Positive Behaviour for Learning
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PB4L School-Wide looks at behaviour and learning from a whole-of-school as well as an individual child perspective. The framework is based on international evidence.
The Positive Behaviour for Learning School-Wide framework, otherwise known as PB4L School-Wide, is helping New Zealand schools build a culture where positive behaviour and learning is a way of life. The framework can be tailored to your school’s own environment and cultural needs.
It’s not about changing the students; it’s about changing the environment, systems and practices you have in place to support them to make positive behaviour choices.
PB4L School-Wide is based on the Positive Behavioural Interventions and Supports (PBIS) framework developed at the University of Oregon in the 1990s. PBIS is now in thousands of schools across the United States and there are over 1050 School-Wide schools in New Zealand.
IB Learner Profiles
How do we integrate the IB Learner Profiles into our PB4L philosophy and practice?
As an IB school the learner profiles are fundamental to our learning with a view to developing global citizens. Each attribute is explicitly taught and lived daily here at our school.
SEE THE BOIIA BEHAVIOUR EXPECTATIONS MATRIX
KAITIAKITANGA [PRONOUNCED KY-TEE-AH-KEE-TUNGA-A]
Kaitiakitanga is about guardianship and the connection between people and the natural world. It states that it is our job as humans to be guardians of the natural environment, to look after resources and ensure their survival for future generations.
(https://hakatours.com/about-us/our-values/#:~:text=M%C4%81ori%20values%20are%20instruments%20by,respected%2C%20cherished%2C%20and%20sustained.)KOTAHITANGA [PRONOUNCED KO-TA-HI-TUNGA-A]
Kotahitanga is the concept of togetherness. Māori are a small yet unified race, and it’s important to lift each other up. Kotahitanga is identifying as one – sharing the earth, extending our āwhina (support) to everyone, and receiving the same back.
(https://www.tamakimaorivillage.co.nz/blog/3-maori-concepts-that-will-change-the-way-you-see-the-world#:~:text=Kotahitanga,and%20receiving%20the%20same%20back.)MANAAKITANGA [PRONOUNCED MA-NAA-KEE-TUNG-A]
Manaakitanga is about hospitality and the act of caring for a person's mana (dignity). We do this by showing kindness, generosity and support to others and by welcoming all our guests with open arms.
(https://hakatours.com/about-us/our-values/#:~:text=M%C4%81ori%20values%20are%20instruments%20by,respected%2C%20cherished%2C%20and%20sustained.)MAARAMATANGA [PRONOUNCED MAA-RA-MA-TUNG-A]
enlightenment, insight, understanding, light, meaning, significance
(https://maoridictionary.co.nz/search?keywords=maramatanga)Page updated
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