Coaches' Additional Resources
Sample Position Description: Internal PBIS Coach
Job title: PBIS School Coach (sometimes called Internal Coach)
Job Goals
- Support PBIS teams to fully implement and sustain PBIS with fidelity
- Assist teams in using data for decision-making
- Provide knowledge and support for PBIS research and practices
Qualifications
- Experience working in school settings
- Two to three year commitment
- Knowledge of school discipline practices
- Ability to understand, use and share data related to practices and progress monitoring
- Flexibility to attend school, district, regional and state meetings
- Ability to communicate effectively
- Ability to handle ambiguity
Administrative prerequisites
- Principal/administrator clearly supports the role of coach
- Time is provided to achieve expectations (e.g., assigned FTE, release time, additional prep time, floating sub, etc.)
Sample Position Description: External PBIS Coach
Job title: District PBIS Coach (sometimes called External Coach)
Job Goals
- Provide technical assistance to PBIS teams
- Facilitate ongoing district level support for school teams
- Support district-wide scaling-up and sustainability
- Provide ongoing progress and outcome monitoring
- Provide training and assistance for new team members
- Provide ongoing informational support on research base of PBIS and individual behavior supports
Qualifications
- Experience in K-12 setting
- Knowledge of school discipline practices
- Knowledge of targeted and individual behavior support
- Ability to conduct small and medium sized meetings
- Ability to design and deliver PBIS trainings
Administrative prerequisites
- Provided with appropriate FTE to support multiple schools
- Does not work on the staff of schools he/she is coaching
- Has technology support to perform progress and outcome monitoring
- Has flexibility to attend school, district, region and state meeting