Even the best and most experienced teachers can struggle with classroom control and it is likely your experiences will vary day-to-day. Bestselling author of Learning Theories Simplified Bob Bates, together with former head teachers Andy Bailey and Derek Lever, offers one-stop support for all teachers in A Quick Guide to Behaviour Management.
Whether you are working with children, young people or adults it will help you:
· understand why challenging behaviour occurs
· learn how to be a great teacher in the face of challenging behaviour
· recognise a range of personalities you may encounter in the classroom and the strategies for dealing with them
Blending learning theories with real-life case studies, it fosters a deeper understanding of what causes challenging behaviour and equips you with all you need to know to handle it!
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Part 1: Introduction
1.1 What is challenging behaviour?
1.2 Why does it happen?
1.3 Who′s to blame?
1.4 The myths of behaviour management
Part 2: Being a great teacher
2.1 Know your rights as a teacher
2.2 Know your own default position
2.3 Know how to plan your classroom effectively and control space
2.4 Know how to create a first and lasting impression on your learners
2.5 Know what approaches you need to work on to deal with conflict in the class
2.6 Know who you can turn to for help
2.7 Know how to deal with learners with special educational needs or disabilities
2.8 Know how to deal with victims of abuse
2.9 Know how to deal with perpetrators and victims of radicalisation
Part 3: Dealing with challenging individuals
3.1 Making everyone feel safe and confident
3.2 Dealing with Low Level Disruptors
3.3 Getting the best out of challenging individuals
Conclusion
Managing Behaviours
A true story
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Andy Bailey has been an education practitioner for nearly 50 years. He was the Head Teacher of a primary school in the West Midlands for 26 years from 1983 until 2009. From 2000 until 2005 he was an External Advisor for the national programme for the Performance Management of Head Teachers. He was a School Improvement Partner employed by the Birmingham and Walsall Education Authorities to work within a number of schools between 2006 and 2011. From 2012 until 2015 he was an inspector for Ofsted working as a Lead Inspector in 2014 and 2015. Since his retirement from his head teacher’s post he has worked as a consultant in a number of primary schools in Birmingham and Walsall. Andy has also written or co-written a number of educational publications for practitioners and pupils in England and Wales and the Caribbean and has lectured to teachers, managers and advisers in a number of local authorities and universities in England and also in the Caribbean.