On August 18, we had the chance to chat with Terry M. Scott. He offered compelling insight into the role of effective instruction in schoolwide PBIS, as well as the importance of bolstering positive teacher-student relationships.

As a professor at the University of Louisville’s College of Education and Human Development, Terry carries out scientific research focusing on schoolwide prevention systems, managing student behavior, and video-based training for educators. Having conducted over 24 years’ worth of research, interviewing teachers, writing over 100 publications, and leading over 1,000 presentations, Terry has amassed an incredible amount of data to distill and support his three tenets of effective instruction.

Terry M. Scott is a Professor and Distinguished University Scholar in the College of Education and Human Development at the University of Louisville. His research interests focus on school-wide prevention systems, the role of instructional variables in managing student behavior, functional behavior assessment/intervention, and scientific research in education.