Student management can be one of the most challenging aspects of teaching. What is clear is that consistent and fair practices produce the best responses, especially when paired with specific techniques to build positive relationships. Part of this session will assist you to determine and set up clear and fair processes for yourself (in your classroom) and perhaps also for teams of teachers that you work with.
There are also occasions where students do not respond to clear and consistent practices. On these occasions, it can be easy to become frustrated or to question our own abilities. The information presented in this session will attempt to help you understand where some of these behaviours may be coming from and how to deal with them.
We will use a problem-based learning approach in this session to look at where we are in terms of student management, and what we need to do to get to where we want to go. With this approach results will be based on YOUR needs and your class.
Classroom teachers in secondary schools.
4.1.2 Proficient Level - Create and maintain supportive and safe learning environments - Support student participation: Establish and implement inclusive and positive interactions to engage and support all students in classroom activities
"This course gave me strategies that I cannot wait to use in my classroom."
- Dania Maussa, Australian Islamic College of Sydney
"I can recommend this course to any teacher faced with challenging behaviours in the classroom and who need some immediate strategies to address the issues. This course is more than theory. It contains genuine scenarios and practical advice that works."
- Patrick Donnelly, Pacific Coast Christian School
"I have been teaching over 25 years. However, I found this course useful in fine-tuning how I use behaviour management in the classroom. I was encouraged to reflect on current strategies and expectations. By creating steps to follow, teachers are able to understand exactly what steps they will follow during the behaviour management process."
- Katherine Mitchell, Learning Support Teacher
Welcome!
Basic Beliefs about Student Management
Task: Reflect on the tools you use and existing School Procedures
Low, Medium and High-level Behaviours
Task: What type of Behaviour is this?
Basic Strategies that Work
Teachers make a Difference
Building Positive Relationships
Some Tips from Classroom Management Guru Bill Rogers
Restorative Justice
Task: Classroom Strategies
Activities
Task: Attitudes in the Classroom (Poster)
Special Cases
Task: Strategies you are Using
Task: Generational Poverty
Generational Poverty
Strategies for more Difficult Students
Sample Student Management Plans
Calmer Classrooms
Behaviour Management
Task: Behaviour Management Checklist
Student Management Plan for the School Year
Task: Student Management - Putting it all Together
A Special Note on the Coronavirus
Course Feedback
Completing Creating Student Management Practices that Work will contribute 3.5 hours of NSW Education Standards Education Authority (NESA) Accredited PD in the priority area of Student/Child Mental Health, addressing standard descriptor 4.1.2 from the Australia Professional Standards for Teachers towards maintaining Proficient Teacher Accreditation in NSW.
Lauren Cook
