Partnership, innovation and research to improve practice Behaviour Management Forum Imagine you are a trainee teacher. You have been at university for 3 weeks working with peers and tutors preparing for your first School Placement in a secondary school comprising 1200 children (aged 11-18) and 100 staff. Work with a partner (preferably never met before) and identify 3 agreed priorities for your early development as a teacher. Steve Holden Partnership, Teacher Education Department of Teacher Education

Partnership, innovation and research to improve practice Behaviour Management Forum Steve Holden Partnership, Teacher Education Department of Teacher Education

Sheffield Hallam University Undergraduate, post graduate, GTP Partnerships Teaching schools Training Schools Consultation schools Local Authority School Designation Identified need: NQT survey 2011 Yorkshire and the Humber schools

Key deliverables Further development, of strong and sustainable working partnerships Co-design, implementation and evaluation of innovative and effective classroom-based experiences for trainee teachers Development of future training models and sustainable high-quality ITT and CPD practice Dissemination of learning

420 secondary trainee teachers 4 Teaching School Alliances 30 + schools 40 + staff Behaviour Forum 26 th & 27 th January 2012 Day 1: School based Day 2: University based

Programme Day 1 The school in context – Headteacher input "Top tips" for managing behaviour Lesson observations – secret students Meeting with NQTs Student panel Staff panel Behaviour simulator Videos Forum theatre Plenary sessions

Programme Day 2 40 minute presentation on social and emotional aspects of behaviour for learning General Professional Studies session collaboratively presented Subject specialist aspects of BfL Input from teachers from schools Focus on Behaviour for Learning. Reasons children might present with certain behaviours which challenge learning Short term and longer term strategies

Critical success factors Sponsorship from each school’s Senior Leadership Team Schools expertise in working with trainees Collaborative, high trust partnership work Schools investment in preparation and planning Participation and staff time in schools to deliver Student voice Robust link between day in school and day in university Balance between common core and differences in individual schools programme

Challenges Logistics ◦ Balancing cohort sizes/geography ◦ Mix and match of trainees ◦ Coordinating pre-event paperwork ◦ CRB/ID checks Communication – Schools/Provider/Trainees Trainee expectations – observed outstanding teaching and effective behaviour management

What worked well Experiencing behaviour strategies within the school context Opportunity to discuss experiences with NQTs Discussing behaviour and learning with a student panel Tightly focussed lesson observations - learning how to observe for behaviour and classroom management techniques eg First 20 minutes then log effective teacher behaviours together Picking up practical strategies from teachers rather than theory Regular plenary sessions throughout the day to gather and consolidate techniques Behaviour Simulator/Forum Theatre activities/Videos

Evaluation Sheffield Hallam University evaluation - schools Notre Dame Teaching School TDA evaluation Trainees' evaluation NQT survey 2013 Dissemination Teaching School networks SHU ITT Partnership Portal SHU ITT Summer Conference and regional events

‘It made me realise that outstanding behaviour management is achieved thanks to the sum of many parts’ ‘Insightful, lots of good practice, a rare opportunity to see teachers in action’ ‘Getting different ideas of what can and is used has helped me to think about tactics that can be implemented in my classroom’ ‘Pupils say a good teacher is “firm, fair and fun” so I’ll be just that’ 'Very impressed with the structure, context, organisation, and delivery of the day. Thanks for all the effort that must have gone into arranging the day' Wickersley Teaching School