PBIS PBIS Leadership Team Roles 2 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: Which team member is primarily responsible for facilitating PBIS leadership team meetings and keeping discussions on track?
- The school principal
- The team facilitator (Correct answer)
- The district coordinator
- The data manager
Correct answer: The team facilitator
The team facilitator runs meetings, manages the agenda, and ensures productive discussions without dominating the decision-making process.
Question 2: What is the primary function of a PBIS data analyst on the leadership team?
- Writing behavior intervention plans for individual students
- Collecting and interpreting school-wide behavioral data to inform decisions (Correct answer)
- Training all staff on Tier 2 interventions
- Managing the PBIS budget
Correct answer: Collecting and interpreting school-wide behavioral data to inform decisions
The data analyst collects, organizes, and presents behavioral data so the team can make evidence-based decisions about PBIS implementation.
Question 3: A PBIS team includes a 'family liaison.' What is this person's key responsibility?
- Conducting functional behavior assessments
- Bridging communication between the school and families about PBIS practices (Correct answer)
- Managing student records in the data system
- Leading professional development for teachers
Correct answer: Bridging communication between the school and families about PBIS practices
The family liaison ensures families understand PBIS expectations, receive progress updates, and are engaged as partners in behavioral support.
Question 4: Which characteristic is MOST important when selecting the administrator representative for the PBIS leadership team?
- The administrator must have the highest seniority in the building
- The administrator must have authority to allocate resources and remove implementation barriers (Correct answer)
- The administrator must conduct all staff PBIS trainings personally
- The administrator must have a background in special education
Correct answer: The administrator must have authority to allocate resources and remove implementation barriers
Administrator representation is essential because PBIS implementation requires resource allocation decisions, policy changes, and removal of systemic barriers that only authorized leaders can address.
Question 5: When the PBIS team reviews monthly ODR data, who typically presents the summary to the team?
- The school counselor
- The data coordinator or data manager (Correct answer)
- The district supervisor
- The parent representative
Correct answer: The data coordinator or data manager
The data coordinator or data manager compiles Office Discipline Referral (ODR) reports and presents them in a format the team can use to identify trends and make decisions.
Question 6: A new PBIS leadership team is forming. Why should a general education teacher be included rather than only specialists?
- General education teachers can be replaced more easily if absent
- General education teachers represent the majority of staff and provide classroom-level implementation insight (Correct answer)
- Only general education teachers can legally participate in PBIS teams
- Specialists are prohibited from serving on PBIS teams by federal law
Correct answer: General education teachers represent the majority of staff and provide classroom-level implementation insight
General education teachers interact with the largest proportion of students daily and provide critical frontline perspective on whether PBIS practices are feasible and effective in classrooms.
Question 7: The PBIS coach's role differs from the team facilitator primarily because the coach:
- Only works with students who have Tier 3 needs
- Provides ongoing technical assistance and builds staff capacity across all tiers (Correct answer)
- Is responsible for entering all ODR data into the system
- Handles parent complaints about student discipline
Correct answer: Provides ongoing technical assistance and builds staff capacity across all tiers
The PBIS coach supports the entire staff in implementing PBIS with fidelity by providing training, modeling, and feedback across all three tiers of support.
PBIS PBIS Leadership Team Roles 2
Which team member is primarily responsible for facilitating PBIS leadership team meetings and keeping discussions on track?