Hatton Vale State School is a Positive Behaviour for
Learning School and is committed to providing a safe, respectful and
disciplined learning environment for students and staff, where students have
opportunities to engage in quality learning experiences and acquire values
supportive of their lifelong wellbeing.
The goal of Positive Behaviour Support is to enhance the
capacity of schools to educate all students, especially students with
challenging social behaviours, by establishing an effective continuum of PBS
systems and practices.
Hatton Vale State School Student Code of Conduct Policy
The continuum is characterised by:
- An emphasis on prevention
- An increasing intensity of intervention
for increasing intensities of problem behaviour
- A provision of basic proactive
programming (primary prevention) for all students by all staff in all settings.
With Positive Behaviour for Learning:
- Expectations for student behaviour are
defined by a school based team with all staff input.
- Effective behavioural support is
implemented consistently by staff and administration.
- Appropriate student behaviour is taught.
- Positive behaviours are publicly
acknowledged.
- Problem behaviours have clear
consequences.
- Student behaviour is monitored and
staff receive regular feedback.
- Effective behavioural support
strategies are implemented at the school-wide, specific setting, classroom, and individual student level.
- Effective behavioural support
strategies are designed to meet the needs of all students.