School-wide positive behaviour support (SWPBS) is a framework that brings together our school and community to develop positive, safe, supportive learning culture.

SWPBS assists Pascoe Vale South Primary School to improve social, emotional, behavioural and academic outcomes for all of our students.

The implementation of SWPBS into our school began in 2019. All staff, students and the community were involved in the development of SWPBS and now have more time to focus on relationships and classroom instruction. As we develop the framework further, students and staff continue to improve and benefit from:

• increased respectful and positive behaviour
• increased time focused on instruction
• improved social-emotional wellbeing
• positive and respectful relationships among students and staff
• increased adoption of evidence-based instructional practices
• a predictable learning environment with improved perceptions of safety and increased attendance

Pascoe Vale South Primary School and our community has committed to the implementation of the SWPBS framework. Through a priority SWPBS team of leaders and teachers across the school, we are well on the way to implementing the eight essential features of SWPBS:-

• Establish a common philosophy and purpose: Staff and students use a common language to discuss behaviour. School philosophy emphasises the need to teach appropriate behaviour much like academic learning.
• Establish leadership and school-wide support: School leaders publicly endorse and support SWPBS. A team at the school leads implementation by creating, reviewing and monitoring an action plan.  The work is done in collaboration by the whole staff with input from parents, students and the community.
• Clearly define a set of expected behaviours: The school identifies 3 to 5 behavioural expectations that apply at all times.  Clear, positively stated examples are identified and displayed in different school settings.
• Establish procedures for teaching and practising expected behaviours: A school-wide plan is developed to ensure behavioural expectations are taught to all students by all staff.
• Implement a continuum of procedures to encourage expected behaviours: School-wide systems are developed to acknowledge expected behaviour and promote commitment from all members of the school community.
• Develop a continuum of procedures to discourage inappropriate behaviour: Schools clearly define problem behaviours and identify specific strategies and responses to minor and major behavioural infractions.
• Use procedures for record-keeping, decision making and ongoing monitoring: Schools review data on repeated behaviour issues, the settings in which they occur, and the consequences most likely to be applied for inappropriate behaviours. They correlate these with other sources of data such as academic progress, and analyse this data to make necessary adjustments to school operations in an effort to reduce inappropriate behaviour.
• Support staff to use effective classroom practices: Schools establish systems to support staff to adopt evidence-based instructional practices associated with reductions in inappropriate behaviour.

We have an area-based coach who is collaborating with us to ensure we are assisted in developing the Multi-Tiered System of Support:

• primary prevention (tier 1): supports for all students, staff and settings
• secondary prevention (tier 2): additional specialised group systems for students with at-risk behaviour
• tertiary prevention (tier 3): specialised, individualised systems for students with high-risk behaviour, provided in addition to primary and secondary prevention

            Schoolwide Positive Behaviour Expectations Matrix