Instructional Playbook

Aligning classroom expectations to the schoolwide PBIS system reduces learning time for students to master expectations and fosters predictability for students and their families. The Classroom Behavior Essentials represent the PBIS practices needed to create a positive classroom climate, but also improve academic engagement, increase the likelihood of appropriate behavior, decrease the likelihood of behavioral errors, and enhance social skills. Safe & Supportive Environment Classroom Behavior Essentials

Creates an effective, safe, and supportive classroom environment that promotes positive teaching and learning experiences for all students.

Classroom Structure

Cultivates a safe, caring, and supportive classroom culture by being responsive to students from all backgrounds and works toward establishing positive teacher student relationships.

Relationships & Cultural Responsiveness

Creates a foundation with common language to build a positive classroom culture through clearly defined behavioral expectations, rules, and routines for all students.

Expectations, Rules & Routines

Facilitates an optimum learning experience to enhance teacher-student relationships, increase appropriate and on-task behavior, and decrease inappropriate behavior.

Student Engagement

Acknowledging Appropriate Behaviors Responding to Behavioral Errors

Creates a safe, supportive classroom environment by recognizing and reinforcing appropriate behavior while building positive teacher-student relationships.

Prevents escalation of problem behavior, creates opportunities to learn and practice new skills, maintains instructional time, and minimizes the potential of rewarding inappropriate behavior.