have time to develop an action plan for implementation. The training is aligned to the Tiered Fidelity Inventory (TFI), which will support your team in having a solid foundation for the features of Tier I and ability to continue to assess implementation using TFI.

Virtual Tier 1 Team Training is for new or rebooting PBIS teams. Teams will use virtual breakout rooms to action plan during the training. During this online interactive training, your team will learn the features of Tier 1 PBIS as well as have time to develop an action plan for implementation.The training is aligned to the Tiered Fidelity Inventory (TFI), which will support your team in having a solid foundation for the features of Tier 1 and ability to continue to assess implementation using TFI.                         



Who Should Attend

A team representative of your school community and who are committed to implementing behavior supports school-wide. The team should include school administrator, Tier I school-based coach, and typically four to six team members (e.g.: general education teacher(s), special education teacher, family representative, clinical staff, etc). District-based PBIS coaches are also encouraged to participate with school teams to support fidelity and sustainability of implementation throughout the district.

Participants Can Expect To Leave Being Able To

  • Compose a Tier I team to lead implementation and monitoring of school-wide behavior supports
  • Define behavioral expectations for your school
  • Establish a plan for teaching behavior and social emotional skills
  • Define system for handling problem behaviors
  • Establish an acknowledgement system for your school
  • Develop a professional development plan for staff
  • Implement an evaluation plan


Components of Tier 1 Roll-Out


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Tips for schools participating in 
ON SITE* PBIS Tier I Team Training
  1. Bring three laptops per school team, one for each of the three following functions:
    1. Coach/facilitator
    2. Note-taker
    3. Team member who will help create a full-staff overview presentation for your PBIS plan
  2. If you are concerned about wifi, download materials on this page in advance to your laptop. 
  3. Sit with your school team.
*Note: Virtual Trainings take place through Zoom, and though it is encouraged your team joins virtually, it is not required to be with your team face to face during the COVID-19 Shelter in Place directive.

Tell us about your team at Training today!

This survey will be opened at the start of the first team training day. Have the every team member take the survey while you are getting settled:

Consider preparing the following in advance:
  1. Open the Tier 1 PBIS Team Workbook (Google Doc), make a copy, and share with teammates to use during training. OR download as a MS Word version if preferred and make copies.

  2. Print Rethinking Discipline Article/Activity. (Adapted from MO SW-PBS Team Workbook, retrieved 2.2013)
PBIS Assessment Account:
Need PBIS Apps for the TFI Survey?
If your school does not have a PBIS Apps account, complete this form and email it to diane.lamaster@midwestpbis.org :

Consider bringing the following from your school:
  1. Any/all school artifacts relating to behavioral supports/Tier I PBIS implementation 
  2. Current Behavior/Social Culture or PBIS Action Plan 
  3. School-wide Expectations and Behavior Matrix 
  4. Classroom Behavior Matrix 
  5. Behavioral Lesson Plans / Schedule for teaching 
  6. Acknowledgement and Reinforcement System/Schedule – for staff and students 
  7. Discipline Flowchart and Referral T-Chart 
  8. SWIS/Discipline Data 
  9. Results from your most recent PBIS Tiered Fidelity Inventory Tool 
  10. Staff feedback on school climate and discipline (e.g. SAS Survey)
  11. Team Meeting Schedule

Virtual* Tier 1 Team Training Materials

 ModuleContent Activities & Tools 
 Day 1: Welcome and Overview of Tier 1 
  • Introductions
  • Readiness for virtual team training
  • Overview of PBIS and Tier 1
  • Plan for TFI Assessment and Action Steps 
  • TFI 1.1 Team Composition
  • TFI 1.2 Team Operating Procedures
  • TFI 1.12 Discipline Data
  • TFI 1.13 Data-based Decision Making
 Day 2
  • TFI 1.3 Behavioral Expectations
  • TFI 1.4 Teaching Expectations 
 Day 3
  • TFI 1.9 Feedback and Acknowledgements
  • TFI 1.5 & 1.6 Problem Behaviors and Discipline Policies 
 Day 4
  • TFI 1.7 Professional Development Plan
  • TFI 1.10 Staff Involvement
  • TFI 1.11 Students/Family/Community Involvement
  • TFI 1.14 Fidelity
  • TFI 1.15 Evaluation

*Unless otherwise listed in the table above, see the Table below for training materials to use during virtual team training


Tier I Team Training - Materials

Agenda 

Materials - Day 1

 Module/Subject Content Activities & Tools
 Welcome
 Overview of Tier I
  • Overview of Team Training
  • Tier I Features of PBIS
  • Begin action planning for implementation 
  • Plan for TFI Assessment to enter in PBIS Apps
  • Complete PBIS Assessment School Information Sheet

TFI 1.1 & 1.2 & 1.12 & 1.13
Teaming, data, and data-based decision-making

  • TFI 1.1: Who is on the team?
  • TFI 1.2: How do you operate?

  • TFI 1.12: What data do you use?
  • TFI 1.13: How do you make decisions using data? 
 TFI 1.3: Behavioral Expectations
  • School-wide Expectations
  • School-wide Matrix
  • Classroom Expectations and Matrix
  • Classroom Procedures
 TFI 1.4: Teaching Expectations
  •  Lesson Plans
  •  Schedule for teaching expectations

Materials - Day 2

 TFI 1.9: Feedback & Acknowledgement
  • Acknowledgement System
  • Acknowledgement System linked to SW Expectations
 
TFI 1.5: Problem Definitions & 
TFI 1.6: Discipline Policies

TFI 1.8: Classroom Procedures (introduction)
  •  SWIS Definitions
  •  T-Chart
  •  Discipline Flowchart
  •  Office Discipline Referral 
 TFI 1.10: Faculty Involvement and 
 TFI 1.11: Student/Family/Community Involvement
  • Process for sharing data with faculty
  • Process for faculty to provide feedback/suggestions throughout PBIS implementation
 TFI 1.7: Professional Development
  • Develop detailed PD plan and timeline for implementation activities
 TFI 1.14: Fidelity Data & TFI 1.15: Annual Evaluation
  •  Measure fidelity & outcomes
  •  PBIS Assessments-Survey faculty, students & families

  • Enter completed TFI in PBIS Apps
 Wrap Up/Questions and Answers/Team Action Planning
  •  Action Plan for Implementation



Alternate Agenda Option for Items 1.7, 1.14, 1.15 and Wrap-Up                                  		 

Examples of Tier I Content and Videos from Schools

Click here to visit this archive of PBIS Tier I examples from around the state and beyond. If you are interested in sharing your school's PBIS documents, please email support@midwestpbis.org with the information.