Discover how York Suburban Middle School's PBIS-centered behavior management system transforms student culture.
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It’s often synonymous with traditional disciplinary measures like “suspensions” and “expulsions”...two words that don’t exactly fill your heart with joy. But there is another way. You can create a system that emphasizes rewarding students for the good things they do.
That’s what the team at York Suburban Middle School did. Tyler Lauderman and his team have built a behavior management system that is centered on PBIS. That means teaching students the right way to do things and reinforcing those positive actions when they exhibit them.
And you know what? They’re not going back. The focus on positive behavior has become an integral part of being a Trojan at YSMS.
“Is this something we want to move forward with? It's a hands-down yes, we're not getting rid of it. It's something that we need to keep.”-Tyler Lauderman, AP York Suburban Middle School
Before we dive into the plan at York, let’s talk about setting realistic goals around behavior management. The goal is prevention, improvement, and mitigation – not elimination. Elimination is a term that will set your plan up for failure.
The key components of your plan need to be set around realistic goals focused on prevention and improvement as the buy-in from your stakeholders will ultimately determine your level of success.
It’s all the actions, policies, and initiatives in place at your school to promote positive behaviors and limit negative distractions in your school. If it’s necessary to create an environment suitable for learning, then it needs to be in your plan.
Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports (PBIS) is a proactive approach to behavior in your building. This means setting expectations instead of listing rules. Rules have loopholes and expectations have thresholds.
When you say the rule in the hallway is “no running” you are practically begging students to skip, crawl, hop, jump, and dance down your halls.
When you say the expectation in the hallway is “to walk on the right side of the hallway” you are setting a minimum threshold that students must meet without creating a new rule every time a creative rebel finds a new loophole.
At York, Tyler and his team have used the acronym “PRIDE” to align their PBIS expectations with the necessary behavior management components they need to incorporate into their plan. Let’s take a look at what PRIDE means for York.
Perseverance
At York, students are expected to do hard things as most students are. But the staff has made it a point here to emphasize a “don’t quit” attitude when things get tough. A trait that will impact their students well beyond their middle school years.
Respect
Students are expected to show respect to the staff at York. But it doesn’t stop there. They are also expected to respect each other, the school building, and themselves.
Integrity
The PBIS team has chosen to focus on integrity as a critical component of their plan. If students are honest and own their actions then they can overcome anything.
Dignity
Having dignity means preserving one’s honor which goes hand in hand with respect. This is all about building and maintaining the self-confidence kids need to succeed.
Empathy
Lastly, but maybe most importantly, the students at York are expected to be empathetic to one another. By showing empathy, students can see the point of view of their peers and diffuse potential conflicts before they escalate out of hand.
The benefits of aligning your programs like this are immense. But it can all really be boiled down to motivation. By creating an environment where positive actions are emphasized and reinforced, the staff at York has established a strong external motivator for their students.
But it goes beyond that when positivity becomes the norm because the culture has now been established at York where students want to do the right things…purely because they are the right things.
Want to replicate the program at your school? Check out our guide on how to start your PBIS program.
It’s often synonymous with traditional disciplinary measures like “suspensions” and “expulsions”...two words that don’t exactly fill your heart with joy. But there is another way. You can create a system that emphasizes rewarding students for the good things they do.
That’s what the team at York Suburban Middle School did. Tyler Lauderman and his team have built a behavior management system that is centered on PBIS. That means teaching students the right way to do things and reinforcing those positive actions when they exhibit them.
And you know what? They’re not going back. The focus on positive behavior has become an integral part of being a Trojan at YSMS.
“Is this something we want to move forward with? It's a hands-down yes, we're not getting rid of it. It's something that we need to keep.”-Tyler Lauderman, AP York Suburban Middle School
Before we dive into the plan at York, let’s talk about setting realistic goals around behavior management. The goal is prevention, improvement, and mitigation – not elimination. Elimination is a term that will set your plan up for failure.
The key components of your plan need to be set around realistic goals focused on prevention and improvement as the buy-in from your stakeholders will ultimately determine your level of success.
It’s all the actions, policies, and initiatives in place at your school to promote positive behaviors and limit negative distractions in your school. If it’s necessary to create an environment suitable for learning, then it needs to be in your plan.
Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports (PBIS) is a proactive approach to behavior in your building. This means setting expectations instead of listing rules. Rules have loopholes and expectations have thresholds.
When you say the rule in the hallway is “no running” you are practically begging students to skip, crawl, hop, jump, and dance down your halls.
