New staff, new leadership members, new administration — brainstorming strategies for orientation

• Rotate chair at team meetings
• Use PBS handbook for new staff, new administrator
• Use school Power Point
• Build in PBS goals and practices as part of formal orientation for new staff
• Have administrator describe PBS practices to new staff
• Mentor new staff (PBS team mentor)
• Share the data - history
• Present outcomes to school board
• Set up expectations about PBS by putting "PBS questions" in interview protocol
• Build matrix for staff and share with new staff
• Share published articles
• Show video
• Clarify exactly who is responsible for doing key activities
• Clarify specific role for new staff (e.g., teaching expectations)
• Plan orientation schedule for visitors — Give everyone a chance to describe core features and practices
• Define big ideas as well as specific practices
• Job description includes expectation of knowledge about PBS
• Annual evaluation includes participation and use of PBS practices
• Active participation in the teaching of behavioral expectations
• Ensure that new staff learn PBS "language" (e.g., expectations, positive statements, keep it simple)
• Explain how to use data
• Design strategies for consistency across staff
• Have coach meet with new administrator early - full day
• Build PBS into philosophy as a vision of the school
• Get to new people early
• Ask new administrator what he/she wants, and show how PBS fits
• Link new administrator with an experienced PBS administrator
• Make PBS part of state administrator licensing