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Fox Chapel High rolls out FCA Way, a schoolwide PBIS program to recognize positive behavior
Summary
At the Sept. 8 Fox Chapel Area School District board meeting, high school staff and students described the new FCA Way, the district’s implementation of Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS) at the high school level, including training, recognition systems and a student-produced video.
At the Sept. 8 Fox Chapel Area School District board meeting, Fox Chapel Area High School staff and students described the school’s newly implemented PBIS program, called the FCA Way, designed to teach and recognize three core expectations: focused, caring and accountable.
District and school leaders said the FCA Way is the culmination of a K–12 PBIS rollout and is intended to provide common language and recognition systems at the high school. Dr. Nicole Smith, introduced to the board as Fox Chapel Area High School principal, said a team of about 20 teachers and five to six students developed the high school’s version of PBIS and produced a matrix that defines what “focused, caring and accountable” looks like in different school settings. “It flips the…
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