- PMD: 5,6
- Skill Level: Intermediate
- Session 1: Promoting Safe and Positive Schools
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(Posters available on demand at any time during the convention week and for sixty days thereafter.)
Learner Objectives
This session will help participants…
- gain knowledge about the similarities and differences in how PBIS team members and non-PBIS team members perceive the costs and benefits of TSRs.
- learn strategies to consult with teachers to overcome the costs and facilitate the benefits of pursuing TSRs.
- learn school-wide strategies to strengthen TSRs and improve school climate in PBIS schools.
- learn about the potential costs and benefits for teachers pursuing positive teacher–student relationships (TSRs).
Description
This qualitative study examines middle school educators’ perceptions of pursing positive teacher–student relationships (TSRs). Data were obtained from 18 focus groups (9 with PBIS team members; 9 with non-PBIS team members). Results shared will illustrate the costs and benefits of pursuing positive TSRs from educators’ perspectives in PBIS middle schools. Practitioners will learn strategies to maximize benefits and minimize costs for educators pursuing positive TSRs in PBIS middle schools.
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Presenter(s)
Sneha Pimpalkhute, Georgia State University
James P. Pooley, Georgia State University
Contributor(s)
Stephanie A. Wilkins, Joel Meyers, Kris Varjas, Catherine Perkins
