1. Conquering Challenging Behaviour & Creating A Positive Climate For Learning
The Dales School
Jason Bangbala
2nd February 2016

2. Steve Biddulph, “Raising Boys”
Dad
Deficit
Disorder
Steve Biddulph, “Raising Boys”

3. “50% of dads do not play with their children.”
Playmobil Survey, Sky News, 6th November 2013

4. Hawksby & Jacobs, Talksport, 21st October 2014
“4 out of 10 parents have run out of ideas of how to entertain their children.”
Hawksby & Jacobs, Talksport, 21st October 2014

5. “OFSTED vow to blitz boring teaching”
(Guardian 5/1/09)
“A third of schools bore their classes”
(TES 9/1/09)

6. “Sir, why does this lesson send everybody to sleep.”
A quote from a pupil at a West Midlands School, April 2013

7. “Girls get higher marks than boys because they are better behaved.”
Daily Mail, 4th January 2013

8. A B C D E F G l t r H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

9. “This teaching is all about puppy love”
Roger Mugford, TES 30th March 2012

10. “Proof Of The Power Of Praise” TES 23rd September 2005
“Unruly Classes Tamed By Praise”
BBC News Website 2006
“Proof Of The Power Of Praise” TES 23rd September 2005
“More Carrot, Less Stick” Manchester Evening News 6th January 2006

11. “Reward Unruly School Kids”
“Reward The Good,
Ignore The Bad”
Institute of Education, Lynn Rogers & Susan Hallam (TES 18/4/08)
“Reward Unruly School Kids”
Institute of Education, Lynn Rogers & Susan Hallam (MEN 18/4/08)

12. Pupils behave better now than for 20 years”
“Little Angels –
Pupils behave better now than for 20 years”
Brian Apter (TES 21/11/08)

13. “You’re never too old for a pat on the back.”
Kate Bohdanowicz, TES 24th October 2014

14. “English pupils are the saddest in the world.”
The Daily Mail, August 2015

15. Praise In
Public
Reprimand In
Private

16. “When it’s not good to talk...
Teachers would be better off buttoning it in the staffroom, as whingeing about pupils’ bad behaviour only makes matters worse. ”
Alison Brace (TES 03/11/00)

17. “I am the decisive element in the classroom
“I am the decisive element in the classroom It is my personal approach that creates the climate. It is my daily mood that makes the weather As a teacher I possess tremendous power to make a child’s life miserable or joyous. I can be a tool of torture or an instrument of inspiration I can humble or humour, hurt or heal. In all sets it is my response that decides whether a crisis will be exacerbated or de-escalated – a child humanised or de-humanised.” Ginott – 1972

18. “Motormouth Teachers Achieve
Better Results”
Adi Bloom, TES 27/06/08

19. Young People Receiving Praise
Encouragements
Discouragements
Children on Welfare
60,000
120,000
Children from professional backgrounds
700,000
80,000
*Children from working class backgrounds fell somewhere in between
Research from Betty Hart & Todd Risley in “Toxic Childhood”, Sue Palmer

20. Engagement
On average a teacher asks 84 questions in a lesson and a pupil asks 1 question a month.
Guy Claxton
1% of students ask questions in school.
Dave Stott
80% of questions are answered by 20% of the pupils.
Dylan William

21. Sunday Telegraph , 1st February 2015
“‘Lost generation’ don’t even know how to SHAKE HANDS at a job interview, Barclays boss claims.”
Sunday Telegraph , 1st February 2015

22. “We mustn’t let the loudest voices drown out the rest.”
TES 17th October 2014

23. The 5 Key Qualities of the Most Outstanding Teachers and Staff
Firm, Fair, Clear Boundaries
Excellent Interpersonal Skills
Learning Through Fun, Interesting, Engaging Lessons
High Level Performance Consistently
Exude Confidence

24. Artificial Intelligence
Academically bright
Emotionally Dim
Andy Cope

25. “Now teachers are ordered to smile at their pupils.”
(Daily Mail 6/4/10)

26. “Greet expectations.”
Yabub Qureshi (MEN 17/12/08)

27. OFSTED Special Measures Monitoring and Inspection
“The school has responded to concerns expressed in the previous report about levels of supervision. There is now a high staff presence on corridors and around the school at changeover of lessons and during lunch and break times. This ensures an orderly and safe environment. ” December2012

28. Just wanted you to know how effective it has been and say thank you.”
“Just wanted to let you know that we decided to implement your suggestion of flexible playtimes from September, we had a little bit of resistance from staff (but not much!) and it has had such a positive impact on behaviour, both at playtimes and during lessons. We have reduced the amount incidents from 3 a day to no more than 3 over the whole half term, and lost learning in lessons has also decreased.
Just wanted you to know how effective it has been and say thank you.”
A Warrington Primary School, 2013

29. “All schools should ensure that all teachers operate a classroom seating plan… Educational research has shown that where pupils are allowed to determine where they sit, their social interactions can inhibit teaching and create behaviour problems”
Steer Report 2005

