Albury West provides a quality education in a creative and caring environment where we strive to achieve and value respect, responsibility and care. Our aim is to deliver education and training that inspires students to succeed, foster high expectations and prepare them for positive participation in society to achieve this we follow the Positive Behaviour for Learning (PBL ) program at Albury West.
Positive behviour to learning approach
PBL is a school systems approach to enhance the capacity of schools to teach and succeed with all students, especially students with social skills deficits and challenging behaviours. This is done by establishing a school-wide management framework which:
- Clearly defines outcomes that relate to academic and social behaviour
- Has clear, consistent, durable systems that support the work of staff.
- Has effective efficient teaching practices that support student success
- Uses relevant school data to guide decision making.
PBL is a broad range of systematic and individualised strategies for achieving important social behaviour and learning outcomes while preventing problem behaviour.
PBL is an integration of:
(a) valued learning outcomes
(b) research validated school systems and practices
(c) the science of human behaviour
(d) organizational frameworks to maximize effective school systems change.
PBL has a teaching focus where emphasis is placed on:
- Teaching behaviour expectations explicitly
- Teaching behavour expectations like we do academic skills
- Maximizing academic engagement and success.
- Using teaching support to remediate behaviour errors before resorting to punishment.
It is based on empirically sound practices and applications in schools. PBL is also based on significant research that is reliable, easily accessible, and can be used to design, modify or maintain school wide PBL.
School data guides intervention and management decisions.
PBL increases the contextual fit between the school's unique climate and what we know works.
PBL works to enhance the skills and knowledge of teachers about effective systems and teaching practice to maximize positive behaviour and increase learning engagement.
PBL establishes a continuum of social behaviour support and social skills teaching for all students, all staff in all school settings.
Our PBL mission statement
At Albury West Public School we are dedicated to promoting a respectful, responsible and caring environment throughout the school.
PBL is also committed to assisting teachers and school communities to:
- Increase the consistent use of positive teaching and reinforcement strategies among all school staff at school-wide, classroom and individual student levels.
- Reduce the use of reactive discipline measures in our school for all students.
- Increase data-based decision making about behaviour, teaching and learning, across all school settings.
- Implement effective comprehensive supports and interventions for students with behaviour and emotional needs.
PBL at our school is committed to building our school in which:
- Reinforce the values of the NSW Department of Education and Community.
- Facilitate a commitment to achievement
- Build a foundation of life long learning
- Provide an environment where all students, regardless of diversity, disadvantage or disability can reach their highest potential.
- Allow students at Albury West to experience joy and success each day.
Albury West provides a quality education in a creative and caring environment where we strive to achieve and value respect, responsibility and care. Our aim is to deliver education and training that inspires students to succeed, foster high expectations and prepare them for positive participation in society.