PBL Canberra

And that is the 2020 school year closed! Merry Christmas everyone and enjoy your holidays in the best possible way. #holidays

Ashley Coutts- Internal Coach at Calwell Primary wins our annual PBL Coach Feedback Survey. Ashley can choose wine and chocolate or a duty cover! #pblcanberra

Take the pulse of the latest developments in #SEL by reading this collection of research abstracts submitted to the @2020SELExchange bit.ly/3kNlGNr

Are things getting out of hand in the classroom? The simple act of singing or humming can calm the brain's stress response. 🎶

Educational consultant @cherylabla quotes the adage, "The person doing the talking is the person doing the learning.” Here are ways teachers are getting young students talking. edutopia.org/article/6-ways…

We have been hard at work developing our wellbeing framework, Everyday@Evatt. As part of this, we have worked with our staff, students and community to develop positive expectations. This is just one of the many initiatives launching in 2021! @ACTEducation @CanberraPbl

Calls for submissions to the 12th Annual PBIS Film Festival at The Association for Positive Behavior Supports (APBS) Conference To learn more about the PBIS Film Festival, tinyurl.com/PBISFilmFestIn…

Ongoing stress interferes with learning, but there are steps schools can take to improve student and staff resiliency during difficult times. Learn more in the latest newsletter from @McDowell_BU: intranet.bloomu.edu/documents/mcdo…

Today is International Day of People with Disability. The 2020 theme is ‘Building Back Better: toward a disability-inclusive, accessible and sustainable post COVID-19 World’. We continue to build toward more disability-inclusive, accessible schools. education.act.gov.au/about-us/all-n…

Partner w/ community agencies to build MTSS-B. THIS WEEKEND The Teen Warehouse is hosting an event for students, ages 13-19, who provide sibling support at home & want to learn new SEL skills & strategies while earning money for themselves. For more info: nkelly@teenwarehouse.org

Farrer Primary's PBL team meets weekly to embed PBL's Essential Features...making huge gains and further enhancing their fabulous school. #pblcanberra #fidelityFIDO

Great idea for celebration!

How is your school revisiting PBL in week 0, 2021 so staff and students are all on the same page?

Our latest guide describes how to integrate trauma-informed approaches into the #PBIS framework to ensure efforts are linked to student outcomes. bit.ly/38XHvY6

After embedding Non-Classroom Systems, four more ACT schools move into Classroom Systems of Support. 🌟🌟🌟 #pblcanberra

Interested in learning more about restorative practices? Check out our new infographic that summarizes recent research supporting the use of restorative practices in schools: ow.ly/T22P50BWBbJ

A new Teach by Design article comes out tomorrow! This month, we discuss how schools can add culturally responsive practices to their #PBIS implementation. In the meantime, check out this presentation from the 2020 PBIS Leadership Forum: pbis.org/video/session-…

Fidelity FIDO visits Yarralumla Primary to hang out with their PBL Team who are doing amazing work to use PBL to further enhance their already outstanding school culture. #pblcanberra #fidelityfido

Shout out to Jodie White as the Internal Coach at Theodore Primary School for sharing their school PBL journey with our new PBL schools today. #pblcanberra

Forrest Primary, Alfred Deakin High and Lyons Early Childhood School join the ACT PBL family. #pblcanberra