Month at a Glance

• Date: 5/7/25-5/8/25
• Time: 9:00 AM-3:30 PM
• Location: PaTTAN West
• Registration Information: Click HERE
• Details:
• Restorative Practices is the science of strengthening relationships between individuals as well as connections within communities. When put into practice, students experience a sense of safety and belonging that result in improved behavior, less violence, and less bullying. Implementing restorative practices is essential for creating a positive learning environment, building social connections, and problem-solving.
• During this introductory experience, participants will learn the fundamental theory and explore practices to proactively and responsively develop and sustain relationships that foster commUNITY in learning environments.

• Date: 5/15/25
• Time: 12:30 PM
• Location: Virtual (Zoom)
• Registration Information: Click HERE
• Details:
• It's a time and virtual place where people who work in or with high schools can come together to talk about and think about PBIS Implementation.
• Everyone interested in high school implementation is welcome to join. There is nothing for you to prepare. Just join us for a conversation.

• Date: 5/13/25
• Details: Stay tuned for more information from your region!

• Date: 5/29/25
• Time: 9:30 AM-2:30 PM
• Location: Regional PaTTAN Offices
• Registration Information: Stay tuned for more information!
• Details:
• Attendees will get the latest PaTTAN updates, review I-MTSS best practices, and collaborate with colleagues
• Click HERE to enter updates, strategies, & success stories. Thank you for sharing!

• Date: 6/16/25 (1:00 PM-5:30 PM) & 6/17/25 (8:15 AM-3:30 PM)
• Location: PaTTAN Central
• Registration Information: Click HERE
• Details: This year’s Learning Institute will offer valuable sessions focused on behavior and instructional practices to equip K-2 general and special educators with the tools and strategies needed to support young learners effectively.
• Hotel Scholarship Opportunity: For anyone living 50 miles or more from PaTTAN Central, one night's lodging is available. Click HERE to apply. Note: The application window is open until April 30, 2025.

• Date: 6/23/25-6/24/25
• Location: Virtual
• Registration Information: Click HERE
• Details: Are you new to MTSS or ready to take your systems to the next level? MCIU's two-day virtual event is designed for anyone who works with students. Discover creative, research-based strategies to enhance instruction, interventions, assessments, and learning environments for all students.

• Date: 7/28/25-7/31/25
• Location: The Penn Stater Conference Center, State College, PA
• Registration Information: Click HERE
• Details:

• Bridges Knowledge to Know-How Conference Scholarships

• Poster Session (Due May 19, 2025)

• This conference will bring together Pennsylvania’s educators, community partners, families, and youth to explore the latest insights, strategies, and tools that bridge the gap between knowledge and practical application.

• Sessions will have a specific focus on autism, sensory disabilities, secondary transition, and students with complex instructional needs.

• Date: 9/3/25-9/5/25
• Details: Stay tuned for more information!

• Date: 5/2/25
• Time: 1:30 PM-3:30 PM
• Location: Virtual (Zoom)
• Registration Information: Click HERE
• Details: Note this webinar was originally scheduled for 4/17/25.

• Date: 11/12/25-11/14/25
• Locations: AIU 3, IU 5, CSIU 16, PaTTAN Central, CIU 20, DCIU 25

Click HERE for the Date Saver.

2024 -2025 PAPBS Network Local Facilitator Application

• Are you interested in working with PA school teams to successfully implement PBIS?
• The PaPBS Network is currently accepting applications for motivated professionals to become trained as local PBIS facilitators.

2024-2025 District Coach Application

• The role of the District Coach in the PaPBS Network is to support the larger organization in installation, implementation, and sustainability of PBIS across all three tiers.
• District Coaches are provided additional training to help support each coach's leadership efforts and to provide tools and evidence based strategies provided by the PaPBS Network.

Mental wellbeing is just as important as physical health. We’re on a mission to help you prioritize it, every single day. Simple, daily check-ins can support long-term mental wellbeing. Small, mindful actions add up. Start taking small steps toward better mental wellbeing by checking off one, some or all of the items from this checklist each day!

The National Center for Rural School Mental Health supports rural schools in identifying, preventing, and intervening with mental health concerns in children. Their website contains resources for evaluating the cost of interventions, professional development, and interventions aligned to need and Tier of support. The Interventions Hub provides a directory of school-based mental health inventions related to seven domains of common mental health risk factors, including attention/academic issues, peer relationship problems, externalities and internalizing behaviors, emotional dysregulation, school engagement, and bullying. This directory can be searched by risk factor, grade level (elementary, middle, or high school), and across three tiers. Additionally, there is a Cost Calculator feature that provides a resource to calculate costs of your school’s programs to support students’ social, emotional, and behavioral health and make the most of your current plans.

Feel Your Best Self (FYBS) based out of University of Connecticut is an evidence-informed program designed to make learning about emotions fun and accessible. Rooted in the principles of Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy, FYBS centers around 12 emotional regulation strategies that can be separated into three categories: Calm Your Self, Catch Your Feelings, and Connect with Others. FYBS is aimed at children from kindergarten through elementary school and can be used in schools, at home, or in the community. Their website contains a toolkit of resources such as videos, lesson plans, and materials for activities that can be implemented into social-emotional learning activities at the class wide level, or used as an intervention by mental health professionals.

• Date: 5/14/25-5/16/25
• Location: Mystic, CT
• Registration Information: Click HERE

• Date: 10/21/25-10/23/25
• Location: Chicago, IL
• Registration Information: Click HERE
• Details:
• Click HERE for the Call for Poster Presentations (Due 5/23/25)

Please join us this month in celebrating New Oxford Elementary in the Conewago Valley School District in Lincoln Intermediate Unit 12. The team created videos to represent the areas of their PBIS matrix. Hallways were targeted first because the team hoped to improve behaviors there. A huge shout out to Jenna Stiner (Dean of Students) and Eric Bowden (School Counselor) who led the “charge” in the COLONIALS TAKE CHARGE videos.

• CHARGE in the Hallways: https://youtu.be/7b5SEiErO44
• The NOE CHARGE Song: https://youtu.be/CY8w4SiaJC8

Of note, the TaC who support this team are proud to share that New Oxford Elementary's TFI results qualify them once again for recognition in both Tier 1 and Tier 2.

CHARGE:

💥Committed

💥Honest

💥Adaptable

💥Respectful

💥Generous

💥Engaged

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