What is Tier 3?
PBIS’ framework doesn’t just work with school-wide and targeted supports. It’s also an effective way to address sometimes dangerous, often highly disruptive behaviors creating barriers to learning and excluding students from social settings.
At most schools, there are 1-5% of students for whom Tier 1 and Tier 2 supports have not connected. At Tier 3, these students receive more intensive, individualized support to improve their behavioral and academic outcomes. Tier 3 strategies work for students with developmental disabilities, autism, emotional and behavioral disorders, and students with no diagnostic label at all.
Source: Center on PBIS, pbis.org
Requirements for Recognition
Tiers 1-2-3 Initial or Sustained
- Recognized for Tiers 1 & 2 during previous school year (for sustained, must have also been recognized for Tier 3 in the previous year)
- Annual Data from previous school year submitted to local facilitator before December 1st
- Tier 1,2, and 3 Action Plans for current school year submitted to local facilitator before December 1st
- Score of at least 70% on TFI Tier 1, 2, and 3 in the spring of current school year
- At least 80% participation rate from professional staff on the Self-Assessment Survey in the spring of the current school year