Training Opportunities
Individual Capacity Building Events
2023- 2024 School Year | All times listed are Central Time Zone
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Administrator Academies (IL)
School administrators and coaches will prepare to lead their school through the planning and implementation of PBIS. These leaders will learn the critical features of PBIS, and understand the integration of classroom management practices into Tier 1. Participants will also learn about coaching and team facilitation roles, use of behavioral data for decision-making, and progress-monitoring for fidelity of implementation and student outcomes.
Virtual Training:
$210/person ($225.93 w/fees)
June 11, 2024 (8:30am-3:30pm CST) -
Register (Registration closes 6/6/24)
Note: these trainings are provided by Midwest PBIS Network; the events are hosted by West40 Intermediate Service Center
Building Implementers - IL Networking Opportunities
Free opportunities on Zoom to meet other people (i.e., coaches, administrators, teachers) in districts/schools who are implementing PBIS. These virtual meet-ups provide the space to learn together by sharing successes and problem solving challenges. These monthly events are targeted as support to PBIS implementing schools in Illinois and, in our virtual world, they are open to any implementer across the world to join. New participants are welcome at every meeting!
District Implementers- IL Networking Opportunities
Free opportunities on Zoom to meet other DISTRICT PBIS/MTSS Leaders who are coordinating and supporting school-level PBIS implementation across their district. These virtual meet-ups provide the space to learn together by sharing successes and problem solving challenges. These bi-monthly events are targeted as support to PBIS implementing districts in Illinois and, in our virtual world, they are open to any district PBIS/MTSS leader across the world to join. New participants are welcome at every meeting!
School Team Training Events - Cohort Model
View the short video to learn more about the capacity building cohort model
Tier 1 Team Training Cohort
This training for school teams supports the development or improvement of necessary components of Tier 1 installation. Action plans will be developed based on the current context with progress monitoring toward high-fidelity implementation. This school team training is suitable if you are new to PBIS or need to re-boot your current implementation overall.
Tier 2 Team Training Cohort
This training for school teams supports development or improvement of necessary components of Tier 2 installation, while confirming necessary components of Tier 1 implementation. Action plans are developed based on current context with progress towards high fidelity implementation.
Tier 2 SEB Groups: Building a Continuum of Groups Beyond CICO
This training is designed to assist district leaders and school Tier 2 coordinators in assessing and improving targeted social-emotional-behavioral (SEB) interventions for groups of students. The goal is to develop a continuum of support within a multi-tiered system to enhance student outcomes.
Content Exploration Events
Overviews to explore topics, and help you decide about engaging in full team training for capacity building
Getting Ready for Tier 1
School administrators and coaches will prepare to lead their school through the planning and implementation of PBIS. Participants will increase their knowledge of PBIS as a framework and the critical features of Tier 1 as well as their understanding of the integration of classroom management practices into Tier 1. This training will help school leaders assess their readiness of full team training by ensuring proper team composition, identifying coaching responsibilities, and ensuring readiness of data systems. School leaders are encouraged to participate in this training prior to registering a team for Tier 1 Team Training.
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Getting Ready for Tier 2
School administrators and coaches will prepare to lead their school through installation of Tier 2 systems and a continuum of interventions. Participants will increase their knowledge of targeted interventions for groups of students and the systems to support these practices. This training will help school leaders assess their readiness for full team training by ensuring Tier 1 foundations are in place, Tier 2 team composition, identifying coaching roles and ensuring readiness of data systems. School leaders are encouraged to participate in this training prior to registering a team for Tier 2 Team Training.
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Getting Ready for Tier 3
School administrators and coaches will prepare to lead their school through installation of Tier 3 systems and person centered planning process (e.g., wraparound, RENEW). Participants will increase their knowledge of person-centered planning process and assess their schools readiness for implementing this process with fidelity. This training will help schools leaders identify facilitators to send to wraparound or RENEW training and prepare their systems. School leaders are encouraged to participate in this training prior to registering facilitators for wraparound and RENEW training.
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What is ISF?
This is an introduction to the Interconnected Systems Framework. School or community agency staff who are exploring how education and mental health systems can more effectively work together in an integrated way are encouraged to participate. Participants in this training will learn the history and context of ISF and increase their understanding of how the ISF provides the structures and process for moving school and mental health systems from a co-located model to an integrated system. Participants in the training will leave with knowledge of existing resources available to support.
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What is a Tiered Behavioral Framework Centered in Equity, Inclusion and Belonging?
This exploration session will offer leaders of learning the opportunity to prepare to lead their school/district/region through the planning and implementation efforts of centering equity, inclusion and belonging in their PBIS frameworks. This training will help school leaders to assess their current readiness for full implementation of equity, inclusion and belonging within their three tiered system. Leaders are encouraged to participate in this session prior to registering for the Centering Equity, Inclusion, & Belonging in the PBIS Framework: A Leadership Series.
Training materials:
SWIS Overview
Free overview of the SWIS (School-Wide Information System) application highlighting referral entry and reporting features.