Positive Behavior Support (PBIS)

Three-Tiered Model of Positive Behavioral Interventions and Support

School-wide Positive Behavior Support (SWPBIS) is a proactive approach based on a three-tiered model of prevention and intervention aimed at creating safe and effective schools with a primary purpose of supporting students with disabilities within the least restrictive environment. Emphasis is placed on teaching and reinforcing important social skills and data-based problem-solving to address existing behavior concerns. SWPBIS is being implemented in thousands of schools across the country and has been demonstrated to reduce discipline problems and increase time for instruction.

The Three-Tiered Model of Positive Behavioral Interventions and Support

Tier 1 All

  • Teach schoolwide positive behavior expectations and procedures
  • Positive reinforcement for all students
  • Consistent consequences for problem behaviors
  • Effective procedures and supervision in non-classroom areas
  • Effective instruction and classroom management
  • Expect Respect Bully Prevention
  • PBIS Clubs
  • Alternatives to Suspension

Tier 2 Some

  • Check In Check Out
  • Adult Mentors
  • Take a Break
  • Targeted Social Skills Instruction
  • Home/School Plans
  • Classroom Management Support

Tier 3 Few

  • Functional Behavior Assessment Multi-Component Behavior Plans
  • School-Based Wraparound
  • Emergency Intervention Plans
  • Intensive Academic Support

PBIS School List - 2023-24 (print version) 

Allen Park

  • Allen Park High School
  • Allen Park Middle School
  • Arno Elementary School
  • Bennie Elementary School
  • Lindemann Elementary School

Crestwood

  • Crestwood High School
  • Highview Elementary School
  • Hillcrest Elementary School
  • Kinloch Elementary School
  • Riverside Middle School

Dearborn

  • Bryant Middle School
  • Dearborn High School
  • Edsel Ford High School
  • Fordson High School
  • Haigh Elementary School
  • Howard Elementary School
  • McCollough/Unis Elementary School
  • Michael Berry Career Center/Dearborn Center for Math and Science
  • McDonald Elementary School
  • Nowlin Elementary School
  • Salina Intermediate School
  • Smith Middle School
  • Stout Middle School
  • Woodworth Middle School

Dearborn Heights #7

  • Annapolis High School
  • Bedford Elementary School
  • Best Middle School
  • Pardee Elementary School
  • Polk Elementary School

Detroit Public Schools Community District

  • A.L. Holmes Academy of Blended Learning
  • Academy of the Americas at Logan
  • Academy of the Americas K-3
  • Ann Arbor Trail Magnet School
  • Bagley Elementary School of Journalism and Technology
  • Bates Academy
  • Barton Elementary School
  • Crocket High School
  • Bennett Elementary School
  • Mary McLeod Bethune Elementary-Middle School
  • Blackwell Institute Bow Elementary-Middle School
  • Brenda Scott Academy for Theatre Arts
  • Breithaupt Career and Technical Center
  • Brewer Academy
  • Ronald Brown Academy
  • Bunche Preparatory Academy
  • Burns Elementary-Middle School
  • Burton International Academy
  • Carleton Elementary School
  • Carver STEM Academy
  • Carstens Elementary-Middle School
  • Cass Technical High School
  • Charles R. Drew Transition Center
  • Charles Wright Academy of Arts and Science
  • Central High School
  • Clippert Academy
  • Chrysler Elementary SchoolCody High School
  • Communication and Media Arts High School
  • Coleman A. Young Elementary School4
  • Cooke STEM Academy
  • Davis Aerospace Technical High School at Golightly
  • Davison Elementary-Middle School
  • Denby High School
  • Detroit Lions Academy
  • Dixon Elementary School
  • Detroit International Academy for Young
  • WomenDetroit School of Arts
  • Dossin Elementary-Middle School
  • Northwestern High School
  • Frederick Douglass Academy for Young Men
  • DPSCD Virtual School
  • Durfee Elementary-Middle School
  • Edward Duke Ellington at Beckham
  • Edison Elementary School
  • Earhart Elementary-Middle School
  • Edmonson Elementary School
  • East English Village Preparatory Academy at Finney
  • Emerson Middle School
  • Fisher Magnet Lower Academy
  • Fisher Magnet Upper Academy
  • Foreign Language Immersion and Cultural Studies
  • Garvey Academy
  • Gardner Elementary School
  • Golightly Education Center
  • Gompers Elementary-Middle School
  • Greenfield Union Elementary-Middle School
  • Hamilton Elementary-Middle School
  • Harms Elementary School
  • Henderson Academy
  • Henry Ford High School
  • Hutchinson Elementary-Middle School
  • J.E. Clark Preparatory Academy
  • John R. King Academic and Performing Arts Academy
  • Jerry L. White Center
  • Keidan Special Education Center
  • Legacy Academy
  • Marion Law Academy
  • Mann Learning Academy
  • Marquette Elementary-Middle School
  • MacKenzie Elementary-Middle School
  • Mark Twain Elementary-Middle School
  • Thurgood Marshall Elementary-Middle School
  • Martin Luther King Jr. Senior High School
  • Mason Academy
  • Maybury Elementary School
  • Moses Field Center
  • Mumford High School
  • Munger Elementary-Middle School
  • Neinas Dual Language Learning Academy
  • Nichols Elementary-Middle School
  • Noble Elementary-Middle School
  • Nolan Elementary-Middle School
  • Osborn High School
  • Palmer Park Preparatory Academy
  • Pasteur Elementary School
  • Pershing High SchoolPriest Elementary-Middle School
  • Pulaski Elementary-Middle School
  • Randolph Career and Technical Center
  • Paul Robeson Malcolm X Academy
  • Renaissance High School
  • Roberto Clemente Learning Academy
  • Sampson-Weber Leadership Academy
  • Schulze Academy for Technology and Arts
  • Southeastern High School
  • Spain Elementary-Middle School
  • Thirkell Elementary-Middle School
  • Turning Point Academy
  • Vernor Elementary School
  • Wayne Elementary School
  • West Side Academy of IT and Cyber Security
  • Western International High School
  • The School at Marygrove
  • Thurgood Marshall Elementary-Middle School

