School Wide Positive Support (SWPBS)
Marija O'Riordan
School Wide Positive Behaviour Support (SWPBS)
School-wide positive behaviour support (SWPBS) is a framework that brings together school communities to develop positive, safe, supportive learning cultures.
SWPBS assists schools to improve social, emotional, behavioural and academic outcomes for children and young people.
When SWPBS is implemented well, teachers and students have more time to focus on relationships and classroom instruction. Students and staff 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
At Greenvale Primary School, we implement SWPBS practices.
Two essential features of SWPBS implementation are to encourage expected behaviour and to discourage undesirable (unexpected) behaviour.
As a school it is important for us to acknowledge when students show desirable behaviour. We do this through:
- Student of the Week Certificates
- School Values Stickers
- School Values Leaves
- Weekly Class Line Up Monitoring Award
- Weekly Class Attendance Award
- Behaviour Specific Praise
As important as it is to acknowledge expected behaviour, it is equally important to discourage unexpected behaviour. We teach students about school values and expectations through Social and Emotional Learning (SEL), which is explicitly taught for one hour weekly. We also interweave these conversations and lessons through our everyday teaching.
The school value that we have chosen to focus on during the month of March is Respect, particularly by encouraging our students to use kind language
Unfortunately, the use of unexpected language (swearing) is currently an issue in our school. Staff will be reminding students of expected language and will be issuing School Values Notices.
We appreciate your support in helping us to discourage this behaviour at school and encourage you to have conversations with your child about expected language and behaviour at Greenvale Primary School. Having all parties on the same page keeps the message consistent for our students, that expected behaviour must be demonstrated at school.