Positive Behavioral
Interventions and Supports (PBIS) is a
proven, research and evidence-based discipline program that emphasizes
school-wide systems of support that include strategies for defining, teaching,
modeling and supporting appropriate student behaviors to create positive school
environments.
PBIS emphasizes teaching students to behave
in ways that contribute to academic achievement and school success and that
support a school environment where students and school staff are responsible
and respectful. PBIS also emphasizes the
need for school staff to promote appropriate behaviors by teaching, modeling,
reinforcing and monitoring appropriate behaviors and by treating many minor mis-behaviors
as “teaching moments” rather than punishment opportunities. PBIS recognizes that effective school
discipline is anchored to meaningful corrective instruction and guidance that
offers students an opportunity to learn from their mistakes and contribute to
the school community. PBIS also involves
ongoing monitoring of discipline data to ensure equitable school-based
discipline practices are implemented in a fair and non-discriminatory manner.