In nearly 20 years of teaching this is the day I learnt the most about behaviour.
It has informed my practice, how I work with pupils and how I support schools ever since.
In this vlog, I share what was so powerful.
For years I thought being strict was the only way
The personal journeys we’ve had with discipline, behaviour, punishment, strictness and education form how we approach them as educators, schools and education systems. It is our responsibility to reflect an examine the practice we use in our schools and classrooms. In this blog, I share my story…
Should you smile before Christmas?
A vlog to answer the question once and for all.
Teenagers & Discrimination
Teenagers are discriminated against in our society in a way that is legal, unlike most minorities. This affects their behaviour. This affects their confidence. This affects their ability to form relationships. This affects their self-worth…and it affects their learning.
Behaviour and YOU: #5 Behaviour and being a mature, ethnic minority teacher (with SEND children at home!)
Our 5th Conversation for the Behaviour and YOU! Project, Teacher Michelle, @MAJ_teach shares her experiences and offers useful strategies on behaviour, especially when it comes to working with colleagues and parents or carers…
Behaviour – a call to action from an expert; an SEMH Headteacher
In this blog post, I invited one of these Headteachers, Ann-Marie Oliver, to share her experiences of leading a specialist SEMH school (Social, Emotional, Mental Health).
Her hard hitting stories about her pupils, and the detrimental affects of ‘more discipline’ behaviour approaches are stark. The call to action is clear.
Behaviour and Bias
Who gets the most behaviour points?
Who gets the most rewards?
Go. Check.
What are our schools’ systemic biases and how does that affect both the projected and result in behaviour?
The Power of Silence in the classroom – 5 tips on when and how to use it
Silence is often used (or attempted to be used) as a behavioural tool in schools on the premise that it encourages concentration and therefore learning, but we have to be careful: silence is a strategy that, if used unwisely, can create compliance – a very different result to focused learning – as the empty page will demonstrate at the end of the lesson.
Behaviour and YOU: #4 Behaviour and being a female gay (maverick) teacher
Our 4th Conversation for the Behaviour and YOU! Project, PSHE Teacher @boospurgeon demonstrates the clear importance of role modelling through behaviour – her pupils’ comments are a treat! Also find out what she does with her little bell…
Pooky Ponders Podcast: Why do teenagers grunt (and how can we engage them in learning?)
What a joy to be able to unpick the difficulties and celebrations of teenagers with the brilliant Dr Pooky Knightsmith on her podcast: Pooky Ponders, and find ways that as educators we can better engage them in learning…
