Expert Instruction: The Teach by Design Podcast

Ep. 62: Improving Outcomes with PBIS

We’re kicking off a new season of Expert Instruction and our yearlong exploration of the impact of PBIS. Joining us are four regional partners from the Center on PBIS: B

Ep. 61: 2025-26 Year in Review

Over the 2025–26 season of Expert Instruction, we explored how data help schools make better decisions for students. In this year-end reflection episode, Megan Cave and D

Ep. 60: Mythbusters - Districts Use Your Data as a Gotcha

We're coming to you LIVE from the NWPBIS Conference in Tacoma, WA to explore another PBIS myth. Joining us today are Becky Gawenit and Charisse Elliott. Becky is from Ba

Ep. 59: Rethinking Fidelity — Making Behavior Support Plans Work in Real Classrooms

We continue our exploration of Tier 3 support by focusing on an important and often misunderstood part of behavior support plans: measuring fidelity. Joining us today is

Ep. 58: Tier 3 Supports in General Education Classrooms

We continue our exploration of Tier 3 support by focusing on the way systems make it possible to get students the level of support they really need. Joining us today are

Ep. 57: Mythbusters - Functional Behavioral Assessment is Only for Special Education

When targeted interventions don't improve the behavior you hope to see, what's the next step? Today's guest might tell you to check the function of that behavior. Today,

Ep. 56: Support for Staff Implementing Tier 2 Supports

When we talk about Tier 2 support, we usually talk about the support we offer students. Today, we're talking about the ways we support the adults in our building to imple

Ep. 55: Favorite Things Replay - Tier 2 Decision Making

In this episode, we're sharing some of our favorite things from past lists...including one of our favorite episodes. This month, we're revisiting a conversation from 2021

Ep. 54: Mythbusters - Student Behavior is More Significant Now Than Ever

We're continuing our year-long series exploring the way data play a crucial role in our PBIS implementation. In this episode, we’re going to put those data to use as we l

Ep. 53: Using Data to Improve Student Support

All this month we’re looking at the ways we can use data to guide our decisions on how to get students the additional support they need sooner. There are some common deci

Ep. 51: Why Data Matter in PBIS

This episode kicks off PBISApps’ 2025–26 school year theme: data in PBIS. Our guest today is a true PBIS pioneer: Dr. Rob Horner. Dr. Horner is an emeritus professor at t

Ep. 50: 2024-25 Year in Review

In this episode, we’re looking back at the podcast over the past school year and sharing our favorite episodes and lessons learned. We’ve interviewed 16 guests across nin

Ep. 49: Mental Health Awareness is a Schoolwide Practice

In a perfect world, there would be a mental health professional embedded in every school across the country. Students would have immediate access to the support they need

Ep. 48: All Means All – Inclusive Practices in Tier 1 PBIS

As we explore what inclusive education means, we need to talk about what it means to create truly inclusive schoolwide systems, data, and practices. If schoolwide means a

Ep. 47: Cultivating a Culture of Belonging in Your Classroom

Join us this month with guest Dr. Nikole Hollins-Sims as we discuss how to cultivate a culture of belonging in your classroom. Using the elements of PBIS, Dr. Hollins-Sim

Ep. 46: Creating Equitable PBIS Solutions that Work for All Students

As we explore what it means to achieve equitable solutions in PBIS implementation, we start by defining what equity looks like. So, what happens when our definitions of e

Ep. 45: Mythbusters – Students Today Don’t Care About School Like They Used To

Whether its students clutching their phones or endlessly scrolling YouTube shorts, there is a sense student apathy is real and rampant. In this episode, we’re out to bust

Ep. 44: Closing Out 2024 with Hilarious Stories from the Classroom

In this episode, we’ve tracked down some hilarious teacher stories from around the internet about the goofy things students say and do in school. From fart jokes, to the

Ep 43: Mythbusters – Rewards Don’t Work to Improve Outcomes

We’re back with another episode of Mythbusters where we explore some of the critiques about PBIS. Along with our guests, we’ll declare the criticisms true or busted! The

Ep. 42: Creating and Sustaining Positive School Climate

There’s a feeling you get when you walk into a school. You get a sense for the kind of place it is when you look at the people’s faces, or the way the light that comes th