Tier 1, Universal Prevention
The team responsible for Tier 1 universal prevention includes representatives from all key stakeholders within the school community.
Team members include:
- principal
- executive team member
- teachers representative of every stage or faculty
- non-teaching staff (SLSO, admin staff)
- parent or community member
- student representative
Team responsibilities are to:
- assess current behaviour management practice
- complete Positive Behaviour for Learning (PBL) training
- develop PBL school vision aligned with school plan
- schedule/participate in efficient meetings
- use problem solving and data-based decision making
- develop effective PBL systems and practices for staff and students
- collect, collate, analyse and share data
- oversee, monitor and evaluate all planned objectives and activities developed by the team
- develop, implement and evaluate an action plan
- communicate with staff, students, families and community and seek feedback on progress
- build systems for family and community awareness and engagement
Tier 1 systems:
- ensure essential features of school wide universal prevention are in place
- achieve actions through staff collaboration
- communicate school-wide systems and strategies
- ensure effective classroom practices are in place
- schedule professional learning
- document processes for acknowledgement/consequences and data collection
Tier 1 practices:
- post, teach, monitor and review expectations
- support quality teaching across all settings
- use data-based decision making