When you say the expectation in the hallway is “to walk on the right side of the hallway” you are setting a minimum threshold that students must meet without creating a new rule every time a creative rebel finds a new loophole.
At York, Tyler and his team have used the acronym “PRIDE” to align their PBIS expectations with the necessary behavior management components they need to incorporate into their plan. Let’s take a look at what PRIDE means for York.
Perseverance
At York, students are expected to do hard things as most students are. But the staff has made it a point here to emphasize a “don’t quit” attitude when things get tough. A trait that will impact their students well beyond their middle school years.
Respect
Students are expected to show respect to the staff at York. But it doesn’t stop there. They are also expected to respect each other, the school building, and themselves.
Integrity
The PBIS team has chosen to focus on integrity as a critical component of their plan. If students are honest and own their actions then they can overcome anything.
Dignity
Having dignity means preserving one’s honor which goes hand in hand with respect. This is all about building and maintaining the self-confidence kids need to succeed.
Empathy
Lastly, but maybe most importantly, the students at York are expected to be empathetic to one another. By showing empathy, students can see the point of view of their peers and diffuse potential conflicts before they escalate out of hand.
The benefits of aligning your programs like this are immense. But it can all really be boiled down to motivation. By creating an environment where positive actions are emphasized and reinforced, the staff at York has established a strong external motivator for their students.
But it goes beyond that when positivity becomes the norm because the culture has now been established at York where students want to do the right things…purely because they are the right things.
Want to replicate the program at your school? Check out our guide on how to start your PBIS program.
It’s often synonymous with traditional disciplinary measures like “suspensions” and “expulsions”...two words that don’t exactly fill your heart with joy. But there is another way. You can create a system that emphasizes rewarding students for the good things they do.
That’s what the team at York Suburban Middle School did. Tyler Lauderman and his team have built a behavior management system that is centered on PBIS. That means teaching students the right way to do things and reinforcing those positive actions when they exhibit them.
And you know what? They’re not going back. The focus on positive behavior has become an integral part of being a Trojan at YSMS.
“Is this something we want to move forward with? It's a hands-down yes, we're not getting rid of it. It's something that we need to keep.”-Tyler Lauderman, AP York Suburban Middle School
Before we dive into the plan at York, let’s talk about setting realistic goals around behavior management. The goal is prevention, improvement, and mitigation – not elimination. Elimination is a term that will set your plan up for failure.
The key components of your plan need to be set around realistic goals focused on prevention and improvement as the buy-in from your stakeholders will ultimately determine your level of success.
It’s all the actions, policies, and initiatives in place at your school to promote positive behaviors and limit negative distractions in your school. If it’s necessary to create an environment suitable for learning, then it needs to be in your plan.
Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports (PBIS) is a proactive approach to behavior in your building. This means setting expectations instead of listing rules. Rules have loopholes and expectations have thresholds.
When you say the rule in the hallway is “no running” you are practically begging students to skip, crawl, hop, jump, and dance down your halls.
When you say the expectation in the hallway is “to walk on the right side of the hallway” you are setting a minimum threshold that students must meet without creating a new rule every time a creative rebel finds a new loophole.
At York, Tyler and his team have used the acronym “PRIDE” to align their PBIS expectations with the necessary behavior management components they need to incorporate into their plan. Let’s take a look at what PRIDE means for York.
Perseverance
At York, students are expected to do hard things as most students are. But the staff has made it a point here to emphasize a “don’t quit” attitude when things get tough. A trait that will impact their students well beyond their middle school years.
Respect
Students are expected to show respect to the staff at York. But it doesn’t stop there. They are also expected to respect each other, the school building, and themselves.
Integrity
The PBIS team has chosen to focus on integrity as a critical component of their plan. If students are honest and own their actions then they can overcome anything.
Dignity
Having dignity means preserving one’s honor which goes hand in hand with respect. This is all about building and maintaining the self-confidence kids need to succeed.
Empathy
Lastly, but maybe most importantly, the students at York are expected to be empathetic to one another. By showing empathy, students can see the point of view of their peers and diffuse potential conflicts before they escalate out of hand.
The benefits of aligning your programs like this are immense. But it can all really be boiled down to motivation. By creating an environment where positive actions are emphasized and reinforced, the staff at York has established a strong external motivator for their students.
But it goes beyond that when positivity becomes the norm because the culture has now been established at York where students want to do the right things…purely because they are the right things.
Want to replicate the program at your school? Check out our guide on how to start your PBIS program.
It’s often synonymous with traditional disciplinary measures like “suspensions” and “expulsions”...two words that don’t exactly fill your heart with joy. But there is another way. You can create a system that emphasizes rewarding students for the good things they do.
