Into Action with the Tiered Fidelity Inventory TFI

Into Action with the Tiered Fidelity Inventory (TFI) and Self-Assessment Survey Deborah Keane Office of School Safety and Climate Georgia Dept. of Education Richard Woods, Georgia’s School Superintendent | Georgia Department of Education | Educating Georgia’s Future

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7 Tips for a Productive Action Planning Meeting • Save the Date • Organize • Summarize the data before you meet • Make Priorities • Connect the dots • Get real! • Check yourself Richard Woods, Georgia’s School Superintendent | Georgia Department of Education | Educating Georgia’s Future

What is an Action Plan? • A detailed plan outlining actions needed to reach one or more goals. Alternatively, businessdictionary. com defines an action plan as a "sequence of steps that must be taken, or activities that must be performed well, for a strategy to succeed. Richard Woods, Georgia’s School Superintendent | Georgia Department of Education | Educating Georgia’s Future

Purpose of the PBIS Tiered Fidelity Inventory • The purpose of the School-wide PBIS Tiered Fidelity Inventory is to provide an efficient and valid index of the extent to which PBIS core features are in place within a school. • Tier I (Universal PBIS) • Whole School Universal Prevention • Tier II (Targeted PBIS) • Secondary, Small Group Prevention • Tier III (Intensive PBIS) • Tertiary, Individual Support Prevention Richard Woods, Georgia’s School Superintendent | Georgia Department of Education | Educating Georgia’s Future

Uses of the SWPBIS Tiered Fidelity Inventory Formative Assessment Determine current PBIS practices in place and needed prior to launching implementation Self-assess PBIS practices by tier to Progress monitoring guide implementation efforts, and assess progress by tier Build action plan to focus implementation efforts Annual Self-Assessment Self-assess annually to facilitate sustained implementation of PBIS State Recognition Determine schools warranting recognition for their fidelity of PBIS implementation. Richard Woods, Georgia’s School Superintendent | Georgia Department of Education | Educating Georgia’s Future

SWPBIS Tiered Fidelity Inventory is a Self. Assessment (done with a COACH) Primary purpose of the instrument is to help school teams improve Primary audience for instrument results is the team, faculty, families and administrators of the school. Effective use of the instrument requires multiple administrations (progress monitoring) Richard Woods, Georgia’s School Superintendent | Georgia Department of Education | Educating Georgia’s Future

TFI Walkthrough Tool Richard Woods, Georgia’s School Superintendent | Georgia Department of Education | Educating Georgia’s Future

Summary Data and Reports Total Score Subscale Subsubscale Individual Items Richard Woods, Georgia’s School Superintendent | Georgia Department of Education | Educating Georgia’s Future

Total score (TFI) Richard Woods, Georgia’s School Superintendent | Georgia Department of Education | Educating Georgia’s Future

Subscale report Tier II Teams Implementation Interventions Evaluation Tier III Teams Resources Assessment Support plan Monitoring and adaptation Richard Woods, Georgia’s School Superintendent | Georgia Department of Education | Educating Georgia’s Future

Tier I Subscales Tier I: Teams • Composition • Operating Procedures Tier I: Implementation • Behavioral Expectations • Teaching Expectations • Problem Behavior Definitions • Discipline Policies • Professional Development • Classroom Procedures • Feedback & Acknowledgement • Faculty Involvement • Student/Family/Community Involvement Tier I: Evaluation • Discipline Data • Data-based Decision Making • Fidelity Data • Annual Evaluation Richard Woods, Georgia’s School Superintendent | Georgia Department of Education | Educating Georgia’s Future

Tier II Subscales Tier II: Teams • Composition • Operating Procedures • Screening • Request for Assistance Tier II: Interventions Tier II: Evaluation • Tier II Intervention Options • Tier II Critical Features • Practices Matched to Student Need • Access to Tier I Supports • Professional Development • Level of Use • Student Performance Data • Fidelity Data • Annual Evaluation Richard Woods, Georgia’s School Superintendent | Georgia Department of Education | Educating Georgia’s Future

Tier III Subscales Tier III: Teams • Composition • Operating Procedures • Screening • Student Support Team Tier III: Interventions • Staffing • Student/Family/Community Involvement • Professional Development Tier III: Evaluation Tier III: Support Plans • Quality of Life Indicators • Academic, Social, Physical Indicators • Hypothesis Statement • Comprehensive Support • Formal & Natural Supports • Access to Tier I & Tier II Supports • Data System • Data-based Decision Making • Level of Use • Annual Evaluation Richard Woods, Georgia’s School Superintendent | Georgia Department of Education | Educating Georgia’s Future

