The aim of SWPBS is to develop strategies that are adopted across the entire school with the aim of setting clear, consistent expectations and positive values. At MPS we use our current school values of Kindness, Respect, Love of Learning and Resilience to develop strong positive expectations around behaviour. We have had a team of 7 staff complete the SWPBS training and they have been sharing their learning with the rest of the staff.
Staff and students were involved in the development of what represents our Mitcham values in each setting. Students then took part in discussions around what the values look like, feel like and sound like in each setting.
The Mitchcoins are used to acknowledge positive behaviours we are seeing across the school that relate back to our school values. When students receive these tokens they then add them to the our school tally which is on display in the office area. Once the tally reaches certain levels there will be whole school celebrations. It has been so wonderful to see how our students responded to our acknowledgments and the excitement they had when they added their token to the tally. If any tokens make there way home, please celebrate them and then return them back to school so they can be added to the school tally display!