Jobs for Everyone
At Primary level students' mutual trust is encouraged through sharing and delegating jobs in the classroom. A well organised year 5 teacher will have students handing out resources,...
Countdown
A good technique for getting the attention of the whole class is to use a 'countdown' from 5 or 10 to allow students the...
Establishing routines early
The beginning of the school year is the best time to institute new routines for your students. Don't negotiate them, but decide on the...
Redirection techniques
(A Tip for Teaching and Learning Support Assistants)
Students who have spent many years with learning support often have advanced strategies for avoiding work. You...
Get out and about
Perhaps your greatest contribution to managing behaviour around the school site is your presence. If you have your coffee in the playground, your lunch...
“Chase me”: What to do with secondary behaviours
Secondary behaviours are those that occur during your intervention or as you leave a conversation with a student. They are 'chase me' behaviours designed to push your buttons and...
Closed Requests
Prefacing requests with 'Thank you' has a marked effect on how the request is received.
'Thank you for putting your bag on the hook'...
Assertiveness and nasty explosions
Many teachers recognise that their pattern of behaviour is to be nice or compliant for far longer than they really want, until they reach...
Embedding the Relationship Charter
M.Hitchman
As you know our aim this year is to ensure we embed the Relationship charter and this half term we have been focusing on Meeting and...
Proactively developing relationships with students
It's not about trying to get down with the kids. Chose your opportunities to build a relationship with a student carefully. Open up casual conversation...