Brilliant Behaviour in 60 Seconds or Less

Teaching is made that much harder when students misbehave. This book provides over 100 evidence-based strategies to help teachers effectively manage student behaviour and improve the quality of teaching and learning.

Teaching becomes much harder when students misbehave. This book provides over 100 evidence-based strategies to help teachers effectively manage student behaviour and improve the quality of teaching and learning.

Written by leading expert Robin Launder (the Behaviour Buddy), it outlines the routines that underpin effective behaviour management, the expectations that need to be set and how to achieve student buy-in through little nuggets of tried-and-tested teacher wisdom that you can use in your classroom straightaway. Each tip takes about a minute to read, and collectively they will set up the conditions for brilliant behaviour for the entire academic year. The chapters cover:

• The teacher-student relationship
• Improving your presence and clarity
• Embedding routines
• Attention grabbers
• Strategic corrections
• Successful sanctions

• Follow-up conversations Breaking behaviour management down into a series of practical steps, this is essential reading for every teacher. It doesn't matter if you're new to the profession or experienced, primary or secondary, state or independent, UK or non-UK; if you're a teacher, then this book is for you.

  Autorentext

  Robin Launder is a consultant and trainer specialising in behaviour management. He has taught in primary, secondary and special schools, and in the state and private sectors. He also has a background in psychiatry, therapeutic communities and prisons. Robin has written for several education publications and has developed online behaviour management courses for teachers and teaching assistants. For more information, go to www.behaviourbuddy.co.uk.

  Inhalt

  Introduction: Conformity 1. Super Tips 2. Relationship Rules 3. Presence and Clarity 4. The Fundamentals 5. Embed Routines 6. Key Routines 7. Attention Grabbers 8. Strategic Corrections 9. Successful Sanctions 10. Follow-Up Conversation 11. Managing the Challenging 12. Never-Evers 13. Unconscious Processes 14. Turn the Class Around Further Support