Ecorse

  • Bunche Elementary School
  • Dr. Brenda Hague Early Learning Village
  • Ecorse High School
  • Grandport Elementary School

Flat Rock

  • Simpson Middle School

Garden City

  • Burger Baylor ASD Program
  • Burger Transition Center
  • Garden City Middle School
  • Lathers Early Childhood and Kindergarten Center

Gibraltar

  • Carlson High School
  • Chapman Elementary School
  • Hunter Elementary School
  • Parsons Elementary School
  • Shumate Middle School
  • Weiss Elementary School

Grosse Ile

  • Meridian Elementary School
  • Parke Lane Elementary

Grosse Pointe

  • Barnes Early Childhood Center
  • Brownell Middle School
  • Defer Elementary School
  • Ferry Elementary School
  • Kerby Elementary School
  • Maire Elementary School
  • Mason Elementary School
  • Montieth Elementary School
  • North High School
  • Parcells Middle School
  • Pierce Middle School
  • Richard Elementary School
  • South High School

Hamtramck

  • Dickinson East Elementary School
  • Dickinson West Elementary School
  • Hamtramck High School
  • Holbrook Elementary School
  • Horizon High School
  • Kosciuszko Middle School
  • Tau Beta K-8

Huron

  • Brown Elementary School
  • Ferguson Early Childhood Center

Lincoln Park

  • Beacon Day Treatment Center
  • Carr Elementary School
  • Foote Elementary School
  • Hoover Elementary School
  • Hoover Elementary School
  • Keppen Elementary School
  • Lafayette Elementary School
  • Lincoln Park Middle School
  • Lincoln Park High School
  • Mixter Institute for Transition
  • Paun Elementary School
  • Raupp Elementary School

Livonia

  • Livonia Churchill High School
  • Cleveland Elementary School
  • Coolidge Elementary School
  • Cooper Upper Elementary School
  • Emerson Middle School
  • Frost Middle School
  • Garfield Skills Center
  • Grant Elementary School
  • Holmes Middle School
  • Hoover Elementary School
  • Jackson Early Childhood Center
  • Johnson Upper Elementary School
  • Kennedy Elementary School
  • Niji-Iro Japanese Immersion Elementary School
  • Randolph Elementary School
  • Riley Upper Elementary School
  • Roosevelt Elementary School
  • Rosedale Elementary School

Melvindale/North Allen Park

  • Allendale Elementary School
  • Rogers Elementary School
  • Strong Middle School

Northville

  • Cooke School
  • Hillside Middle School
  • Meads Mill Middle School
  • Northville High School

Plymouth-Canton

  • Bentley Elementary School
  • Bird Elementary School
  • Discovery Middle School
  • East Middle School
  • Eriksson Elementary School
  • Farrand Elementary School
  • Field Elementary School
  • Hoben Elementary School
  • Hulsing Elementary School
  • Liberty Middle School
  • Miller Elementary School
  • Smith Elementary School
  • Pioneer Middle School
  • West Middle School
  • Workman Elementary School

Redford Union

  • Beech Elementary School
  • Hilbert Elementary School
  • Redford Union Junior High School
  • Redford Union High School
  • Elementary Day Treatment - Keeler School

River Rouge

  • Ann Visger Preparatory Academy
  • River Rouge High School
  • River Rouge Stem Academy
  • Sabbath Middle School

