Why do we do PBL at Calliope State School?

Positive Behaviour for Learning (PBL) helps schools to develop a safe, respectful and productive learning environment by establishing a positive school climate where students and adults have strong, positive relationships and students understand what is expected of them as learners at school.

PBL provides the steps for schools to nurture students by providing them with meaningful opportunities for improving social and emotional skills, such as recognising and managing emotions, developing caring and concern for others, making responsible decisions, establishing positive relationships and handling challenging situations in a constructive way.

In PBL schools, principals, school leaders and staff members work together to establish and maintain a positive school climate. All adults communicate, teach, and model the positive behaviours they expect students to show in the classroom and school throughout the day. By setting expectations, teaching students to meet those expectations and regularly reinforcing appropriate behaviours, schools see fewer incidents of inappropriate behaviour and more time spent on teaching and learning.

Setting expectations for positive behaviour in collaboration with the school community is one key practice to teach and reinforce expected behaviours. This is completed through:

This is known as the Three-Tiered approach to student support.

Weekly PBL Lesson

Each week the teachers across the entire school teach the same lesson to their students. This week the focus is Expectations and Routines. This includes the classroom, the Student Learning and Wellbeing Centre (Supported Learning) and morning routines, including morning monitors.