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Layered Acknowledgement in: Celebrating Students Like It’s Our Job (Because It Is!)

Layered Acknowledgement in: Celebrating Students Like It’s Our Job (Because It Is!)

by Marisa Crapella | Jan 15, 2026 | MTSS, MTSS-Behavior (PBIS), Recent Posts, SEL, Welcoming and Supportive Schools

Walk into a school powered by positive energy and you feel it in your shoulders. Staff smiling. Students stepping up. A climate that says, “You matter here.” That vibe doesn’t appear by magic or by motivational posters clinging to cinderblock walls. It grows from...
How To Avoid The Power Struggle

How To Avoid The Power Struggle

by Marisa Crapella | Mar 19, 2024 | MTSS, MTSS-Behavior (PBIS), OPL (Office of Professional Learning), Recent Posts, Teaching and Learning, Teaching Strategies, Teaching Tools, Uncategorized

We all have those students who are never following directions or great at pushing our buttons in front of the entire class just to see how we react. But what if we can take the power back through respect and empathy? First Things First We often encounter students who...
Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) and Behavior Instruction: Embracing System-level Change to Positively Impact Academic Performance

Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) and Behavior Instruction: Embracing System-level Change to Positively Impact Academic Performance

by OPL | Feb 16, 2023 | Accelerated Learning, MTSS, MTSS-Behavior (PBIS), Recent Posts

Since the 2014-15 school year, Pennsylvania Positive Behavior Support PaPBS Network facilitators from the Montgomery County Intermediate Unit (MCIU) have trained, coached and provided technical assistance to over 47 schools within the county.  Thirty-six (36) of those...
Today’s Thoughts:  Pandemic Positives for Montgomery County Schools

Today’s Thoughts: Pandemic Positives for Montgomery County Schools

by Karen Stover-Perri | Dec 9, 2020 | Montgomery County School District, MTSS-Behavior (PBIS), OPL (Office of Professional Learning), Recent Posts

Today’s Thoughts: Pandemic Positives for Montgomery County Schools ADJUSTING TO THE “NEW NORMAL” In March of 2020, schooling, as we have known it, changed.  Educators were catapulted into a new and challenging way of teaching due to the worldwide...

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