Positive+School+Climate+Terms

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=__ ACES __: Adverse Childhood Experiences =

=__ Action Plan __: A written plan that uses data to identify goals and determine specific action steps, timelines, and resources needed to reach each goal. The action plan includes //who// will do //what// by //when// and //where//, and how it will be accomplished and evaluated, or measured.=

=__ Aggregated Data __: Individual data that are averaged at the school or district level (e.g. the % of all students on check-in meeting their daily point goals).=

=__ B __= =__ Benchmarks of Quality __: is an annual self-assessment tool for universal Tier 1.=

=__ Big Five __: The big five common data summary reports in the SWIS data tracking of office discipline referrals: referrals by average number per day, by type of behavior, by time of day, by location, by student.=

=__ C __= =__ Core Reports __: The big five behavioral data summary reports aggregated in SWIS and displayed online on the main SWIS dashboard. The summary reports enable teams to monitor school-wide patterns of problem behavior.=

=__ Contextualize Implementation __: This is the building's role as the district standardizes the process.=

=__ Coaching Skills __: Give and receive specific feedback, find celebrations, manage conflicts.=

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=__ District Capacity Assessment (DCA) __: How we measure our implementation efforts.=

=__ E __= =__ Effective Behavior Support (EBS) __: An evidence-based practice that supports positive behavior.=

=__ F __= =__ Fidelity __: The extent to which the core features of PSC or PBIS are implemented according to their original design and focus. Fidelity measures whether everyone is doing the same intervention in the same way and whether that intervention aligns with one of the eight key features of PSC or PBIS.=

=__ FTE __: Full-Time Equivalent or the funding allocated to an individual.=

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=__ H __= || aaaaa || = = =I-P = =__ I __= =__ Implementation Science __: The science of a "specified set of activities designed to put into practice an activity or program of known dimensions" (Fixsen 2005). Includes the //what// and //how// of implementation.=

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=__ L __= =__ LIT :__ Leadership Implementation Team=

=__ Life Domain :__ Each area of a student's life to consider when planning comprehensive support, such as educational/vocational, emotional/psychological, family, medical, residence, safety, and social.=

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=__ Natural and Formal Supports __: Natural supports are the relationships that occur in everyday life, usually involving relationships with family, friends, co-workers, neighbors, and acquaintances. Formal Supports usually involve some sort of payment and may include relationships with service providers such as teachers, other school staff, or community agency representatives.= = = =__ O __= =__ Office Discipline Referral (ODR) __: One of the primary outcome measures of student behavior in PSC/ PBIS. An ODR represents and measures specific student behavior through the use of an electronic or paper behavioral incident report that contains specific defined fields.=

=__ P __= =__ PSC/PBIS Assessment Coordinator: __ A designated leadership team member or coach who assists leadership teams using assessment tools and data to measure progress, facilitate problem solving, and to determine what supports may be most beneficial.=

=__ Person Centered Planning __: A team-based approach involving a range of strategies and activities designed to help assist students in planning their life and supports. The focus is on personal self-determination and enhancing independence.=

__ ** PSC/PBIS Coaching: ** __ **A set of responsibilities, actions, activities, and personnel resources organized to train, facilitate, assist, maintain, and adapt local implementation.**

=__ PSC __: Positive School Climate (secondary).=

=__ PBIS __: Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (elementary).=

=__ Push-Out Effects __: Situations or experiences within the school environment that heighten students' feelings of alienation and failure=

=__ Pull-Out Effects __: External factors that weaken and distract a student from the importance of school completion.= || aaaaa || = = =Q-Z = =__ Q __=

=__ Quality of Life __: The extent to which physical, mental, social, and emotional functioning is consistent with personal preferences. It is determined by the student and family.=

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=__ RENEW :__ Rehabilitation for Empowerment, Natural Supports, Eduction, and Work. A wrap-a-round based process specifically designed for adolescents and young adults that emphasize self-determination and student voice. The focus of RENEW is on high school completion, employment, post-secondary education and training, and community integration.=

__ ** S ** __ =__ School-Wide Evaluation Tool (SET) __: is an assessment designed to evaluate the features of PSC or PBIS across each academic year. It provides a good measure of implementation and fidelity. It is conducted by an outside evaluator and was created as a research tool.=

=__ School-Wide Information System (SWIS) __: A Web-based application of efficient collection, analysis, and reports of office discipline referral (ODR) data.=

=__ School-Wide Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (SWPBIS) __: A systematic framework and set of evidence-based practices for improving behavioral and academic outcomes for all students and all staff in all school settings.=

=__ Self-Assessment Survey (SAS) __: solicits feedback from all staff members on the status of SWPBIS implementation and the priorities for action planning.=

=__ Sustainability __: the ongoing, long-term practice of SWPBIS after formal training ends and at a level of fidelity that continues to produce valued outcomes.=

=__ Standardize the Process __: District or school adopts common definitions, expectations, and implementation of system components. Predetermined data sets evaluate implementation with on-going data analysis.=

=__ SMART Goals __: Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Results Focused, Time Bound.=

__ ** T ** __ = __Team Implementation Checklist (TIC)__: a progress monitoring tool completed monthly or quarterly by the school leadership team to measure the implementation of the Tier I universal system.=

= __Targeted Interventions Reference Guide__: a matrix used to indicate a school's Tier II interventions and indicate which student needs (e.g., function of problem behavior) they can support.=

= __Tiered Fidelity Inventory (TFI)__: a validated SWPBIS fidelity of implementation measure that assesses all three tiers of support.=

= __TFI Behavior Support Plan Worksheet__: a sheet used to score the school's existing behavior support plans for the Tier III scale. It is not needed for Tier I or Tier II scales.=

= __TFI Walkthrough Tool__: An interview form used for the Tier I scale that include questions for randomly selected staff and students and completed by an external reviewer (for evaluation purposes) or a member of the school team (for progress monitoring purposes). It is not needed for the Tier II or III scales.=

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= __Walkthrough (informal)__: any type of walkthrough used to assess quality of instruction (not the TFI Walkthrough tool).= = = = = = __Wraparound__: a person-centered process for developing and implementing individualized care plans for youth at-risk of emotional and behavioral disorders. Wraparound brings the student, family, school, agency staff members and informal supporters together as a team to develop coordinated supports.=

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