Welcome back to the PB4L Cluster Blog and as you can see our cluster blog is now called https://pb4lcentral.blogspot.com.
For those of you who don't know me, my name is Lou Reddy and I will be your Sector Coach for PB4L this year. Previously, I have been a sector coach for Central and Manukau primary schools, and also have been implementing both Tier 1 and 2 at Wesley Intermediate School. I would like to thank you all for the hard work in 2016 as coaches and team leaders and also welcome any new coaches or team leaders who have taken up the mantle of leading PB4L in your school.
Lots of changes at our school - new online newsletter
This year brings a lot of changes for the way PB4L support will be provided to you. We now have two options for PLD, firstly via cluster coaches meeting (clusters problem solving/sharing) or the workshops ( facilitator led and topic based - dates TBC). If you are listed as a cluster meetings school but wish to attend the workshops, please flick me or Marama an email and we will fit you in.
As per last year - if you want to get quick updates on what is going on for my clusters, please check into this blog as I try to update it regularly.
Workshop available in term one (brief explanation on each workshop)
| Term/Meeting 1 Workshops | Sector coaches respnsible for development | Date City | Date Botany |
| Using data to create interventions | Donna Young | March 28 | March 9 |
| Review of PB4L data tools - how to tell your BOQ from your EBS | Lesley and Kay (one date only) | 22nd March | |
| PB4L booster for new team members | Lou Reddy | March 7 | March 3 |
| Responding to minor behaviour | Lynn Fothergill | March 15 | |
| Setting up, action planning and communication strategies. | Lynn Fothergill | April 5 | |
| PB4L booster for new team members | Sandy and Anjie and ??? | ||
| Setting up, action planning, communication and PLD strategies | Ben and Meredith | ||
| SWIS workshops | Marama | Wed 12th April | |
| Term/Meeting 2 Workshops | Sector coaches respnsible for development | Date 1 | Date 2 |
| Bully prevention | Donna Young | ||
| Using behavioural data sytems such as etap, edge etc effectively | Lou Reddy | 24/05/2017 - city | 25/05/2017 - botany |
| Gaining consistency of PB4L systems and practises across the school | Lynn Fothergill | 24/05/2017 city | |
| Tier 2 readiness process | Lesley and Kay (One date only) | 9th May - Botany | |
| Creating and communicating school wide behaviour interventions based on data | Lynn Fothergill | 5/7/2017 city | |
| Responding to minor behaviour | Sandy and Anjie and ??? | ||
| Creating and communicating school wide behaviour interventions based on data | Ben and Meredith | ||
| Classroom Problem Solving - Secondary | School Wide Practitioners - Marama, Karen, Ed and Jenny | June 1st city | |
| Classroom Management - Secondary | |||
| Term/Meeting 3 Workshops | Sector coaches responsible for development | Date 1 | Date 2 |
| Using classroom assessment tools to support teachers | Donna Young | ||
| Keeping staff engaged in the PB4L process | Lynn Fothergill | 16/08/2017 city | |
| Descalation techniques for responding to major behaviours | Lynn Fothergill | 6/9/2017 city | |
| Induction of new staff | Lou Reddy | 16/08/2017 | 17/08/2017 |
| Induction of new staff | Ben and Meredith | ||
| Explicit teaching of Behaviour in secondary school settings | Sandy and Anjie and ??? | ||
| Classroom Problem Solving - Primary | School Wide practitioners | 23rd august botany | 5th september city |
| Classroom Management - Primary | Lesley and Kay x 2 (Whole days) Lou and Donna 1 day 22/08 and 23/08 | 16/08/2017 - Botany (K/L) | 17/08/2017 - city |
Schools (Cluster meetings)
| Central/North Primary/Intermediate |
| Panama Road School |
| Mt Roskill Intermediate |
| Dominion Road School |
| New Windsor School |
| Christ the King |
| Te Huruhi Primary School |
| Sutton Park |
| Wesley Intermediate |
| Richmond Road School |
| Onehunga Primary School |
| Pakuranga Intermediate |
| Otahuhu Primary |
Cluster Meeting : Central and Northern Primary Schools
Date: 21 February 2017
Time: 9.30 am to 11.30 am
Venue/Location: Wesley Intermediate School- 776 Sandringham Road Mt Roskill
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Agenda
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Introductions/who are we/what do we want out of cluster meetings
Establish group meeting venues/dates/times and expectations
Share the cluster blog and resources tab
Overview of the 7 essential features
- Complete 7 essential features checklists- Complete goal setting task from checklist Key Questions - 1. Review communication plan for sharing your awesomeness 2. Thinking about the journey -
Share your thoughts on the Padlet (remember to include your school name)
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Items to bring along
| - Action plan - Things that are going well, In place or starting off. - Teaching Matrix – how are lessons being taught currently? |
The first meeting this year is being held at Wesley Intermediate School- 776 Sandringham Road Mt Roskill, so that you can get an idea of what has been happening at our school in 2016/17.
If anyone is keen to host the next session please let me know so that I can email everyone.
At this stage meetings will be held every every Week 4 / 8 of each term on a Tuesday but this is TBC and I will discuss this further at the first meeting.
I am hoping to give more notice this year of the meetings so that you can make arrangements to attend - keep in mind that the Return on Investment for your attendance should always be that we share ideas and resource you with strategies that could help your teachers implement PB4L in your school.
See you all soon and please do let me know if there has been any changes to the staff for the coaches and team leader roles in your schools and I forward this email to the new staff members ASAP.
