Center on PBIS | Back to School 2024

August 8, 2025

Welcome students back with PBIS in your classroom! As we welcome students back to school, we can all benefit from a brief refresher on the basic practices that will set our students (and ourselves) up for success!

Check Out These “Top Ten” Tips and Resources!

1. Proactively Support and Respond to Students’ Social, Emotional, and Behavioral (SEB) Needs

2. Positively Greet Your Students at the Door!

3. Develop a Classroom Teaching Matrix, With Your Students (and Their Families), to Define the Positive Expectations, or Norms, for Your Classroom

4. Involve Your Students in Developing a Classroom Matrix (Use This Lesson Plan)

5. Engage Students in Relevant Instruction

6. Acknowledge Students’ Social, Emotional, Behavioral, and Academic Skills

7. When Needed, De-escalate and Support Students (and Yourself) Through Challenging Situations

8. Implement a Continuum of Support With PBIS—a Multi-tiered System of Support (MTSS)—in Your Classroom

9. Intentionally Include All Students, Especially Students With Disabilities, in Your Classroom

10. Document Your Classroom Expectations Matrix and Other Proactive Practices to Set Yourself Up for Success (Check Out This Template)

Back to School 2025

Check Out These “Top Ten” Tips and Resources!

1.

Proactively Support and Respond to Students’ Social, Emotional, and Behavioral (SEB) Needs

2.

Positively Greet Your Students at the Door!

3.

Develop a Classroom Teaching Matrix, With Your Students (and Their Families), to Define the Positive Expectations, or Norms, for Your Classroom

4.

Involve Your Students in Developing a Classroom Matrix (Use This Lesson Plan)

5.

Engage Students in Relevant Instruction

6.

Acknowledge Students’ Social, Emotional, Behavioral, and Academic Skills

7.

When Needed, De-escalate and Support Students (and Yourself) Through Challenging Situations

8.

Implement a Continuum of Support With PBIS—a Multi-tiered System of Support (MTSS)—in Your Classroom

9.

Intentionally Include All Students, Especially Students With Disabilities, in Your Classroom

10.

Document Your Classroom Expectations Matrix and Other Proactive Practices to Set Yourself Up for Success (Check Out This Template)

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