Examining the Schoolwide Expectations Survey for Specific Settings: Descriptive Properties. (October 2022)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Royer, David James; Lane, Kathleen Lynne; Oakes, Wendy Peia; Jenkins, Abbie Brooke; Cantwell, Emily Dawn; Common, Eric Alan; Lane, Katie Scarlett
• Is Part Of: Journal of positive behavior interventions. Volume 24:Number 4(2022)
• Page Start: 289
• Page End: 300
• Publication Date: 2022-10
• Subjects: expectations -- positive behavioral interventions and supports -- schoolwide; Behavior therapy for children -- Periodicals; Behavior therapy for teenagers -- Periodicals; 153.85
• DOI: 10.1177/10983007211026684
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1098-3007

Abstract

In tiered systems, all school faculty and staff ideally recognize student academic, behavioral, and social achievement as a shared responsibility. In an ideal system, faculty and staff collaborate in a data-informed process to define common student expectations to facilitate success. Adults provide clarity for all students by defining expectations for instructional and non-instructional settings, allowing equitable access to all areas of the school experience. In this replication study, we explored educator priorities of behavioral expectations in classroom and non-instructional settings for students as measured by the Schoolwide Expectations Survey for Specific Settings (SESSS). We analyzed faculty and staff data from 10 U.S. schools whose leadership teams participated in a yearlong professional learning series to design their Comprehensive, Integrated, Three-Tiered (Ci3T) model of prevention. Results indicated educators across school levels (elementary, middle, high) had similar views on what expectations should be prioritized for student success, with statistically significant differences found for the hallway setting. Implications and future directions for research in this area are discussed.