Romulus

  • Barth Elementary School
  • Halecreek Elementary School
  • Romulus Elementary School
  • Romulus Middle School
  • Romulus High School
  • Wick Elementary School

South Redford

  • Addams Elementary School
  • Fisher Elementary School
  • Jefferson Elementary School
  • Pierce Middle School
  • Vandenberg Elementary School

Trenton

  • Anderson Elementary School
  • Arthurs Middle School
  • Hedke Elementary School
  • Trenton High School

Van Buren

  • Edgemont Elementary School
  • McBride Middle School
  • Owen Intermediate School
  • Rawsonville Elementary School
  • Savage Elementary School
  • Tyler Elementary School

Wayne-Westland

  • Adams Elementary School
  • Edison Elementary School
  • Elliot Elementary School
  • Franklin Middle School
  • Graham Elementary School
  • Hamilton Elementary School
  • Hicks Elementary School
  • John Glenn High School
  • Memorial High School
  • Roosevelt-McGrath Elementary School
  • Schweitzer Elementary School
  • Stevenson Elementary School
  • Taft-Galloway Elementary School
  • Walker-Winter Elementary School
  • Wildwood Elementary School
  • Wayne-Westland Innovative Academy
  • William D. Ford Career-Technical Center

Westwood

  • Daly Elementary School
  • Thorne Elementary School
  • Thorne Primary Intermediate

Woodhaven-Brownstown

  • Brownstown Middle School
  • Wegienka Elementary School
  • Woodhaven Upper Elementary School

Wyandotte

  • Garfield Elementary School
  • Jefferson Elementary School
  • Jo Brighton Skills Center
  • Lincoln Center
  • Madison Center
  • MonroeRoosevelt HighSchool
  • Washington Elementary School
  • Wilson Middle School

Covenant House

  • Central High School
  • East High School
  • Southwest High School
  • Spectrum High School

Other PSAs

  • Barber Preparatory Academy (PK-8)
  • Dearborn Academy (3-12)
  • Detroit Community Schools
  • Inkster Preparatory Academy (K-8)
  • James and Grace Lee Boggs School
  • Oakland International (K-4)
  • Rutherford Winans Academy
  • Tipton Academy (Pk-3)


Resources

Wayne RESA offers PBIS resources and support to schools within Wayne County. Currently over 280 Wayne County schools are implementing PBIS.  Feel free to download any of the documents included on this page or contact Kayrl Reynoso for more information.

PBIS Implementation Blueprint
Positive Behavior Support Policy, 2006 - Michigan State Board of Education
Administrative Support for PBIS: Building and District Levels - 2023
Engaging Parents in PBIS - 2021

PBIS Course Offerings

All sessions run virtual from 8:30-10:30 a.m.
Winter/Spring 2025 printable document version

Winter/Spring 2025 PBIS Course Offerings

Tier 1 Series Winter 2025 Course #6699 B

  • Day 1: Systems/Basics - Jan. 15, 2025
  • Day 2: Classroom PBIS - Feb. 4, 2025
  • Day 3: PBIS Data Reports - March 11, 2025
  • Day 4: Expect Respect - April 9, 2025

Tier 1 Overview Course #6687

  • Tuesday, May 6, 2025 from 8:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.

Tier 2 Series Winter 2025 Course #6728 B

  • Day 1: Systems/Check In Check Out - Jan. 22, 2025
  • Day 2: More Tier 2 Options - Feb. 12, 2025
  • Day 3: Trauma-Informed Support - March 19, 2025
  • Day 4: Alternatives to Suspension/Addressing Disproportionality - April 15, 2025

Tier 3 Series Winter 2025 Course #6739 B

  • Day 1: FBA/Data Systems - Jan. 1, 2025
  • Day 2: Designing PBIS Plans - March 4, 2025
  • Day 3: Emergency Interventions - April 1, 2025
  • Day 4: School-Based Wraparound - April 30, 2025

Tier One Series

Tier One Overview Presentations    

Assessment and Monitoring

Monthly Data Reports

MiStar User Guides for PBIS

PBIS in the Classroom

Active Supervision

Transportation

Bully Prevention and PBIS

Meeting Schedule

2024-25 PBIS Coaches/Coordinator Meeting Schedule

All Meetings will be held in Boyd's Auditorium.

Upcoming Events

  • Friday, Sept. 27, 2024
  • Friday, Dec. 6, 2024
  • Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2025
  • Monday, May 12, 2025

Contacts

Contact our Wayne RESA Special Education and Early Intervention Services Department

Call (734) 334-1432

PBIS Core Features

  • PBIS Leadership Team Monthly Meetings
  • Administrative Involvement
  • Staff Buy-In
  • Using Data for Decision-Making
  • Trauma-Informed
  • Equity Focus