Teaching Expected Behavior
Once expectations have been defined, systematic teaching of those expected behaviors must be a routine part of the school day. Effective instruction of social behavioral skills requires more than simply providing the rule–it requires instruction, practice, feedback, reteaching, and encouragement (Algozzine, Wang & Violette, 2011), (Cotton, 1995).
Learner Objectives:
Develop a system to teach expected behavior in the social behavioral curriculum, that includes:
- understand why teaching social behavioral skills is important;
- engaging all staff in a process of writing lesson plans;
- creating a set of lesson plans to initially teach acquisition of expected behaviors;
- creating a set of booster lessons for maintenance of expected behaviors; and
- developing and sharing a schedule for teaching expected behaviors.
Essential Functions:
- The building leadership team has engaged all staff in a process of writing lesson plans to teach expected behavior in the social behavioral curriculum.
- The building leadership team has developed a set of lesson plans to initially teach acquisition of expected behavior in the social behavioral curriculum.
- The building leadership team has developed a set of booster lessons for maintenance of expected behavior in the social behavioral curriculum.
- The building leadership team has a schedule for teaching expectations in the social behavioral curriculum.
Participant and Presenter Materials
Recommended Prerequisites
- MO SW-PBS Handbook: Section 1 Overview
- MO SW-PBS Tier 1 Implementation Guide, Course 4: Teaching Expected Behavior
Participant Materials
Participant Handouts
Pre/Post Knowledge Check
Presenter Materials
Presenter PowerPoints with Notes: A PowerPoint file with detailed presenter notes is available for the module.
Implementation Supports
Teaching Expected Behavior Coaching Companion
Additional Resources
- Algozzine, B., Wang, C., & Violette, A. S. (2011). Reexamining the relationship between academic achievement and social behavior. Journal of Positive Behavior Interventions, 13(1), 3-16.
- Cotton, K. (1995) Effective schools research summary: 1995 update. Portland, OR: Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory.