Training Opportunities

2023- 2024 School Year  All times listed are Central Time Zone
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Event Fees, Payment Options, & Registration Close Dates


Midwest PBIS Network c/o West40 ISC #2

4413 Roosevelt Rd #104

Hillside, IL 60162

Tax ID # 56-2380666


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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.  

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$3400/School Team

Virtual Training:

(*this link is for Team Leader Registration; once the Team Leader has registered, they will receive instructions on how to register their Team Members)

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.

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$3400/School Team

Virtual Training:

(*this link is for Team Leader Registration; once the Team Leader has registered, they will receive instructions on how to register their Team Members)

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. 

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$1200/School Team

Virtual Training:

October 11, 2023 (8:30am-11:30am CST) - Register*



This is a team training series. Registration for the first session automatically registers you for, and requires participation in, the two additional sessions listed below:


(*this link is for Team Leader Registration; once the Team Leader has registered, they will receive instructions on how to register their Team Members)

Training of Trainers - Tier 1

Are you interested in becoming a trainer for PBIS Team training in your district or region? Do you have experience with implementation, data collection, and the problem solving process? Apply to be part of the next Training of Trainers cohort through Midwest PBIS Network. 

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$2400/person - Apply HERE!


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. 

Virtual Training:


FREE (Registration Required)



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. 

Virtual Training:

FREE (Registration Required)


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. 

Training materials:

Virtual Training:


FREE (Registration Required)


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. 

Virtual Training:


FREE (Registration Required)


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.

Virtual Training:

FREE (Registration Required)



SWIS Overview

Free overview of the SWIS (School-Wide Information System) application highlighting referral entry and reporting features. 

Virtual Training:


FREE (Registration Required)


Individual Capacity Building Events 

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.

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Virtual Training:

$205/person


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Data-based Decision Making

Join us as we review the core components of Team Initiated Problem Solving (TIPS) and Data Based Decision Making (DBDM) using the outline of the PBIS Blueprint to address Executive and Implementation Functions. We will cover TIPS Meeting Foundations and the Problem-Solving Process. We will detail roles, responsibilities and function of your tier 1 team and how to use your school-wide data for developing precision statements and subsequent action plans. Each registration also includes one individualized technical assistance follow-up with our Midwest PBIS Network staff joining your team meeting. 

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Virtual Training:

$300/person 


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Centering Equity, Inclusion, & Belonging in the PBIS Framework: A Leadership Series

This learning series will offer PBIS implementation leaders the opportunity to refine and enhance their efforts of centering equity, inclusion and belonging in their PBIS frameworks. Following the 5 point intervention approach for enhancing equity in school discipline, participants will engage in 5 virtual sessions designed to equip them with foundational skills, practices, and processes to address disproportionate outcomes in disciplinary practices. Sessions will also offer the opportunity for leaders to learn from each other and share their experiences in this work. 

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$400/person

Virtual Training Series:


January 26, 2024 (9:00-10:30am CST)

Registration Coming Soon!


This is a training series. Registration for the first session automatically registers you for, and requires attendance at, all four subsequent sessions listed below:


Wraparound Facilitator Training (for pre-k through 8th grade youth)

This training series will provide an overview of the systems, data, and practices of the wraparound process as a Tier III/Tertiary Level Intervention.  The primary focus will be on increasing implementers' knowledge and fluency with the wraparound process, including the development of individual teams and plans that are strength-based and tailored to the comprehensive need of each student/family. Emphasis will be given to the intensive, comprehensive wraparound process of supporting and planning for the "whole child" & "whole family."  

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Virtual Training Series:

Cost & Registration Coming Soon!


This is a training and technical assistance series. Registration for the first session automatically registers you for, and requires attendance at, all sessions listed below.  We ask facilitators who will be trained to invite their administrator to the 9/8/23 session. (Please note, all times are Central Standard Time)


High School Person-Centered Planning (Tier 3 for High School aged youth)

In the HS Person-Centered Planning tier 3 facilitator training we offer at MWPBIS, we will use the foundational components of High-Fidelity Wraparound (based on ten principals and done in four phases) and add options for using the PATH and MAP models to increase engagement with high school-aged youth. This approach will provide options for the tier 3 intervention facilitator and the high school youth.  Options, all the while staying true to the ten principles of Wrap Around and maintaining the fidelity of the PATH and MAP processes.  Ultimately, this training approach will allow facilitators to increase the individualization of the tier-three intervention process with each youth.  

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Virtual Training Series:

Cost & Registration* Coming Soon!

This is a training and technical assistance series. Registration for the first session automatically registers you for, and requires attendance at, all sessions listed below.  We ask facilitators who will be trained to invite their administrator to the 10/11/23 session. (Please note, all times are Central Standard Time)


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 are opportunities to learn together by sharing your successes and problem solving your challenges.  These opportunities are targeted as support to PBIS implementing schools in Illinois and in our virtual world these opportunities are open to any implementer across the world to join.  New participants are welcome at every meeting! 

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FREE  - 3:00pm-4:00pm CST

Registration Coming Soon!


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 are opportunities to learn together by sharing your successes and problem solving your challenges. These opportunities are targeted as support to PBIS implementing districts in Illinois, and in our virtual world, these opportunities are open to any district PBIS/MTSS leader across the world to join. New participants are welcome at every meeting!


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FREE  -1:45pm-2:45pm CST

Registration Coming Soon!


Center on PBIS Events

NEW - Community of Practice 

The Center on PBIS is hosting a series of monthly Community of Practice (CoP) sessions to bring people together in an effort to explore how a Multi-Tiered System of Support (MTSS) can strengthen current efforts to support increasing needs. Participants will have time for learning and processing with others in this space. Team participation is highly encouraged. Participation is provided at no cost. Registration is required.

Who: Leadership Team hiring clinicians, Leadership Teams recruiting diverse workforces, Clinicians new to working with leadership teams, Individual clinicians

What: Join others from across the country to learn and be in community with practitioners, technical assistance providers, and other educational and mental health system professionals.

How: Join virtually. No cost. Registration is required.

When: Monthly series. All CoPs from noon-1:30pm CST

All CoPs from Noon-1:30pm CST


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