30. “Mixing it up gives a route out of the rut.”
Adi Bloom, TES 25th January 2013

31. “Make them sit up and take notice…
Rows, groups, horseshoes – it’s all the same, right? Wrong.
Children stayed on task for about 70 per cent of the time when seated in groups and 88 per cent of the time when seated in rows.”
Greg Ashman, TES 17th October 2014

32. “Emotional investment will pay dividends.”
“The students who require the most love are the ones who ask for it in the most unloving of ways.”
TES 28th August 2015

33. “Schools must go the extra curricular mile,
No school should be judged outstanding unless it offers extra curricular activities.”
Recommendation by The Social Mobility and Child Poverty Commission,
TES 24th October 2014

34. “School sport puts the ‘A’ in team.”
“Students who play for clubs get better grades.
School extra-curricular activities may be equally beneficial for youth experiencing poverty as for youth in more affluent conditions.”
TES, 24th May 2013

35. “Parents behaving badly: teachers report a rise in aggression.”
73% of teachers believe parents behaviour has worsened. Only 2% believe it has improved in the last 5 years.
TES 28th August 2015
TES, 28th August 2015

36. “Detention Does Not Work.”
The Guardian, April 2010

37. Paul Dix, TES, 5th February 2010
“When we survey pupils about the rewards they actually want, it’s not money, sweets or iPods, but in both primaries and secondaries the number one reward is consistently a positive phone call to parents.”
Paul Dix, TES, 5th February 2010

38. Most
Valuable
Pupil
Most
Improved
Pupil
Target
Pupil

39. Attainment
Behaviour
Commitment

40. Think
Pair
Share
Group
Pair
Solo
Ask 3
Before Me

41. Brain
Book
Board
Bits and bobs
Buddy
Boss

42. “Teaching assistant role must evolve or die, schools told.”
“…the more support pupils received from TA’s over the year, the less progress they made.”
“We have to break the idea of using a teaching assistant for long periods of informal support for low-attaining and often high-need pupils.”
“When properly deployed and trained, TA’s can provide a significant boost to learning.”
(TES 27/02/15)

43. Q U D O S
C / C

44. “Classroom cameras to make sure teachers do a good job”
(MEN 4/3/09)

45. “Don’t get marooned with failing strategies”
“Teachers tend to erect “keep off” signs around their approach to discipline – but no man is an island, so learn from others.”
Phil Beadle (TES Pro 13/9/2013)

46. “75 minutes
to up your game”
Dylan William (TES 28/11/08)

47. OFSTED inspection report from a school in St Helens, April 2013
“Sharing the practice of the best teachers to show how high expectations can raise achievement.”
OFSTED inspection report from a school in St Helens, April 2013

48. “Your body language can tell students every thing they need to know…Pupils will judge whether they are in for a good or bad lesson within seconds, just by observing their teacher.” TES 28th August 2015

49. Automatic Postive Negative And Thoughts Nice Thoughts Body Language
Andy Cope

50. “The most effective teaching for learners with the most
difficult behaviour is little different to the most successful teaching of others.”
Ofsted 2005

51. “Follow-up is the way to break through.
Make the buck stop with you instead of passing problems up the line and you’ll work wonders.”
Paul Dix,TES PRO 22nd June 2012

52. “Cut down on ‘call-outs’...
Over-reliance on senior staff to intervene in pupil misdemeanours affects the whole school.”
“Passing problems up the chain and imagining that others can control behaviour remotely is futile.”
“It should not be the duty of the on –call adult or anyone else to talk through the incident, issue punishment or make judgement. The class teacher must be in control of the discussion and resolution.”
Paul Dix,TES PRO 30th March 2012

53. Biddy Passmore, TES Magazine 27/6/08
“Deal with it yourself.
Passing your nightmare pupils onto a supposedly tougher and more senior member of staff for treatment is the biggest classroom mistake you can make. The kids just get a clear message that you can’t deal with me but a stronger member of staff can.”
Biddy Passmore, TES Magazine 27/6/08

54. preferring to face the issue,
“It is the schools which discourage teachers from passing problems onto someone else,
preferring to face the issue,
which have the fewest exclusions and discipline difficulties.”
Alison Brace – TES 03/11/00

55.
Mobile:

56. David Spendlove (MEN 24/11/08)
“Good teacher?
Must be joking.”
David Spendlove (MEN 24/11/08)

57. Nice to others Uniform Homework On task Punctuality Equipment
Attitudes To Learning
Nice to others
Uniform
Homework
On task
Punctuality
Equipment

58. Attitudes To Learning Listen Do as asked Work well with others
Work as well as you can

59. Teacher Behaviour Arrive on time Meet, greet and correct at the door
Positive and upbeat
Effective routine for listening
Clear seating plan
Praise and reward
Minimum of one positive phone call home per class, per week
Minimum of one hour of extra-curricular per week