New Positive Behavior Support Training Improves School Climate
Published: 2006-10-11
Every day, nine months out the year, nearly 25 million middle-school and high-school students stream through the halls, cafeterias, libraries, and other common areas of our public schools. During these transitional and open-ended times, students’ behavioral choices can significantly affect school climate, either contributing to a safe, respectful environment, or working against that goal.
Creating an environment where both staff and students feel safe and respected is critical:
• The National Center for Education Statistics reports that five percent of students 12-to-18-year-olds avoided some school activities or locations out of fear.
• In an AARP study on teacher retention, teachers themselves identify working with challenging students as a significant reason they choose to leave the teaching profession.
Now, Systematic Supervision: A Positive Way to Monitor School Common Areas, a new video-based training program from IRIS Media, offers a complete training package that provides step-by-step guidance in how create safe and positive common areas. Developed with the Institute on Violence and Destructive Behavior at the University of Oregon, Systematic Supervision provides practical, easy-to-implement training that shows staff how to apply positive behavior support (PBS) strategies to:
• Build positive relationships with students
• Encourage positive behavior
• Respond appropriately to problem behavior
• Communicate effectively with all stakeholders (staff, students, and parents)
The Systematic Supervision training program is offered in two versions, one for middle school and one for high school. While the principles underlying each program are the same, the video program and related support materials are specific to grade-level and student needs, ensuring that staff can effectively use this PBS program with their students. Each program includes:
• training video on DVD and VHS
• 7-minute in-service training with co-author Stephen Smith
• 5-minute presentation and review about teaching rules and expectations (middle school only)
• trainer’s guide
• 20-page viewer’s guide
• set of five reminder cards
• online links to additional resources
For schools looking for a positive, school-wide approach to monitoring common areas, Systematic Supervision provides a complete training program that staff can begin using immediately. Perhaps staff who have used the program can say it best:
“Tried and true! We have found Systematic Supervision to be a useful, practical tool to assist school staff in their supervision of common areas. It has been used with multiple groups of people - administrators, teachers, classified staff - and has always proven to be tremendously successful.”
-Laura Zeff, Behavior Support Unit, Los Angeles Unified School District
"The Systematic Supervision video is a common sense approach for supervising hallways, the cafeteria, and other common areas of a high school. It provided our high school staff with straight-forward examples of positive reinforcement and how to deal with problem behaviors before they escalate. The two-minute rule is a nice reminder for all our staff, and I especially like how the authors diagram the moving and scanning techniques of active supervision."
-Charles Eisenriech, Assistant Principal, Technical High School, St. Cloud MN.
“....it has been really helpful to have access to these videos as we implement school-pbis in our state. They are very popular with our schools and timely in their availability.”
-Charlotte Ryan, Ph.D. State wide-PBIS Coordinator, Minnesota Department of Education
“As a trainer I have found this resource to be very beneficial to participants. It allows supervisors to connect with students in a positive manner that develops into a friendly connection with students. I recommend Systematic Supervision (Middle School) to be used with all school personnel who supervise students.”
“I highly recommend this learning tool (Systematic Supervision High School) for all educators, parents, and students. It is a practical learning tool that provides participants with strategies that they can use immediately in their school setting.”
-Kara Hill, State wide PBS Coordinator, Louisiana State University
Product Information
High School
Title: Systematic Supervision High School: A Positive Way to Monitor School Common Areas
Audience: All school staff, grades 9-12
Running Time: 27 minutes Language: English Release Date: Fall 2006 Price: $250
ISBN: 1-932969-15-2
Packaged in a sturdy plastic case with lively video-jacket graphics.
Middle School
Title:Systematic Supervision: A Positive Way to Monitor School Common Areas
Audience: All school staff, grades 6-8
Running Time: 30 minutes Language: English Release Date: Fall 2006 Price: $250
ISBN: 1-932969-16-0
Packaged in a sturdy plastic case with lively video-jacket graphics.
Publisher
IRIS Media, Inc.
258 East 10th, Suite B
Eugene OR 97401
Toll free: 877-343-4747
Fax: 541-683-4335
www.lookiris.com
SAN: 255-5042
Questions: Please contact or Renee Garza (renee@lookiris.com) or Nell Caraway (nell@lookiris.com) by email or at 541-343-4747.
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