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Smith Road outlines PBIS plan, launches points store to reinforce behavior
Summary
Jennifer Briggs, principal at Smith Road Elementary, presented the school’s behavior plan to the Committee on Student Conduct on Feb. 19, saying the building aims to reach 75% implementation of tier 1 supports by June.
Smith Road Elementary Principal Jennifer Briggs told the Committee on Student Conduct on Feb. 19 that the school is expanding tier 1 supports and aims to reach 75% implementation of its buildingwide behavior system by June.
The plan centers on a simplified expectation matrix for common locations (hallway, cafeteria, bus, recess), Second Step social-emotional lessons, visible posters and a PBIS acknowledgement system. Kaylee Ezzedine, the school counselor and behavior-team lead, described a points system that staff can award for being “safe, responsible, and respectful” and a school store that opened in January; second-through-fourth graders shop online while kindergarten and first graders shop with staff. Examples given included a 25-point item (sticky hands) and a 200-point reward of “lunch with Riley,” the school’s therapy dog.
Briggs said staff completed a survey that placed the school at about 62% of tier 1 implementation in September and set a June goal of 75%. The school’s MTSS-B team reported an internal increase in implementation from roughly 20% to 52% since it began the work. Briggs and Ezzedine said the school will use monthly discipline-referral monitoring in Aspen to watch for disproportionality across student groups and to guide tier 2 and tier 3 planning.
Committee members questioned capacity to serve students needing more intensive supports. Attorney Member Juan asked what percentage of students need tier 2 or 3 supports; Briggs estimated “15 to 20 percent” of the student population would need more support. Briggs and other staff said Smith Road has a part-time EBD (emotional/behavioral disorder) teacher shared with other schools and a newly shared social worker this year, and called the shared staffing model a central challenge to building tier 2 and tier 3 services.
Briggs said district coach Stacy Champy provided a new data-entry template and that Smith Road will work with district coaches to train teachers on entering discipline and behavior codes correctly in Aspen so leadership can rely on the data for decision-making. Briggs said the school will expand its PBIS rewards menu, continue coaching, and form its tier 2/3 intervention team as staffing allows.
The presentation closed with committee members praising the school’s progress and asking the district to consider advocacy for additional staffing where needed.
