Approach to Behaviour Management Sample Clauses

Approach to Behaviour Management. Schools have a duty of care to ensure the safety and wellbeing of students. In discharging this duty, principals, teachers and other school staff are held to a high standard of care in relation to students. The duty requires MLC staff to take all reasonable steps to reduce the risk of harm to students, including the implementation of strategies to create a culture of positive behaviour. The duty is non-delegable, meaning that it cannot be assigned to another party MLC provides age-appropriate and evidence based targeted opportunities for students to develop their social and emotional learning skills and knowledge in order to develop positive behaviour and respectful relationships. The MLC Behaviour Management approach is informed by Restorative Practices philosophy, which: – provides students with the opportunity to develop self-discipline and positive behaviours; – establishes and maintains positive, respectful relationships between all parties; – encourages students to engage in collaborative problem solving; – ensures all voices are valued equally; – sees conflict or poor choices as an opportunity for students to learn about the consequences of their actions; and, – enhances accountability and responsibility to empower change and repair relationships. MLC will ensure that all members of the College community have a shared understanding of what constitutes acceptable and unacceptable behaviour together with clear systems of recognition and consequences. MLC’s Student Code of Conduct Policy and Procedure details the expected behaviours of students. This Code sets out clear definitions of minor, moderate, serious and extremely serious behaviours and possible responses. Any consequences should be matched appropriately in magnitude and nature, and applied in a timely way as soon as practicable after the event The College is committed to avoiding the need for restrictive interventions or seclusion to manage behaviour, but understands that, in exceptional circumstances, the use of such interventions as a last resort may be necessary in order to protect the student or others from harm. For further detail refer to MLC’s Restrictive Interventions Policy.