BENCHMARKS OF QUALITY (BOQ)

1. BENCHMARKS OF QUALITY(BOQ) October 23, 2008 Joey Ledvina Parr, Ph.D.

2. School-wide Benchmarks of Quality • Lists components of PBIS programs that address the critical elements of PBIS implementation • Completed by school teams on a yearly basis to assess how they score on a 100 point scale with regard to developing and implementing school-wide PBIS • Useful in developing action plans for following year • One of the measures used by MSDE-SEPH-JHU to determine schools achieving Exemplar Status

3. Three Components of Benchmarks of Quality • Team Member Rating Form • Completed by team members independently • Returned to coach • Scoring Form • Completed by coach using Scoring Guide • Used for reporting back to team • Scoring Guide • Describes procedure for completing BOQ • Includes a rubric for scoring each item

4. BOQ Will Provide: • Summary of team members’ perceptions of PBIS implementation (scored: ++ in place, + needs improvement, and - not in place) • Objective assessment of school’s implementation based on criteria described in a rubric (100 point scale) • Comparison between the above factors which will encourage discussion of strengths and weaknesses and provides ideas for action planning

5. STEP 1 • PBIS Coach uses Scoring Guide to complete: School-Wide Benchmarks of Quality: Scoring Form

6. Benchmarks Practice:Scoring Form, Scoring Guide

7. Benchmarks Practice:Scoring Form, Scoring Guide

8. STEP 2 • PBIS Coach asks every PBIS Team Member to complete the: School-Wide Benchmarks of Quality Team Member Rating Formindependently • Do not give a Scoring Guide to Team Members • Giving a deadline may be helpful

9. Coach collects Team Member Rating Forms • Coach tallies all responses provided by team members using the Team Member Rating Form: Tally Sheet

11. Completing Step 2 • Using the Team Member Rating Form: Tally Sheet, the PBIS Coach will record on the Benchmarks of Quality Scoring Form the team’s most frequent response for each item • If there is a tie, score the higher score

12. Benchmarks Practice:Scoring Form, Scoring Guide

13. STEP 3 • PBIS Coach places a next to any item where there is a discrepancy between the coach’s rating and the item’s most frequent response.

14. Benchmarks Practice:Scoring Form, Scoring Guide

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16. Completing Step 3 • The coach will then complete the Team Summary on p. 3 of the Benchmarks of Quality Scoring Formrecording areas of discrepancy, strength and weakness. • The Team Member Rating Form: Tally Sheet will be useful in defining and explaining the areas of discrepancy

17. Areas of Discrepancy Administrator does not actively support the process 2 ++, ++, + 0 Areas of Strength Areas in Need of Development

18. Important: • If upon sharing areas of discrepancy (formally or informally), the coach realizes that there is new information that according to the Scoring Guide would result in a different score, the item and the adjusted final score should be recorded on the Scoring Form • It is recommended that changes be noted with a different color ink

19. Adjusting scores after discussion

20. STEP 4 • Coach will report back to the team using the Team Report page of the Benchmarks of Quality: Scoring Form • Again, adjustments to scores may be made using different color ink • Coach leads team through a discussion of the identified areas of strength (high ratings) and weakness (low ratings). This information should be conveyed as “constructive feedback” to assist with action planning.

21. STEP 5 • Coach adds up all the points on the Benchmarks of Quality: Scoring Form (maximum score is 100) • Coach turns in copies of Benchmarks of Quality Scoring Form andSchool-Wide Benchmarks of Quality Team Member Rating Formsto PBIS Facilitator in their school district

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