That’s what the team at York Suburban Middle School did. Tyler Lauderman and his team have built a behavior management system that is centered on PBIS. That means teaching students the right way to do things and reinforcing those positive actions when they exhibit them.
And you know what? They’re not going back. The focus on positive behavior has become an integral part of being a Trojan at YSMS.
“Is this something we want to move forward with? It's a hands-down yes, we're not getting rid of it. It's something that we need to keep.”-Tyler Lauderman, AP York Suburban Middle School
Before we dive into the plan at York, let’s talk about setting realistic goals around behavior management. The goal is prevention, improvement, and mitigation – not elimination. Elimination is a term that will set your plan up for failure.
The key components of your plan need to be set around realistic goals focused on prevention and improvement as the buy-in from your stakeholders will ultimately determine your level of success.
It’s all the actions, policies, and initiatives in place at your school to promote positive behaviors and limit negative distractions in your school. If it’s necessary to create an environment suitable for learning, then it needs to be in your plan.
Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports (PBIS) is a proactive approach to behavior in your building. This means setting expectations instead of listing rules. Rules have loopholes and expectations have thresholds.
When you say the rule in the hallway is “no running” you are practically begging students to skip, crawl, hop, jump, and dance down your halls.
When you say the expectation in the hallway is “to walk on the right side of the hallway” you are setting a minimum threshold that students must meet without creating a new rule every time a creative rebel finds a new loophole.
At York, Tyler and his team have used the acronym “PRIDE” to align their PBIS expectations with the necessary behavior management components they need to incorporate into their plan. Let’s take a look at what PRIDE means for York.
Perseverance
At York, students are expected to do hard things as most students are. But the staff has made it a point here to emphasize a “don’t quit” attitude when things get tough. A trait that will impact their students well beyond their middle school years.
Respect
Students are expected to show respect to the staff at York. But it doesn’t stop there. They are also expected to respect each other, the school building, and themselves.
Integrity
The PBIS team has chosen to focus on integrity as a critical component of their plan. If students are honest and own their actions then they can overcome anything.
Dignity
Having dignity means preserving one’s honor which goes hand in hand with respect. This is all about building and maintaining the self-confidence kids need to succeed.
Empathy
Lastly, but maybe most importantly, the students at York are expected to be empathetic to one another. By showing empathy, students can see the point of view of their peers and diffuse potential conflicts before they escalate out of hand.
The benefits of aligning your programs like this are immense. But it can all really be boiled down to motivation. By creating an environment where positive actions are emphasized and reinforced, the staff at York has established a strong external motivator for their students.
But it goes beyond that when positivity becomes the norm because the culture has now been established at York where students want to do the right things…purely because they are the right things.
Want to replicate the program at your school? Check out our guide on how to start your PBIS program.
Jordan resides in Lexington, Kentucky. He has experience in Public Education as an Administrator, Science Teacher, and as a Coach. He has extensive experience with School Discipline, PBIS, SEL, Restorative Practices, MTSS, and Trauma-Informed Care.
The term “behavior management” can have some pretty negative connotations for educators.
It’s often synonymous with traditional disciplinary measures like “suspensions” and “expulsions”...two words that don’t exactly fill your heart with joy. But there is another way. You can create a system that emphasizes rewarding students for the good things they do.
That’s what the team at York Suburban Middle School did. Tyler Lauderman and his team have built a behavior management system that is centered on PBIS. That means teaching students the right way to do things and reinforcing those positive actions when they exhibit them.
And you know what? They’re not going back. The focus on positive behavior has become an integral part of being a Trojan at YSMS.
“Is this something we want to move forward with? It's a hands-down yes, we're not getting rid of it. It's something that we need to keep.”-Tyler Lauderman, AP York Suburban Middle School
Before we dive into the plan at York, let’s talk about setting realistic goals around behavior management. The goal is prevention, improvement, and mitigation – not elimination. Elimination is a term that will set your plan up for failure.
The key components of your plan need to be set around realistic goals focused on prevention and improvement as the buy-in from your stakeholders will ultimately determine your level of success.
It’s all the actions, policies, and initiatives in place at your school to promote positive behaviors and limit negative distractions in your school. If it’s necessary to create an environment suitable for learning, then it needs to be in your plan.
Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports (PBIS) is a proactive approach to behavior in your building. This means setting expectations instead of listing rules. Rules have loopholes and expectations have thresholds.
When you say the rule in the hallway is “no running” you are practically begging students to skip, crawl, hop, jump, and dance down your halls.