Item Report Richard Woods, Georgia’s School Superintendent | Georgia Department of Education | Educating Georgia’s Future

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TFI Items Richard Woods, Georgia’s School Superintendent | Georgia Department of Education | Educating Georgia’s Future

Self. Assessment Survey (SAS) • The SAS is an annual assessment used by schools to identify the staff perception of the implementation status and improvement priority for school-wide, classroom, nonclassroom and individual student systems. Results of the SAS are effective in identifying the staff priorities for Action Planning. Richard Woods, Georgia’s School Superintendent | Georgia Department of Education | Educating Georgia’s Future

SAS • Who: Teams interested in knowing more about staff perception of SWPBIS implementation across all systems may favor the SAS. All school staff are encouraged to take the survey in PBIS Assessment, with at least 80% recommended for reliable results. When the survey window has closed and all participants have had a chance to take the survey, PBIS Assessment summarizes the individual responses providing a summary available to view the next day. • When: Annually Richard Woods, Georgia’s School Superintendent | Georgia Department of Education | Educating Georgia’s Future

SAS Total Score Report Richard Woods, Georgia’s School Superintendent | Georgia Department of Education | Educating Georgia’s Future

SAS Subscale Report Richard Woods, Georgia’s School Superintendent | Georgia Department of Education | Educating Georgia’s Future

SAS Items Report Richard Woods, Georgia’s School Superintendent | Georgia Department of Education | Educating Georgia’s Future

SAS Report with Report Highlights Activated Richard Woods, Georgia’s School Superintendent | Georgia Department of Education | Educating Georgia’s Future

SAS Survey Results • Annual action planning • Internal decision making • Assessment of change over time • Awareness building of staff • Team validation Richard Woods, Georgia’s School Superintendent | Georgia Department of Education | Educating Georgia’s Future

Analyze SAS Results Step 1. Using the SAS Summary Graph results, rate the overall perspective of PBIS implementation by circling High, Med. , or Low for each of the four system areas. Step 2. Using the SAS Items report, list the three major strengths in each of the four system areas. Step 3. Using the SAS Items report, list the three major areas in need of development. Step 4. For each system, circle one priority area for focusing development activities. Step 5. Circle or define the activities for this/next year’s focus to support the area selected for development Step 6. Specify system(s) to sustain (S) & develop (D). Richard Woods, Georgia’s School Superintendent | Georgia Department of Education | Educating Georgia’s Future

Using SAS Results Richard Woods, Georgia’s School Superintendent | Georgia Department of Education | Educating Georgia’s Future

How does the SAS compare with the TFI? Richard Woods, Georgia’s School Superintendent | Georgia Department of Education | Educating Georgia’s Future

SAS and TFI Crosswalk Developed by Metro RESA 2019 Richard Woods, Georgia’s School Superintendent | Georgia Department of Education | Educating Georgia’s Future

Time to Action Plan Richard Woods, Georgia’s School Superintendent | Georgia Department of Education | Educating Georgia’s Future

Let’s Practice Richard Woods, Georgia’s School Superintendent | Georgia Department of Education | Educating Georgia’s Future

EOY Determinations Richard Woods, Georgia’s School Superintendent | Georgia Department of Education | Educating Georgia’s Future

TFI Total Score Richard Woods, Georgia’s School Superintendent | Georgia Department of Education | Educating Georgia’s Future

TFI Subscales Richard Woods, Georgia’s School Superintendent | Georgia Department of Education | Educating Georgia’s Future

TFI Items Richard Woods, Georgia’s School Superintendent | Georgia Department of Education | Educating Georgia’s Future

SAS Total –Schoolwide & Non-Classrrom Richard Woods, Georgia’s School Superintendent | Georgia Department of Education | Educating Georgia’s Future

SAS-Classwide & Individual Richard Woods, Georgia’s School Superintendent | Georgia Department of Education | Educating Georgia’s Future

SAS-Subscales Richard Woods, Georgia’s School Superintendent | Georgia Department of Education | Educating Georgia’s Future

SAS- Items Richard Woods, Georgia’s School Superintendent | Georgia Department of Education | Educating Georgia’s Future

SAS- Items Richard Woods, Georgia’s School Superintendent | Georgia Department of Education | Educating Georgia’s Future

SAS-Items Richard Woods, Georgia’s School Superintendent | Georgia Department of Education | Educating Georgia’s Future

SAS-Items Richard Woods, Georgia’s School Superintendent | Georgia Department of Education | Educating Georgia’s Future

Moving Forward How do you improve the use of data from the SAS and TFI to action plan? How will you share information with your staff? Share with a partner and with the group… Richard Woods, Georgia’s School Superintendent | Georgia Department of Education | Educating Georgia’s Future

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