Greetings from the Far North everyone,

This morning it was 2 degrees, a far cry from the 20s and 30s we had earlier in the week. Hopefully the groundhog was nice to you all. Our marmot (http://www.adn.com/news/alaska/story/1120178.html) wasn't so kind. But I digress.

In looking through my feeds, I ran across this interesting article where a High School Athletic Department is redefining the benefits of sports and th… Continue

1-26-2010--OSDFS PREVENTION NEWS BULLETIN MENU—SPECIAL EDITION--#2 (This pertains to the information following this update dated 1-13-10)

1. CORRECTION: JANUARY 21 ARTICLE: U.S. ED’s OSDFS ANNOUNCES THE FY 2010 GRANT COMPETITION FOR THE COOPERATIVE CIVIC EDUCATION AND ECONOMIC EDUCATION EXCHANGE PROGRAM (CFDA 84.304A)


CORRECTION: JANUARY 21 ARTICLE: U.S. ED’s OSDFS ANNOUNCES THE FY 2010 GRANT COMPETITION FOR THE COOPERATIVE CIVIC EDUCATION AND ECONOMIC EDUCATION EXCHANGE PROG… Continue

Welcome to 2010!

After a winter break many schools engage in PBIS Booster sessions to retrain/refresh their students and staff on the school-wide expectations and rules. There are many ways to teach PBIS expectations, schools I work with use the following teaching methods:
* Distribute lesson plans to all teachers
* Lead short… Continue

In the Wallace Foundation sponsored video, The Principal's Story, one of the main characters, a Principal in inner city Chicago, credits their school's remarkable improvement in discipline to their involvement with PBIS.

Kudos for all that is being done!

Hi, Chris. I also have not been aware of any backlash like this, and agree with Daniel as to the importance of including stakeholders in the design of a school-wide PBIS program. As a recently retired principal in Arizona, I know that we, as an elementary school, faced making new guidelines for classroom birthdays and the celebration of birthdays because new nutrition guidelines and regulations for schools dictated specific situations and conditions under which foods containing sugars and fats c… Continue