Effective Educational Practices

The initial three-part series of online coursework will address PBIS and its application within a traditional or RTI framework of educational problem solving and support services. Participants will have the opportunity to take courses that address school-wide, classroom, and individual student support plans.

Course #1: Overview of School-Wide Positive Behavior Support: Tier 1
Participants learn how to develop, implement, and maintain school-wide behavior plans.
These plans emphasize positive, pro-social behaviors and provide a foundation for supporting groups and individual students who display challenging behaviors and who may be at-risk for school failure.

Course #2: Targeted and Group Positive Behavior Interventions & Support: Tier 2
Course 2 provides educators with skills necessary to make decisions about who might benefit from a targeted intervention, when and how to identify those students in need of additional supports, and how to implement and monitor the effectiveness of targeted interventions.

Course #3: Individual Positive Behavior Interventions & Support: Tier 3
Strategies for supporting students who require the most intensive level of individualized support within a school-wide system of PBIS. The strategies covered in Course 3 include: a) using functional behavioral assessment to guide the development of behavior intervention plans (BIP); b) strategies for developing effective BIP’s, and c) assessment tools for monitoring the effectiveness of BIP’s.

The three courses will be structured around readings, discussion forums, and online conversations with experts in the field that will address common questions and challenges as educators develop and apply a model of positive behavior interventions and supports.

These three courses will cover specific strategies for designing environments in which

1. Learning and teaching are valued, and aggressive, unsafe behavior are discouraged;
2. Respect, responsibility, cooperation, and other highly valued character traits are taught and encouraged;
3. Individual differences are valued and respected rather than criticized;
4. The education of students with disabilities can be supported more effectively; and
5. The teaching of fundamental skills (e.g., reading, math) can be maximized.

These courses are being offered through a unique partnership between Effective Educational Practices expert faculty and Seattle Pacific University accreditation.

Syllabus for “Overview of School-Wide Positive Behavior Support: Primary Prevention” Course
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Syllabus for “Targeted and Group Positive Behavior Interventions & Support: Secondary Prevention Strategies” Course
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Syllabus for “Individual Positive Behavior Interventions & Support: Tertiary Prevention” Course
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The institute is led by Robert March, Ph.D. and assisted by other nationally recognized faculty. Dr. March is the director and founder of Effective Educational Practices. He serves as an adjunct faculty member at New York University, where he teaches courses in Educational Psychology, Behavioral Assessment, Behavioral Consultation, and Applied Psychology for the Classroom Teacher. Dr. March has worked extensively as a consultant and trainer for educators across the United States and internationally.

The BIE faculty is comprised of instructors who have taught at the top graduate schools of education including University of Oregon, New York University, University of Massachusetts, University of Cincinnati, Lehigh University, Siena College, and Hunter College.

Any educator interested in learning more about effective instructional and behavioral strategies. This includes but is not limited to general & special education teachers, teacher aides, counselors, school psychologists, administrators, parents and anyone else who works with children and adolescents.

The coursework is also designed for building the skills of leadership teams and their district-level colleagues. The courses can be taken by teams consisting of school administrators, teachers representing each grade level, support services staff, and family/community council members.

Per individual course $595 (note: college credit requires additional fee)
For groups of 4 or more, please contact us for group discount
Optional: 3 Quarter College Credits for $158

All prices above include course textbook.

We are excited to be working with our new educational partner, Seattle Pacific University (www.spu.edu).

Seattle Pacific University is accredited by the Washington State Board of Education, Northwest Association of Schools and Colleges, National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education, Washington State Board of Nursing, National League for Nursing, the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology, and with AACSB — the International Association for Management Education.

If you are interested in receiving college credit for any of the BIE online courses that you are taking, please complete college credit section of the Registration Form and MAIL or FAX the form to us.

NOTE: Completed forms should be MAILED or FAXED to us to ensure that your private information remains secure.

FAX: 303-442-6790

For transcript requests, please click here.

We offer Fall, Winter, and Spring Semester courses, all lasting 8 weeks.
Since some semesters may not include all 3 courses, please contact us for upcoming dates and availability.

Winter 2010 online courses will run from January 11th to March 7th.

Spring 2010 online courses will run from March 15th to May 9th.

Please contact MeeMee Lahman at mlahman@successfulschools.org or 303-442-6789.