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Exemplar Schools

PBIS schools across Wisconsin have created a more positive environment for students and staff. Many of these schools have surpassed the benchmarks set for quality PBIS implementation.

In Spring of the 2010-11 school year the Wisconsin PBIS Network developed an application that schools could submit to be recognized as Wisconsin PBIS Network Schools of Merit. School of Merit is the first level in what will likely be a three level school recognition program for PBIS implementation in Wisconsin. To be recognized as a School of Merit, schools had to demonstrate at least 11 of these 13 criteria:

• At least 3 people from the school attended days 1 and 2 of Universal Team Training.
• School took the Benchmarks of Quality in the 2010-11 school year and got a score of at least 70%.
• School has taken at least one Self-Assessment Survey.
• School has taken at least one Team Implementation Checklist.
• School identifies at least one Internal Coach.
• School lists at least 3 PBIS Team members.
• School lists at least 8 PBIS Team meeting dates in the 2010-11 school year.
• School reports Office Discipline Referral counts for all months of the 2010-11 school year.
• School mentions the role of the administrator in their PBIS system.
• School mentions having both an Internal and External Coach in the PBIS system.
• School mentions using the Big 5 for data analysis.
• School mentions or demonstrates problem solving around data.
• School mentions creating or using an action plan based on fidelity data.

Twenty three schools completed applications and met at least 11 of those 13 criteria.  Schools recognized as Wisconsin PBIS Network Schools of Merit for the 2010-11 school year are:

• Altoona - Altoona Middle
• Altoona - Pederson Elementary
• Appleton - Kaleidoscope Academy/Roosevelt Middle
• Brown Deer - Brown Deer Middle
• Crivitz - Crivitz Elementary/Middle
• Eau Claire - Robbins Elementary
• Hamilton - Woodside Elementary
• Janesville - Wilson Elementary
• Madison - Lowell Elementary
• Madison - O'Keeffe Middle
• Madison - Sherman Middle
• Monroe - Northside Elementary
• Shawano - Hillcrest Primary
• Shawano - Olga Brener Intermediate
• Sheboygan - Grant Elementary
• Sheboygan - Longfellow Elementary
• Sheboygan - Sheridan Elementary
• Sun Prairie - Horizon Elementary
• Sun Prairie - Royal Oaks Elementary
• Sun Prairie - Westside Elementary
• Tomah - Tomah Middle
• Wauwatosa - West High
• Wauwatosa - Wilson Elementary/WSTEM Charter

PBIS in Action

PBIS schools across Wisconsin have created a more positive environment for students and staff by establishing clear expectations for their students and taking active steps in teaching, modeling and reinforcing appropriate behaviors school wide. 

Wisconsin schools have been implementing PBIS since the Fall of 2006, with rapid growth in the number of trained PBIS schools in Wisconsin occurring within the last two years. As of January 15, 2012, over 795 schools in 192 districts in Wisconsin have attended PBIS training.

Number of Trained PBIS Schools

Of those 872 trained schools, 761 are implementing (87.3%) as demonstrated by completion of at least one Self-Assessment Survey (SAS), Team Implementation Checklist (TIC), or Benchmarks of Quality (BoQ) on the PBIS Assessment website. Of the 761 implementing schools, 379 schools (49.8%) have demonstrated fidelity of implementation as described below.

Schools implementing PBIS with fidelity meet one or more of the following requirements:

• 80% or higher on the Expectations Taught Subscale and the Overall Scale of the School-wide Evaluation Tool (SET)
• 80% or higher on the Team Implementation Checklist (TIC)
• 80% or higher on the School-wide System score on the Self-Assessment Survey (SAS)
• 70% or higher on the Benchmarks of Quality (BoQ)

The schools implementing PBIS with fidelity in Wisconsin are shown in the map and list below.

School	District	Region	Tier	School Level	Recognition Level
Abraham Lincoln El	Monroe	South	Tier 1	Elementary	---
Acad of Accelerated Learning	Milwaukee	Southeast	Tier 1	Elementary	---
Adams El	Janesville	South	Tier 1	Elementary	---
ALAS-AdvLang&Acad Studies	Milwaukee	Southeast	Tier 2	High	---
ALBA	Milwaukee	Southeast	Tier 1	Elementary	---
Alcott El	Milwaukee	Southeast	Tier 2	Multi-Level	---
Alexander Mid	Nekoosa	South	Tier 1	Middle	---
Allen-Field El	Milwaukee	Southeast	Tier 2	Elementary	---
Alliance Hi	Milwaukee	Southeast	Tier 2	Multi-Level	---
Almond El	Almond-Bancroft	South	Tier 1	Elementary	---
Almond Mid	Almond-Bancroft	South	Tier 1	Middle	---
Altoona Mid	Altoona	West	Tier 2	Middle	Merit
Arbor Vitae-Woodruff El	Woodruff J1	North	Tier 2	Multi-Level	---
Ashland Mid	Ashland	North	Tier 1	Middle	---
ASSATA	Milwaukee	Southeast	Tier 1	Alternative	---
Audubon Hi	Milwaukee	Southeast	Tier 1	High	---
Audubon Mid	Milwaukee	Southeast	Tier 1	Middle	---
Auer Avenue El	Milwaukee	Southeast	Tier 2	Multi-Level	---
Augusta El	Augusta	West	Tier 2	Elementary	---