Student Behaviour

At Baden Powell College we strive to create a school community which is engaging and promotes a safe and inclusive environment.  When a student begins to disengage from their learning or positive behaviours are not demonstrated, many intervention practices are implemented to reconnect the student.

 

Student Mantra:

There are 4 statements which students have agreed to adhere to while at school. 

 

School Wide Positive Behaviour Support

Restorative Justice

Baden Powell College is committed towards using restorative practices in developing positive behaviours in our children.

A restorative approach

• encourages students to appreciate the consequences of their actions for others
• enables students to make amends where their actions have harmed others
• requires students to be accountable for their actions
• encourages respect for all concerned

 

Restorative Practices

• Are a powerful strategy when responding to

  misbehaviour

• Focus on repairing the harm done to people and relationships rather than on punishing offenders

• Engage students in meaningful dialogue

• Relate to Interpersonal Development domain (VELS) with emphasis on building positive social relationships, working and learning in teams and managing and resolving conflict

• Help students identify emotions (theirs and others)

• Teach the vocabulary for expressing feelings     

• Teach how our actions affect others

• Teach strategies for working out problems

• Teach how to say sorry

• Teach forgiveness

 

The potential advantages of a restorative approach include:

• A safer, more caring environment
• A more effective teaching and learning environment
• A greater commitment by everyone to taking the time to listen to one another

 

Teachers will in addition establish positive classroom incentives which may include awards, certificates, stickers, goal books and contracts.  Individual Learning Plans may also be established which invites parents, teachers and students to come together to determine future goals and improvements.

Remember happy, healthy students are eager, enthusiastic learners!

 

 

What Is Positive Behaviour Support
Positive Behaviour Support (PBS) is a modern approach to challenging behaviours. It is a term encompassing
strategies and methods that aim to assist a person to reduce challenging behaviour and increase the person’s
quality of life through teaching a person new skills and adjusting their environment to promote positive
behaviour changes. PBS is a school wide process for developing and teaching appropriate and positive
behaviours by teaching, modelling and rewarding expected behaviour. It is a whole school process for addressing
discipline, safety and learning outcomes.

A multi-tiered approach to prevention



The premise of PBS is that continual teaching; modelling, recognising and rewarding positive student behaviour
will reduce unnecessary discipline and promote a climate of greater productivity, safety and learning. PBS
schools apply a multi-tiered approach to prevention, using disciplinary data and principles of behaviour analysis
to develop school-wide, targeted and individualised interventions and supports to improve school climate.
 
Practising Positive Behaviour Support
So how would we approach a behavioural issue using this approach?

• Identify and understand the behaviour and its antecedents
• Improve quality of life to reduce the incidence of challenging behaviour. For example, boredom or loneliness can be triggers for challenging behaviours.
• Model and encourage positive behaviour
• Teach new skills to communicate needs.
• Develop positive intervention when challenging behaviours occur
• Develop steps to manage crisis situations if needed
• Keep evaluating the support strategies used
• Involve the whole family and close support network
• Support caregivers who are affected by challenging behaviours