Since Implementing the Positive Behaviour for Learning program, Edinburgh College staff have experienced significant positive impacts to the behaviour and wellbeing of students.
At Primary level, students who display these values are rewarded in novel ways like colourful “Gotcha” cards that are worn around the school. Every week, four Gotcha card recipients are randomly selected for novel rewards like sitting in bean bags with a chosen friend at Friday chapel and enjoy boxes of popcorn and a drink.
In the senior school, students are given rewards like iTunes and pizza vouchers, and letters of merit to send to their parents and potential employers. Secondary students who consistently demonstrate the PB4L philosophy are invited to a Merit Morning Tea in the café, in recognition of good behaviour.
Since implementing the program in 2017, Edinburgh has experienced a 46% drop in the number of disciplined students from Term 1 to Term 4.
The University of Melbourne has rated Edinburgh College one of the most successful in Victoria after it completed the first stage or “tier” – which usually takes a minimum of a year - in a record nine months. It achieved a score of 29/30, outperforming most of the Victorian schools to introduce the program.
Edinburgh College acknowledges the Wurundjeri people, one of the five tribes of the Kulin Nations of Naarm, Melbourne. This place has always been a place of teaching and learning. In God’s wisdom and love, He first gave this land to the Wurundjeri people to care for. The Wurundjeri people are the traditional custodians of this land where Edinburgh College now stands, and we would like to acknowledge them, past, present and emerging, and recognize their continuing connection to land, water and community.