Support material

This resource supports teachers in all New Zealand primary and secondary schools to understand and draw on effective strategies that enhance students' behaviour, engagement, participation, and learning. Professional development facilitators and school leaders will also find it useful in their work with teachers and communities of learning in the areas of effective pedagogy and behaviour support.

PB4L School-wide Tier One implementation manual

This manual is designed to be used by a school’s PB4L–SW team to plan and implement specific aspects of PB4L–SW Tier One. While the resource can be used without formal training, it is recommended that those using it have received training or external support for implementation.

Download the manual

Section 1 of the manual is an overview that explains what PB4L–SW is, how it operates within the New Zealand context, its theoretical and research basis, and its implementation process. Sections 2–8 correspond to the seven essential features for implementing PB4L–SW. The appendices provide additional information, templates, checklists, and activities.

Download Word versions of activity templates, forms, and checklists

The Word documents below will allow you to create and complete your own electronic versions of the activities, forms, and checklists from the manual. If you would prefer to create handwritten versions, photocopy the templates from the manual or download and print the PDFs below.

Section 2 – Principal commitment
Section 3 – Setting up
Section 4 – Establishing expectations
Section 5 – Teaching behaviours
Section 6 – Acknowledging behaviours
Section 7 – Discouraging behaviours
Section 8 – Monitoring and evaluation
Appendices

Download PDF versions of activity templates, forms, and checklists

The PDFs below will allow you to create handwritten versions of the activities, forms, and checklists from the manual. If you would prefer to create and complete your own electronic versions, download and print the Word documents above.

Section 2 – Principal commitment
Section 3 – Setting up
Section 4 – Establishing expectations
Section 5 – Teaching behaviours
Section 6 – Acknowledging behaviours
Section 7 – Discouraging behaviours
Section 8 – Monitoring and evaluation
Appendices

PB4L School-wide Tier Two implementation manual

This manual is designed to be used by a school PB4L–SW team to plan and implement PB4L–SW Tier Two. Those using it should have a strong working knowledge of PB4L–SW Tier One, and it is recommended that they also receive training or external support for implementation of Tier Two.

Download the manual

Section 1 of the manual provides a general overview of Tier Two, Section 2 discusses the functions and responsibilities of Tier Two teams, and Section 3 describes Tier Two systems and processes. Section 4 focuses on Functional Behavioural Assessment, Section 5 unpacks the Classroom Practices Team’s role, and Section 6 looks at Tier Two interventions. The appendices provide support for assessing readiness for Tier Two, a sample Tier Two action plan, the latest version of the BAT assessment, and a sample answer to an exercise on Functional Behavioural Assessment.

Download activity templates, forms and checklists

The interactive PDFs below will allow you to create and complete your own electronic versions of activities, forms, and checklists from the manual. Type into the fillable fields (which are coloured on screen but print as they appear in the manual), and then save the document as a record, to work on in the future, or to email to others.

Print the documents for hard copy records of what you’ve typed or if you would prefer to create handwritten versions. (Note that three of the PDFs have a mixture of portrait and landscape pages. To ensure these print properly, set ‘Orientation’ to ‘Auto portrait/landscape’ in the print dialogue box.)

Section 2 – Working in teams
Section 3 – Tier Two processes
Section 4 – Understanding and responding to behaviour
Section 5 – Strengthening classroom practices
Section 6 – Interventions
Appendices

PB4L School-wide conference presentations and handouts

2017

Dr. Rob Horner
Dr. George Sugai
Nicole Macquet, Kerry Burton, Tyla Ahern, Lucy Chote, Kate Davies, Jessica Lett, Jarryd Londt, Abby McRoberts, Nathan Tregear-Watts, Joana Wilson
Institute of Professional Learning, University of Waikato
Ministry of Education

2016

Dr. Terry Scott
Susan Barrett
Judge Andrew Becroft
David Johnson and Jean Echternacht
Daniel Samuta and Arthur Mui
Jens Anderson, Shelley O’Sullivan, Adrienne Ainsley, Christina Morse and Westown School
Judy Cochrane and Liz Winfield
Karen Harris
Janette Merrin
Lea Woodward, Brenda Newton, Harataki Manihera, Louanna Garmonsway, Susanne Simmons-Kopa, and Kristen Burke
A seat at the table – student voice in action
Aotea College
Edgewater College
Kaitao College
Motueka South School
Otaki College
Turaki Primary School and Merivale School