Lebanon Community School Corp. rolls out districtwide PBIS campaign, asks community to complete survey by May 2

Lebanon Community School Corp. staff on a recorded district message introduced a new districtwide Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS) framework and asked students, staff and families to complete a one-minute survey by Friday, May 2. The district said the framework will unify expectations and language across its PreK–12 schools.

The district said PBIS is a proactive, data-driven approach that supports students academically, behaviorally and socially by setting shared expectations and consistent practices across classrooms and grade levels. A staff member for Lebanon Community School Corp. said the framework will be organized around a new slogan, “We are Tigers,” with each letter representing a characteristic the district wants to reinforce.

District materials say more than 2,000 students and staff have already been consulted about the plan. The message encouraged families and community members to “click the link in this post” to take a brief survey and help select the characteristics that will define the Tigers slogan.

The staff member described PBIS as using data and proven practices to build positive school cultures so “students learn what’s expected of them,” feel connected to school and staff, families and students work as partners in learning. In the recording the speaker led a chant of the slogan, saying, “We are tigers.”

The district did not provide in the recording specific details on how the PBIS rollout will be implemented at each school, the timeline for full implementation, or any budgetary information. Those details were not specified in the message.

Lebanon Community School Corp. asked respondents to complete the survey by Friday, May 2; the recording directed listeners to the district’s online post for the survey link.