Proserpine State School is a PBL (Positive Behaviours for Learning) School. We use data to put systems and practices in place that will support both staff and students in promoting positive behaviour. PBL is comprised of a broad range of universal and individualised strategies for preventing problem behaviour through explicit pre-teaching and correction.
It acknowledges that not all children will come to school equipped with social and self-regulation skills that match the expectations of the school and that some students will require either secondary or tertiary interventions to support them in behaving appropriately.
PBL promotes the notion of being proactive, (not reactive or punitive) and focuses on prevention and instruction. We have well-established processes for managing behaviour infractions.
Our school has four core expectations:
Be safe, be friendly, be respectful and be a learner.
Instead of rules, our school has a set of positively stated expectations that are set out in a matrix.
The expectations are explicitly taught at the beginning of each school year and then revisited regularly throughout the year using a tell, show, practise approach. Regular social skilling is an important part of the curriculum and is imbedded in the curriculum at Proserpine State School. Through our whole of school fortnightly focus expectations, we explicitly teach pro-social skills to all of our students. In addition to this, students who demonstrate positive behaviours are publicly acknowledged and celebrated on assembly.