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How to Become a PWPBS Child Care Site

Getting Informed

New to PWPBS? Learn about PWPBS training.

New to the Pyramid Model? Learn about the Pyramid Model.

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Getting Started

If you are interested in PWPBS for your program or classroom, click the application button to apply. Applications will be reviewed and a member of the PWPBS team will follow-up.

 

Application

 

Leadership Team

Choosing Your Leadership Team and Team Responsibilities

The Leadership Team is a group of professionals that represents the program and promotes the implementation of Program-wide Positive Behavior Support. The team meets on a regular basis to discuss program needs and progress, provides coaching and acknowledgement to the teaching staff, and makes data-based decisions to promote program success.

Persons chosen to the leadership team are: the director, assistant director, teacher, behavior specialist, curriculum coordinator, therapist, community T/TA provider, teaching assistant, office assistant, and/or any other staff personnel who would be able to contribute.

Leadership Team Activities

1. Hold regular monthly on-site meetings (this can be part of regularly scheduled staff meetings)

2. Monitor and support implementation and outcomes:  Benchmarks of Quality

3. Plan and implement professional development activities

4. Facilitate staff participation in monthly make-and-takes

5. Create system of support for addressing behavior issues

6. Maintain communication with staff and USF PWPBS coaches

7. Track data and evaluate progress and make data-based decisions

8. Communicate with and involve families in PWPBS

9. Provide incentives and acknowledgement

10. Facilitate implementation of NIC requirements as needed

Additional Activities

• Participate in trainings that they identify are a need for their program. 
• Attend two mandatory Leadership Team meetings with all PWPBS sites per year.

Team Member Roles

Anybody on the team can play one or more of the following roles: 

• Team Leader – starts meetings, prepares agendas, keeps team focused
  
• Recorder – takes minutes, disseminates minutes, records discussions, maintains team records
  
• Evaluation Coordinator– gathers, synthesizes data; prepares data presentations for review at monthly on-site meetings
  
• Pyramid Coach – provides coaching to staff on pyramid practices based on the Teaching Pyramid Observation Tool (TPOT) and The Infant-Toddler Pyramid Observation Scale (TPITOS)
• Behavior Coach– provides leadership in behavior support strategies and implementation of behavior support plans

If you have questions about the PWPBS Leadership Team, please contact Anna Winneker at 813-974-1455 or awinneker@usf.edu

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Department of Child & Family Studies • College of Behavioral & Community Sciences • University of South Florida
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