October Calendar

Internal Coach

Monthly Tasks to Accomplish

• Notify all school staff of Self-Assessment Survey (SAS) window and provide directions for entering SAS responses. (Directions can be viewed here) Participation may be increased by pairing survey completion with a faculty meeting (in the last last few minutes of faculty meeting, staff go into computer lab and complete SAS) or providing an incentive for participation.  
• Think about student acknowledgements. Areas of focus should be based on Cool Tool focus/fading for previously taught behaviors.
• Think about a reward/acknowledgement/motivator to keep the staff using PBIS.
• Develop system for informing new students and guest teachers/substitutes about PBIS practices.
• Provide information to parents in newsletters, at conferences, through PTA, etc.
• Share data with staff at faculty meeting and celebrate successes.

Monthly Team Meeting Planning

Prior to Meeting

• Gather and analyze current data using precision statements. (Download form here)
• Reserve meeting room, projector, etc.
• Contact team members for agenda item requests.
• Create and distribute meeting agenda.

During Meeting

• Review team meeting norms. (Click for sample)
• Document meeting minutes and problem-solving action planning.  (Blank Document can be downloaded here)
• Review current and previous year data with precision statements and determine action needed. (Download form here)
• Continue and/or complete action planning using Team Implementation Checklist results.
• Use data to review previous month's problem-solving action plan(s).
• Plan Cool Tool development and booster teaching based on current and prior year data.  (Examples can be viewed here)
• Summarize meeting discussions and decisions and evaluate meeting.

After Meeting 

• Complete meeting minutes and problem-solving action plan.
• Distribute meeting minutes and problem-solving action plan to all team members within 24 hours.
• Communicate team decisions with staff as appropriate.

External Coach

Monthly Tasks to Accomplish

• Send reminder to internal coach(es) if Team Implementation Checklist was not completed in September.
• Send reminder to internal coach(es) for Self-Assessment Survey (SAS) completion.
• Participate in district PBIS meeting. Complete SAS. Action planning for district team should be directed by results of SAS.  Guidance for SAS outcomes can be viewed here.