Securing Sustainable Funding, Political

Support, & Visibility

Barbara Sims & George SugaiOSEP Center on PBIS

University of ConnecticutOctober 30, 2008

www.pbis.org www.cber.org www.swis.org

George.sugai@uconn.edu

Problem Statement

“We give schools strategies & systems for developing positive, effective, achieving, & caring school & classroom environments, but implementation is not accurate, consistent, or durable. Schools need more than training & coaching.”

PURPOSE

Review rationale & strategies

for securing sustainable

funding, political support, &

visibility in support of SWPBS

implementation for

EVERYONE in school.

George: Basics & FeaturesBarb: Examples & GuidelinesAll: Questions & Discussion

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# IL PBIS Schools & # External Coaches

June 30, 2008

# IL PBIS Schools & # Ext. & Int. Coaches

June 30, 2008

Sustaining & Scaling Change• Know your basics

• Adopt & adapt evidence-based practices

• Monitor implementation fidelity

• Give priority to what matters

• Keep data regular, easy, & relevant

• Know your outcomes

• Integrate for efficiency & build durable capacity

• Celebrate successes & improvement

• Establish sustainable funding, visibility, & political support

IMPLEMENTATIONPHASES

Need,Agreements, Adoption, &Outcomes

LocalDemonstration

w/ Fidelity

Sustained Capacity,

Elaboration, &Replication

4. SystemsAdoption, Scaling,

& ContinuousRegeneration

2.

3.

1.

ValuedOutcomes

ContinuousSelf-Assessment

Practice Implementation

EffectivePractices

RelevancePriority Efficacy

Fidelity

CONTINUOUS REGNERATION FOR SUSTAINABLE IMPLEMENTATION & DURABLE RESULTS

SYST

EMS

PRACTICES

DATASupportingStaff Behavior

SupportingStudent Behavior

OUTCOMES

Supporting Social Competence &Academic Achievement

SupportingDecisionMaking

IntegratedElements

Primary Prevention:School-/Classroom-Wide Systems for

All Students,Staff, & Settings

Secondary Prevention:Specialized Group

Systems for Students with At-Risk Behavior

Tertiary Prevention:Specialized

IndividualizedSystems for Students

with High-Risk Behavior

~80% of Students

~15%

~5%

CONTINUUM OFSCHOOL-WIDE

INSTRUCTIONAL & POSITIVE BEHAVIOR

SUPPORT

ALL

SOME

FEW

Leadership Team

Active Coordination

Funding Visibility PoliticalSupport

Training Coaching Evaluation

Local School Teams/Demonstrations

PBS Systems Implementation Logic

Leadership TeamActive Coordination

FUNCTIONS

• Implementation support

• Data-based action plan

• Coordination

• Capacity building

• Policy & funding

• Communications

• Training capacity

• Exemplars

• Evaluation

MEMBERS

• Coordinator

• Representation

• Behavioral capacity

• Agency

• Parent/family

• Leadership

• Student

• Etc

Training Coaching Evaluation

Training Coaching Evaluation• Continuous

• Embedded

• Team-coordinated

• Data-based

• Local expertise

• Action plan linked

• Etc….

• Continuous

• Function oriented

• Local support

• Data-based

• Preventive

• Positive

• Competent

• Etc….

• Continuous

• Question-based

• Academic & social

• Efficient

• Team-coordinated

• Public

• Etc….

Local School Teams/Demonstrations

• Fidelity implementation

• >80% of staff

• >80% of students

• Administrator leadership

• Team-based

• Data driven

• Contextually relevant

• Teaching focused

• Integrated initiatives

• Positively oriented

• Etc…..

Funding VisibilityPoliticalSupport

• General fund

• 3 years of support

• Integrated

• Data-based

• Dedicated FTE

• Etc….

• Demos & research

• Multiple formats

• Multiple audiences

• Acknow. Others

• Evidence

• Advocacy

• Action plan & Eval

• Etc….

• Continuous

• Top 3 priorities

• Quarterly/annually

• Policy

• Need & benefits

• Participation

• Integ. Initiatives

• Evidence

• Etc….

EXAMPLES & GUIDEINES

ILLINOIS2007-2008

2,378,446 students

4,262 schools

873 districts

950 PBIS schools

Illinois Autism Training and

Technical Assistance

Project

An LRE Initiative of the Illinois State Board of Education and Partner in the Illinois Statewide Technical Assistance Center

TOTALTransition Outreach Training for Adult Living

PBIS

ISTACParents

IATTAPTOTAL

REACH

CHOICES

ISRC

Evaluation

Parent Consultant

Transition Consultant

State Leadership Team History

• Began in 2005• State Superintendent• State Director of Special Education• Rob Horner• Leadership Team Self Assessment• Workgroups – Funding, Visibility, Political

Support

• Legislators– U.S.– State

• State Agencies– Mental Health– DCFS– Juvenile Justice– ICMHP

• Unions

• Parents• Public Schools

– Superintendents– Special Ed Directors

• Private Schools• Community Providers• Universities• ISTAC Directors• Project Staff

Membership

Current Workgroups

• Related Initiatives

• School/Family/Community Partnerships

• Tertiary/Interagency

• Demonstrations

• Fiscal

• Political Support/Visibility

RELATED INITIATIVES

• Integration with ISTAC projects, SEL programs, statewide RtI implementation– Shared website– Training– Resource Libraries

• Integrated coaches network• SISEP

SCHOOL/FAMILY/COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS

• ISTAC Family Workgroup– Shared principles– Shared trainings

• Hierarchy of family involvement

TERTIARY/INTERAGENCY

• IL Children’s Mental Health Partnership

• School Based Mental Health sites

• Local Area Networks

DEMONSTRATIONS

• Phases of Implementation

• Recognition Process– Emerging– Implementing– Fully Implementing

FISCAL

• Current Funding– IDEA Part B funds– State GRF funds– Federal Grants

• Tertiary Demonstration• High School/Character Education

• “Turbo Tax” template for district fiscal planning

POLITICAL SUPPORT/VISIBILITY

• Database of PBIS schools by legislative district• Letters to legislators• Testimony before General Assembly• Visits to IL PBIS schools by

– 5 state legislators– 1 US Representative– Asst. Secretary for OSERS

• Congressional Briefing in Washington, D.C.• Positive Behavior for Effective Schools Act (H.R.

3407)• Dignity in Schools• Newsletters• Preparation for news articles

– 20 newspaper articles

• Recognition Process