MuncieCommunity Schools

Positive Behavior Intervention Supports, or PBIS, is a school-wide behavior framework.  PBIS uses a tiered, systems-based approach to teach, identify, and reinforce the behaviors that we want to see from students in our schools. 

Similar to the 8-Step Process for academics, using data-driven instruction and tiered interventions, the PBIS framework includes preventative measures, maintenance, and tiered interventions for student behaviors.  

All twelve schools have teams of educators, led by a team coach at each school, who are receiving training for planning and implementing the PBIS framework. 

Northside Middle School and Central High School are currently in the year-long planning stage of PBIS.  East Washington Academy, Longfellow, Mitchell, North View, South View, Storer, and West View Elementary Schools, as well as Southside Middle School, are currently in the first year implementation stage.  Grissom and Sutton are in the second year of implementation.

Students and staff at each school develop a set of expectations and a teaching matrix in order to teach those expected procedures.  Staff teach the expectations in all locations of the school, praise and reward students for following the expectations, and re-teach behaviors that are not followed. 

Here are the expectations for each of our schools.

*Northside Middle School and Muncie Central High School are in the planning stage of PBIS.  The expectations listed here are considered drafts at this time.

• Fall 2016 PBIS Newsletter