Behavior Education Research and Technology (BERT)

Six schools from across the Valley came together for BERT training in SW-PBIS for the forth time this year at ASU Skysong. All teams presented a Showcase Display of the products and systems they have created to improve student behavior and achievement at their school. Here is just one example of the innovation and excellence that was on display.

If your school wants to be a part of BERT training next year, contact us today.

South Mountain and Alhambra High Schools came together to plan the roll out of their Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports (PBIS) system with the help of BERT. Teams finalized plans for this school-wide system that aims to decrease disruptive behaviors, improve achievement, and increase school safety. We look forward to seeing these outcomes!

Are your discipline practices Culturally Responsive? That was the question that all 12 Casa Grande Elementary Schools addressed in a full day BERT workshop on thursday. This was the fourth in a series of Behavior Management workshops conducted with school district teams to raise student achievement and performance.

Schools that implement PBIS have:
- reduced office referrals and suspensions
- increased academic achievement
- reduced administrator time dealing with behavior problems
- increased time students are in instructional environments
- reduced teacher burnout
- worked in high and low SES schools
- reduced disproportionate discipline for minority students

In 2010 there was 14,325 schools implementing PBIS

BERT is currently at the 2011 APBS Conference in Denver Colorado. The focus is on Moving PBS Forward: Quality, Equity and Efficiency.
The Keynote was Dr. Rob Horner, his presentation was engaging, informative and inspiring. There are many great sessions focusing on PBIS implementation school-wide, Tier 2/3, early childhood, with Families, juvenile justice system and mental health. Great Conference!

BERT was on the Navajo Reservation this week completing Year 1 of PBIS training with Pinon School District. The elementary, middle school, and high school teams are busy preparing to roll out their system beginning this fall to help student show Navajo Pride.

Our post-conference session is on Wednesday, March 16 from 9 AM - 5 PM and is titled Crucial Strategies for Controlling Classroom Chaos. This session costs $100, includes lunch and a professional development certificate of attendance. To read more about the session visit http://mec.asu.edu/attendees/pre-and-post-conference-workshops/ and scroll to the bottom of the page.

MEC – Microcomputers in Education Conference | Pre/Post Conference Workshops Learn the tools of the trade using Adobe Organizer, and gain valuable skills by importing, creating, cataloging, and tagging photos. Create web galleries, slide shows and collages. Learn how to print photos of varying sizes and make picture packages. Edit photos, make color adjustments, fix exposure

Join BERT as we host several sessions as well as a post-conference workshop at the 2011 Microcomputers in Education Conference (MEC), March 14-16 at Arizona State University.

Use code BERT922 to get a discount of $70 on conference registration!

Time is running out to register for our Targeted Interventions for Non-Responders workshop on Wednesday, March 2, 2011 from 9AM-4PM.

Visit the bert.asu.edu/events to register for the event and read more information about the dynamic information you will walk away with that will change the way to think about your classroom and managing disruptive behaviors.

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Our Skysong Cohort of schools has been very busy planning their SW-PBIS system. Today's training focused on using data for decision-making and analyzing the data based on 5 characteristics. Keep up the great work teams!

All 12 Casa Grande Elementary Schools attended the third in a four-part series of workshops designed to improve their skills in supporting student with behavior problems. In addition to these workshops, BERT also provides coaching to each school throughout the year to follow-up on training and support teachers as they implement new skills.

BERT delivered a classroom management workshop at ASU Skysong to a packed house. Educators left with two dozen evidence-based behavior strategies to implement in their classroom.