Systemic change takes time and commitment. Using data to guide and assess implementation helps schools and districts understand what is working well and where improvements can be made. Lucky for us, the PBIS National Center has developed some great tools to help! These tools are housed on the PBIS Applications website (pbisapps.org).
The Tiered Fidelity Inventory (TFI) guides schools through the stages of implementation of PBIS: initial implementation, full implementation, and continuous improvement. Teams use the TFI to establish a baseline and assess how well they are implementing items considered critical to producing important student outcomes.
An exciting new addition to the menu of tools at pbisapps.org is the Feedback and Input Survey (FIS)! The FIS is described as "...a set of four surveys to learn about how students, school personnel, and family members experience the school’s behavior support systems. Through the FIS, school teams get detailed feedback helping them improve the effectiveness, efficiency, equity, and sustainability of those systems." The set includes surveys for elementary students, secondary students, school personnel, and family.
By using the TFI and the FIS, teams can make better decisions about action planning priorities and create better plans for staff support and professional development. Because PBIS Apps generates reports and graphs, teams can easily use these data to keep the school community updated on PBIS implementation and how it is impacting student outcomes. There are other surveys available through PBIS Apps that can give additional insight. For example, there are climate surveys for staff, students, and families.
Whether your school is already implementing PBIS or would like to use these surveys to determine a baseline and readiness for implementing PBIS, we can help you get set up to use these FREE assessments. Just contact us at pbis@astate.edu or 870-972-2287.
