Video Guide
Written Guide
Sign In
Sign in to to your account by going to https://hib.hibster.com.
Use your username (often your
school-issued email address) and password
to sign in.
You can always reset your password by
following these instructions.
There are four options. To create a
pre-referral, click the Create I&RS
Pre-Referral button.
Other options:
My I&RS Pre-Referrals button —
View all pre-referrals created and submitted
by the teacher
My Plans button — View plans created
by I&RS team; teachers are able to see
information shared by the I&RS team
My Observations button — View and
complete Observations requested by the
I&RS team. An Observation is a form which
asks for additional information about a
particular student and needs to be completed
by the teacher.
Create a Pre-referral
Clicking the Create I&RS plan
button will direct the user to the
Create Pre-Referral Page
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Select a student
First, select the student for which the
pre-referral will be created.
Click the orange-and-blue people icon in the
Find Student section.
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This will bring up the Find Student search
area.
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You can filter for students by first name,
last name student ID number or grade. Once the
search criteria is entered, click the Search button. Please note: clicking
the Search button without entering any
criteria will display every student in the
school district.
After locating the desired student, click the
name to select the student and it him/her to
the pre-referral.
This will return you to the Create
Pre-referral page. Now that the student is
selected, assign a School to the student by
selecting from the drop-down menu next to
their name.
You may need to select a form to be
associated with a pre-referral; do this by
choosing form the Optional Form drop-down
menu.
All student data should automatically fill in
when the student is selected, but if you need
to add or edit any information about the
student, do so by clicking the pencil icon
next to their name.
Add Best Practices
Now that the student is selected, Best
Practices can be added. Best Practices are
strategies that you will incorporate into
your classroom with this student.
Best Practices can be added from the
Choose Best Practices area; the large
space on the right side.
The Best Practices area is set up in a tree
structure, where selecting a broad category
will give access to a more specific category.
For example, there are five main categories,
displayed in red. Within each of those five
categories are additional sub-categories.
Within some of those sub-categories are
additional sub-categories; eventually, the
actual Best Practice is available for
selection.
For example, to select the Best Practice of
'Provide public praise for on-task behaviors',
select Behavioral Best Practices › Individual
Behavioral Management › Attention Seeker ›
Provide public praise for on-task behaviors.
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At least one Best Practice can be added.
Multiple Best Practices can be selected as
well.
When a Best Practice is selected, it will be
added to the Selected Best Practices area on
the left side
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Once all of the desired Best Practices are
selected, click the Create Plan button.
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The pre-referral is now created. You will now
be directed to the Pre-referral page for this
student.
Work on the Pre-referral
Upon clicking the Create Plan
button, you will be taken to the
Pre-referral page.
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Remember: while using the program, it
is always a good idea to hit the Save and
Continue button located at the bottom
of the screen.
General tab
Student › Edit any biographical
information about the student
Additional Information › If you
are required to work on this pre-referral
for a predetermined amount of time or for
a predetermined number of times per week,
it can be entered here. Any other notes
that should be prominently displayed can
be entered in the text area box as well.
Rate Effectiveness › Each Best
Practice strategy needs to be rated at
least once (although your school may
require additional ratings). To rate a
Best Practice, click the green Rate
Effectiveness link next to the Best
Practice.
Make sure to choose a star rating from
the Rating: menu and enter a comment in
the Experience: area.
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Click the green plus-button icon to enter
and save the rating.
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Edit the Pre-referral › To add or
remove a Best Practice from the
pre-referral plan, click the Edit
Pre-referral button.
Download for Printing › To create a
printable summary of the pre-referral plan,
click the Download For Printing button
Documents tab
The Documents tab houses two types of
documents: System and Uploaded.
System Documents › These are
documents that are added by the school
district and will appear in every
pre-referral for every student.
Uploaded Documents › These are
documents added by you that are specific
to this pre-referral. Pictures from art
class or writing from English class are
common examples..
Optional Form
If an optional form was selected when the
pre-referral was created, it will display
here.
Finish the Pre-referral
To save the pre-referral so this it can
be worked on at a later time or date,
click the Save & Close button.
If the Best Practices were successful and no
further work is required with this student,
click the End Pre-Referral Use button.
If the Best Practcies did not resolve the
issue(s) with the student, the student should
be referred to the I&RS Team. Assuming
each Best Practice has been rated at least
once, click the Submit Pre-Referral
button.
After Submitting the pre-referral, this
notification will display:
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The pre-referral is now complete and no
further action is required.