SWPBS

DPS are implementing a new framework that is called SWPBS. 

School-wide positive behaviour support (SWPBS) is a framework that assists schools to improve social, emotional, behavioural and academic outcomes for children and young people. 

Key Features:

· Staff and students use a common language to discuss behaviour.

· Clearly define a set of expected behaviours.

· A school-wide plan is developed to ensure behavioural expectations are taught to all students by all staff. This is known as the school matrix. 

· School-wide systems are developed to reinforce expected behaviours from all members of the school community.

Benefits:

· Increased respectful and positive behaviour.

· Increased time focused on instruction.

· Improved social- emotional wellbeing.

· Increased adoption of evidence-based instructional practices.

What does it look like:

· Students will be explicitly taught behaviours from our DPS matrix

· When students are identified practicing these expected behaviours, teachers will give them a wristband.   

· They will take off the wristband and get a hole punched in their punch card (housed in the classroom with their teacher)

· Once students have collected 10 holes in their punch card, they will go the office and contribute a star to the jar. This is a whole school reward System and the whole school will be working towards some sort of reward (chosen by students).