JKPBSD Positive Behavior Intervention Support (PBIS) Report

The primary goal of PBIS is to establish a positive teaching environment and school climate that is safe and predictable for students. PBIS is a framework used to address social emotional needs and student behavior in school. The first step is developing school-wide behavioral expectations for all students, teaching those behaviors to students, and positively acknowledging students who are using correct behaviors. By teaching behavior and positively acknowledging students, PBIS helps to impact the climate of a school, and increase staff and student connectedness. It also increases academic engaged learning time for students, increased school attendance rates and decreased incidents of bullying and office discipline referrals. Our PBIS schools have been investigating ways to utilize the PBIS framework to support related initiatives such as social/emotional learning, trauma informed schools and personalized learning.

The following schools are implementing PBIS this school year: Homer Flex, K-Beach Elementary, Nikiski North Star Elementary, Nikolaevsk, Ninilchik, Redoubt Elementary, Soldotna Elementary, Sterling Elementary, West Homer Elementary/Fireweed Academy, Razdolna and Seward Elementary. All of these schools are fully implementing the school-wide framework, and data is used regularly to assess school behavioral needs. A few other schools have expressed interest in the implementation of PBIS, and as we hopefully put Covid in the rear view mirror, we can renew our support for these endeavors.