PBL
Charters Towers Central State School is a Positive Behaviour Learning school (PBL). Our school’s PBL motto is 'to create and foster a safe, respectful and accepting learning environment for the school community'. This motto is the driving culture behind our school.
PBL is an evidence-based framework for establishing the social culture needed for schools to be effective learning environments for all students. PBL in not a program and therefore does not compete with programs. It is an organisational framework for identifying, adopting and applying evidence based practices for building and supporting academic and social success for all students.
PBL at Charters Towers Central State School ensures that all students have the social and emotional skills needed to succeed in school and beyond. PBL assists schools to teach students expected social behaviours.
Charters Towers Central State School has three set expectations that support PBL – I Am Safe, I am Respectful, and I am a Learner. These three expectations are immersed throughout the school curriculum, playground and wider community.
PBL and Student Wellbeing
The explicit and systematic teaching of social-emotional learning (SEL) competencies to students has been shown to decrease emotional distress and behavioural problems and increase academic scores. SEL helps students manage emotions, set goals, get along with others and make responsible decisions.
The PBL framework provides the ideal vehicle for teaching identified SEL competencies. Schools teaching SEL within a prevention-focused continuum of supports, such as PBL, have reported reduced rates of bullying, increased sense of school safety, improvements in students’ emotional regulation and greater staff and student wellbeing.