When you say the expectation in the hallway is “to walk on the right side of the hallway” you are setting a minimum threshold that students must meet without creating a new rule every time a creative rebel finds a new loophole.
At York, Tyler and his team have used the acronym “PRIDE” to align their PBIS expectations with the necessary behavior management components they need to incorporate into their plan. Let’s take a look at what PRIDE means for York.
Perseverance
At York, students are expected to do hard things as most students are. But the staff has made it a point here to emphasize a “don’t quit” attitude when things get tough. A trait that will impact their students well beyond their middle school years.
Respect
Students are expected to show respect to the staff at York. But it doesn’t stop there. They are also expected to respect each other, the school building, and themselves.
Integrity
The PBIS team has chosen to focus on integrity as a critical component of their plan. If students are honest and own their actions then they can overcome anything.
Dignity
Having dignity means preserving one’s honor which goes hand in hand with respect. This is all about building and maintaining the self-confidence kids need to succeed.
Empathy
Lastly, but maybe most importantly, the students at York are expected to be empathetic to one another. By showing empathy, students can see the point of view of their peers and diffuse potential conflicts before they escalate out of hand.
The benefits of aligning your programs like this are immense. But it can all really be boiled down to motivation. By creating an environment where positive actions are emphasized and reinforced, the staff at York has established a strong external motivator for their students.
But it goes beyond that when positivity becomes the norm because the culture has now been established at York where students want to do the right things…purely because they are the right things.
Want to replicate the program at your school? Check out our guide on how to start your PBIS program.
The term “behavior management” can have some pretty negative connotations for educators.
It’s often synonymous with traditional disciplinary measures like “suspensions” and “expulsions”...two words that don’t exactly fill your heart with joy. But there is another way. You can create a system that emphasizes rewarding students for the good things they do.
That’s what the team at York Suburban Middle School did. Tyler Lauderman and his team have built a behavior management system that is centered on PBIS. That means teaching students the right way to do things and reinforcing those positive actions when they exhibit them.
And you know what? They’re not going back. The focus on positive behavior has become an integral part of being a Trojan at YSMS.
“Is this something we want to move forward with? It's a hands-down yes, we're not getting rid of it. It's something that we need to keep.”-Tyler Lauderman, AP York Suburban Middle School
Before we dive into the plan at York, let’s talk about setting realistic goals around behavior management. The goal is prevention, improvement, and mitigation – not elimination. Elimination is a term that will set your plan up for failure.
The key components of your plan need to be set around realistic goals focused on prevention and improvement as the buy-in from your stakeholders will ultimately determine your level of success.
It’s all the actions, policies, and initiatives in place at your school to promote positive behaviors and limit negative distractions in your school. If it’s necessary to create an environment suitable for learning, then it needs to be in your plan.
Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports (PBIS) is a proactive approach to behavior in your building. This means setting expectations instead of listing rules. Rules have loopholes and expectations have thresholds.
When you say the rule in the hallway is “no running” you are practically begging students to skip, crawl, hop, jump, and dance down your halls.
When you say the expectation in the hallway is “to walk on the right side of the hallway” you are setting a minimum threshold that students must meet without creating a new rule every time a creative rebel finds a new loophole.
At York, Tyler and his team have used the acronym “PRIDE” to align their PBIS expectations with the necessary behavior management components they need to incorporate into their plan. Let’s take a look at what PRIDE means for York.
Perseverance
At York, students are expected to do hard things as most students are. But the staff has made it a point here to emphasize a “don’t quit” attitude when things get tough. A trait that will impact their students well beyond their middle school years.
Respect
Students are expected to show respect to the staff at York. But it doesn’t stop there. They are also expected to respect each other, the school building, and themselves.
Integrity
The PBIS team has chosen to focus on integrity as a critical component of their plan. If students are honest and own their actions then they can overcome anything.
Dignity
Having dignity means preserving one’s honor which goes hand in hand with respect. This is all about building and maintaining the self-confidence kids need to succeed.
Empathy
Lastly, but maybe most importantly, the students at York are expected to be empathetic to one another. By showing empathy, students can see the point of view of their peers and diffuse potential conflicts before they escalate out of hand.
The benefits of aligning your programs like this are immense. But it can all really be boiled down to motivation. By creating an environment where positive actions are emphasized and reinforced, the staff at York has established a strong external motivator for their students.
But it goes beyond that when positivity becomes the norm because the culture has now been established at York where students want to do the right things…purely because they are the right things.
Want to replicate the program at your school? Check out our guide on how to start your PBIS program.
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