In 2022 St Joseph's Papanui began our PB4L journey. In the first year of the PB4L teacher training we worked on Tier One or Universal Strategies for all students. This year the teachers have begun to learn about Tier Two or targeted strategies to support our learners.

A CONTINUUM OF BEHAVIOUR SUPPORTA major strength of the PB4L–SW approach is its emphasis on school-wide systems that support proactive adult strategies such as defining, teaching, and reinforcing desirable student behaviours.

Instead of responding to behavioural incidents in a random, reactive way, the school develops and implements a continuum of positive behaviour support for use across all settings in the school.

The continuum includes school-wide strategies for all students (Tier One interventions), Tier Two interventions for groups of students at risk of problem behaviour, and Tier Three interventions forindividual students. 

Tier Two support strategies include differentiated academic and social skills teaching and positive behaviour support. 

Tier Three strategies can include intensive social skills teaching and behaviour management strategies for students who do not respond to Tier Two strategies. 

Implementing this system of support improves well-being for all by making problem behaviour less effective and relevant for students than expected behaviour.

We will be launching our School Wide Behaviour Matrix in Term 3 which outlines the expected behaviours for all learners in a range of school settings. This has been a major part of the PB4L Teams work for the last 12 months. Look out for this next term in our newsletter.