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Effects of School-wide Positive Behavior
Support Programs on Teacher Morale

Running head: EFFECT OF SCHOOL-WIDE

Effects of School-wide Positive Behavior Support Programs on Teacher Morale

William A. Royal
Principal
Rogersville Middle School, Rogersville, TN 37857
waroyal@liberty.edu
Samuel J. Smith
Associate Professor, School of Education
Liberty University, Lynchburg, VA 24502
sjsmith3@liberty.edu
Presented at the
National Council of Professors of Educational Administration
Annual Summer Conference
August 3 – 6, 2010
Washington, D.C.
EFFECTS OF SCHOOL-WIDE
Abstract

The effect of School Wide Positive Behavior Support (SW-PBS) on teacher morale was
examined using the Purdue Teacher Opinionnaire (PTO). Faculty members of two rural
Tennessee middle schools participated. The treatment group experienced initial implementation
of a SW-PBS program and was both pretested and posttested. The middle school where the
control group taught was posttested without implementation of SW-PBS. A paired t-test was
applied to analyze the data, showing improvements at a significance level of .05 in the factors
of facilities, rapport with the principal, and community pressures. Findings suggest that teachers
are likely to have increased levels of morale relating to these three factors when a SW-PBS
program is implemented.
Keywords: teacher morale, school wide positive behavior support, student conduct, social

learning theory