PBIS BASICS
What does PBIS stand for?
Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports.
What does it mean to show respect?
Treating yourself, others, and your environment with consideration.
What does resilience mean?
The ability to recover from difficulties or setbacks and continue moving forward.
What does integrity mean?
Being honest and choosing to do what is right, even when no one is watching.
What should you do when you make a mistake?
Take accountability/ownership, accept the consequences, try to make things right, and learn from the mistake.
What is a classroom community?
A group of students and teachers who work together to create an environment where everyone can learn and succeed.
Name one way a student can show responsibility in class.
Examples include coming prepared, completing assignments, participating, following directions, or asking for help.
What does perseverance mean?
Continuing to work toward a goal even when it is difficult or frustrating.
What does empathy mean?
Understanding and considering another person's feelings, experiences, or point of view.
A student finds $10 on the classroom floor and gives it to the teacher. What PBIS quality is being demonstrated?
Integrity.
Name TWO skills PBIS can help students develop.
Responsible decision-making, accountability, respect, communication, emotional management, problem-solving, or goal-setting.
What is the difference between responsibility and accountability?
Responsibility is doing what is expected of you; accountability is taking ownership of your choices and their consequences.
Which word means bouncing back after a difficult experience: resilience or perseverance?
Resilience.
Name one way you can demonstrate empathy toward a classmate.
Listening to someone who is upset, comforting a classmate, or considering another person's feelings before reacting.
Your assignment is difficult and you want to quit, but you continue working until you finish. What quality are you demonstrating?
Perseverance.
Why are classroom expectations important?
Expectations help students understand the behaviors needed to create a safe, respectful, and positive learning environment.
Give an example of accountability after making a poor choice.
Admitting what happened, apologizing, accepting the consequence, fixing the problem, and making a better choice next time.
Explain the difference between resilience and perseverance.
Resilience means recovering or bouncing back after a setback; perseverance means continuing to work toward something despite difficulty.
Do you have to agree with someone in order to show them empathy? Explain.
No. Empathy means trying to understand someone's feelings or perspective even when you disagree with them.
Your friend wants you to laugh at another student who made a mistake, but you refuse. What TWO qualities could you be demonstrating?
Integrity and empathy.
How can one student's behavior affect the entire classroom community?
One person's choices can affect classmates' ability to concentrate and learn, the teacher's ability to teach, and the overall classroom environment.
Why is accountability important for personal growth?
Accountability allows people to recognize mistakes, learn from them, repair harm, and make better future decisions.
Give a real-life situation in which someone would need BOTH resilience and perseverance.
Answers will vary but must correctly demonstrate both recovering from a setback and continuing to work toward a goal.
How could integrity and empathy work together when dealing with a conflict?
Answers will vary. Students should explain how someone can make an honest/right choice while also considering the feelings or perspective of the other person.
A student fails an important test, admits they did not study enough, asks the teacher for help, studies harder, and improves on the next test. Name THREE PBIS qualities demonstrated.
Accountability, resilience, and perseverance.