The nine core Principles of Behaviour Management

• Plan for good behaviour• Work within the 4Rs framework• Separate inappropriate behaviour from the child• Use the language of choice• Focus on primary behaviours• Actively build trust and support• Model the behaviour you want to see• Always follow up on issues that count• Repair and restore relationships

Set the agenda - plan for good behaviour

• Monitor corridors• Greet at the door• Routine• Settling down work• Seating plan• Smile• Eye contact• Know all names

• Speak to each child• Rules• Praise (4:1)• Catch them being

good• Move around room• Extension activities

The 4 Rs

• Rights• to teach• to feel safe• to be treated with dignity• to be heard

• Responsibilities• Choices (through words)

• Rules• Consequences

• Routines• oiling the cogs in the

classroom

Support and redirect

• Surprise• Humour• Social interaction• Smile• No sarcasm

• Feeling of achievement

• Variety in lessons• Engaging• Care• Safe environment• Positive

recognition• Praise

Consequences

• Fair• Reasonable• Related• Not necessarily

severe• The certainty is

important• No surprises

• Known school wide hierarchy

• Sanctions will not do the job on their own

• A range of responses are needed to try to avoid sanctions

Restore relationships

• Restitution rather than retribution is important

• Restore positive relationship a.s.a.p

• Do not hold grudges• Resolve conflicts as

early as possible

Low level strategies

• Tactically ignore• Eye contact (The

look / scanning the classroom)

• Non verbal messages

• Rule reminders

• Give take up time

• Direct rule reminders

• “When… then”

Medium Level strategies

• Question to refocus

• Distractions or diversions

• Redirection• Agreement

frames • “Double what”

questions

• Briefly take student to one side /out of classroom

• Humour• Use assertive

“I…” statements• Give simple

realistic choices

High level strategies

• Use in class withdrawal

• Give choice between compliance or deferred consequence

• Cool off time• Agreed exit

procedures

Follow up after class

• Thank student for staying behind• Focus on specific behaviour observed• Describe how behaviour makes you feel• Relate the behaviour to mutual rights and agreed rules• Invite feedback• Ask student to consider what he might do instead• Ask what support they may want from you to succeed• Emphasise responsibility• State expectation for next time• Part amicably

Top ten tips for successful behaviour management

• Teach your behaviour plan

• Establish clear routines

• Teach rights and responsibilities

• Give clear choices of behaviour

• Aim at more praise than correction (4:1)

Top ten tips for successful behaviour management

• Use least intrusive BM strategies first

• Separate the behaviour from the person

• Follow up incidents with certainty

• Remain calm• Practice makes

(almost) perfect! (7/10)