Every student                                                                     What is PBL?                                                                                         What they’re saying about PBL
                                                                                                 Positive Behaviour for Learning is an evidence-                                             “It’s important that my son knows what is expected 
                     succeeding                                                                  based whole school approach to establish and                                                of him when he walks through the school gate. 
                                                                                                 sustain the social culture needed for schools to be                                         PBL school expectations are taught every Monday 
                                                                                                 effective learning environments.                                                            morning and the PBL Focus of the week is advertised 
                                                                                                 It is a school-wide approach to help support, define,                                       in the newsletter that comes home every Monday 
                             Positive                                                            teach and reinforce positive behaviours of ALL                                              afternoon. This is important info for parents too!”
                                                                                                 students. The school-wide approach to discipline                                                                                                                    Parent
               Behaviour for                                                                     focuses on building a safe and positive environment                                         “A clear framework for schools, that if followed 
                                                                                                 in which all students can learn.                                                            creates safe and positive learning environments”
                           Learning                                                              PBL is being implemented in thousands of schools                                                                                                  Team Leader PLC
                                                                                                 and when implemented with integrity has been                                                “PBL has made the behaviour focus very clear at 
                                                                                                 demonstrated to reduce discipline problems and                                              our school – what we expect we must teach.”
                                                                                                 increase time for instruction                                                                                                                   Classroom Teacher
                                                                                                                                                                                             “I think PBL is terrific, because we get to choose our 
                                                                                                                                                                                             own rewards… we can save our tokens, so we can 
                                                                                                                                                                                             have our Principals chair for a day (or anything like 
                                                                                                                                                                                             that).”                                                               Student
            A parent and community guide to                                                      Copyright 2002 by the Center for Positive Behavior 
              Positive Behaviour for Learning                                                    Interventions & Support. Reprinted with permission.
                                                            Who is PBL for?
                                                            PBL is for all schools, all students and all staff.      Become a PBL Team Partner…
                                                            PBL helps to make schools better places to live, 
                                                            work and learn. It does so by giving schools             Our team meets each month or fortnightly 
                                                            the tools to build comprehensive, school-wide            of the academic calendar to review behaviour 
                                                            systems that support academic and social-                and  implementation  data  to  fine-tune  our 
                                                            emotional and behavioural learning for all               systems of support.
                                                            students.                                                 
                                                                                                                     Our team includes our Principal and 
                                                                                                                     representatives of staff (teachers, teacher aides, 
                                                            How will PBL help my child and their                     specialist support staff) as well as community 
                                                            school?                                                  and parent representatives to coordinate 
                                                                                                                     implementation of PBL across our entire school. 
                                                            • PBL promotes positive student behaviour by              
                                                            building the school’s leadership capacity and            Our team has trained in PBL and continues 
                                                            teachers’ knowledge, understanding and skills            to sustain links with Regional and Statewide 
                                                            in applying effective school-wide systems that           Support to implement PBL.  We welcome 
   There are Seven Essential Features of the                support learning.                                        parents to join our team and from time to time 
   Schoolwide PBL System.  Each feature is vital.                                                                    will call for new representatives to help us out. 
   They operate together to ensure a positive               •  PBL  supports  schools  to  creative  positive        Please keep an eye out in our newsletter to 
   and proactive approach which is likely to lead           learning environments that promote wellbeing.            identify both these formal ways to participate.
   to behavioural and academic success. These                                                                        Get involved!
   essential features are:                                  •  PBL  helps  schools  deliver  highest  quality 
   1. Administration support, participation and             learning programs to improve student academic 
   leadership                                               and behavioural learning. 
   2. Common purpose and approach to discipline
   3. Clarifying Expectations                               How can I help my child with PBL? 
   4. Teaching Expected Behaviours 
   5. Encouraging Expected Behaviours                       •  Positively  reinforcing  and  talking  about  the 
   6. Discouraging Inappropriate Behaviours                 school’s core expectations and appropriate 
   7. Ongoing monitoring                                    behaviour expectations matrix 
                                                            • Becoming an active team member, attending 
                                                            meetings and / or undertaking tasks to assist 
   (2015 Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary    the school in its implementation of PBL. 
   Education, MO SW-PBS Team Workbook)