Margaret K. Lewis SchoolPBS
The Margaret K. Lewis School Positive Behavior
Support Team will provide school wide behavioral supports to empower
each student and staff member to be Successful, Optimistic, Ambitious
and Responsible.
Positive Behavior Support (PBS)
MKL Pledge
I promise to SOAR like an MKL EAGLE.
I am Successful and do my best.
I am Optimistic about myself and others.
I am Ambitious and work hard.
I am Responsible for my actions.
I am an MKL SOARing EAGLE.
What is School-Wide PBS?
A major advance in school-wide discipline is the emphasis on school-wide systems
of support that include proactive strategies for defining, teaching, and
supporting appropriate student behaviors to create positive school environments.
Instead of using a patchwork of individual behavioral management plans, a continuum of positive behavior support
for all students within a school is implemented in areas including the classroom
and non-classroom settings (such as hallways, restrooms). Positive behavior
support is an application of a behaviorally-based systems approach to enhance
the capacity of schools, families, and communities to design effective
environments that improve the link between research-validated practices and the
environments in which teaching and learning occurs. Attention is focused on
creating and sustaining primary (school-wide), secondary (classroom), and
tertiary (individual) systems of support that improve lifestyle results
(personal, health, social, family, work, recreation) for all children and youth
by making problem behavior less effective, efficient, and relevant, and desired
behavior more functional.
Florida's Positive Behavior Support Project
