PBS is an operational framework that aims to improve student academic and behaviour outcomes by ensuring all students have access to the most effective and accurately implemented instructional and behavioural practices and interventions possible.

We cannot assume that students know how to behave appropriately when at school. Consequently, we must teach our students how to behave in the same manner that problems in reading or maths are viewed as a skill deficit. When a skill deficit exists, we must teach the appropriate skill. We view behaviour infractions as errors requiring teaching, rather than character faults to be fixed by punishment.

Our aim is to explicitly teach the desired behaviours and rewarding students positively when the behaviours are demonstrated, rather than solely focussing on the negative behaviours and providing consequences when mistakes are made.