Term 3 PB4L Cluster meetings - 2019

Kia ora Team,

14 August 2019 
9.30am to 11.30 am 

Venue is Blockhouse Bay Intermediate school - 95 Bolton Road, Blockhouse Bay Auckland. 

Please come along if you are coach and or team leader of your PB4L team. 

So sorry we have had to change our last cluster meeting date but I am back on board and happy to announce my little boy - Ari Reddy was early but healthy and happy just a day before our planned meeting LOLs!!

Nice to meet some of you at the last cluster meeting and nga mihi nui for making time to attend. Feel free to come to either meetings in the future or both, content will be shared via this blog to help you make a call. Please complete the form, to help me keep things on track with content for our cluster meetings.

Please see the dates and times for the next cluster meeting and a huge thanks to the schools listed who have invited us into their environment to share their PB4L with us:


Agenda:

• Introduction from host school/HnS - Tour with the Principal Michael Malins
• Welcome and checkin - what is your rose, thorn bud? Discuss at your table - share common themes (one rep per table)
• Review our cluster survey:
  response strategies - eg behaviour flow charts with a variety of responses 
  Data collection and collation eg SWIS data collection and analysis exemplar and Tamaki Primary data
  Everything! (I'm quite new at this :-) - eg  PB4L on one page with readings, and also PB4L intro 
  Engagement strategies for senior students buy in eg student voice initiatives
  Response strategies - especially around tier 2 or more complex children. Ideas for further quick activities to do with staff to keep PB4L fresh in their minds eg Classroom management strategies
• Bring along and share your own ideas/strategies from the list above and please add to our cluster blog resource doc.

PB4L conference:

Also please register for conference this year if you are keen for some awesome PLD for your PB4L team. 

Theme is “Global initiative, local design.  He kaupapa o te au, he whakatairanga a-rohe”

30th to 31st August
Ellerslie - Auckland

APRIL CONFERENCE UPDATE:

Conference planning is running ahead of schedule, this is a conference you will not want to miss!

Our first Keynote, Dr George Sugai will present on Friday 30th August, followed by Concurrent sessions he has prepared for you. Georges presentations are always a sell out and we are very excited to have him here in New Zealand with us once more.

KEYNOTE - Dr George Sugai

“School Climate, Culture, & Local Context: Catch ‘em at the Door”

Interest in the social, emotional, and behavioural well-being of students, educators, and family members has grown internationally. As a result, attention on understanding and improving school and classroom climate and student and educator relationships has increased. The purpose of this presentation is to highlight the importance of tiered systems of support, like PB4L, in contributing to teaching and learning environments that are respectful, responsible, and safe and develop positive supportive relationships and academic and social behavior success for all students.

CONCURRENT SESSION - Dr George Sugai

“School Climate and Local Context: Implementing School-wide Positive Behaviour Supports”

During this session, George extends his discussion about the importance of tiered systems of support, like PB4L, by emphasising the practices (students) and systems (educators) associated with improving school and classroom climate, maximising engagement and developing effective relationships, and promoting student social skills for academic and behaviour success. Participants can expect to increase the accuracy and fluency of their knowledge and use of the practices and implementation supports of PB4L.

Conference updates are available at www.pb4lconference.co.nz

Registration and accommodation is selling out fast. To avoid disappointment please register at your earliest opportunity click here to register.

If you have any queries please do not hesitate to contact our conference managers - EventMergers:

Julie McFetridge - Registration Manager | pb4l@eventmergers.co.nz | M 027 472 1805

A huge thanks to Burt, Michael and BBI for hosting us this cluster meeting today!!

Next meeting date is 11 September 9.30 to 11.30 am - Venue TBC (let me know if you are keen to host)

Also before you leave - can you update the key contact details for your school - see contact list

Lastly please provide feedback on todays session as I am keen to hear your thoughts.