Dealing With Extreme Behaviour – How to Manage Aggressive Students
When I first started out in Special Education I worked for a man called Bob Young – one of the most inspirational head teachers I’ve ever met. He was my mentor for several years and working with him was one of the most transformational periods of my teaching career. Over the years we worked together Bob helped me develop an unshakable, calm confidence when dealing with the toughest, most challenging students. He helped me step back and look at my own behaviour and how it impacted on those around me – especially the young people I was teaching. But the most wonderful thing I learned from him was how to approach extremely aggressive students and get them to change their behaviour and cooperate. I used to love watching him work his magic in these situations – it was pure classroom management mastery. :) … [Read More...]
Student Engagement Strategies
Hellooooo! I recently ran a competition for our Student Engagement Formula . Entrants had to leave their favourite student engagement strategies in the comment box below to win full access to our comprehensive system for encouraging student motivation and improving student engagement. As you can see, there are some BRILLIANT ideas and although the competition is now closed, you can still benefit from all the submissions. Or, if you want to join in the fun, feel free to add your own favourite strategy for getting students engaged in your lessons. It could be a starter activity you use to get students to buy-in to your lesson, a simple attention-grabber, a questioning technique, a group activity, a demonstration, a routine you've established etc. etc. … [Read More...]
ONE WORD that’s guaranteed to increase student engagement
Yes, it's true. This one, single word really can get ALL your students interested and engaged. Interested? Well, rather than tell you what that word is here, I'm going to direct you to a free webinar I did recently on Student Engagement which explains all. That way you'll be able to expeience it first hand too! :-) Here's the link: http://www.classroom-expert.com/how-to-increase-student-engagement-motivation-replay/ … [Read More...]
Student Engagement – What’s Stopping You?
Hi, In around ten days time, on April 1st, I'm going to run a series of private (free) webinars explaining some great ideas (and a very simple formula) you can use to raise student engagement in your lessons. Yes, yes, I know it's All Fools' Day but this isn't a joke I really AM going to do it! :-) The thing is, in order to make this as useful as possible I want to make sure I cover the things YOU want me to. So... if you're planning on attending any of the webinars (I'm going to run several to account for different time zones)... please leave a comment in the box below and tell me the following: … [Read More...]
A reminder to stay positive
Here’s a recent personal experience which has made me remember a couple of valuable lessons. I have been inundated over the last 24 hours with emails and they fall into two main categories – the vast majority are words of thanks and appreciation for our latest free webinar with Louanne Johnson – thank you - and the others are complaints about our latest free webinar and our free webinar service in general. … [Read More...]
Improve your teaching in 1 hour? Here’s how to become a more confident teacher…
Whether you like to admit it or not, if you aren't enjoying the success you would like in your teaching career it almost certainly comes down to just ONE thing - a lack of confidence. Now, I know that sounds like a sweeping statement but if you think about it, it makes sense. You see confidence allows us to be creative. It enables us to be bold, to stretch ourselves and make the kind of dramatic changes that make a real difference. Anyone can follow the herd but innovators need confidence. … [Read More...]
Getting your students to respond positively to your instructions
Have you ever asked students to get on with their work only to turn round five minutes later and see that they've totally ignored your instructions? (Hint: if you say no, we probably won’t believe you!) And then when you ask them why they aren't doing as you asked do they just say "I didn't hear you" or "I didn't know what you meant." This is an effective excuse for them because it puts the onus straight back on the teacher - you. … [Read More...]
Why you need to ENGAGE your students – two good reasons
In the following video I explain two very good reasons why you should make sure your students are ENGAGED in lessons. The video explains WHY you need to engage your students; if you want to know HOW to engage your students leave me a comment in the box below and I’ll put up another video soon. There are certain steps you can take to ensure your students take part in your lessons and get more from them. All will be revealed very soon. Enjoy... … [Read More...]
Classroom Management Strategies to Get Support From Unsupportive Parents
Before trying to find solutions to any problem it’s a good idea to look at the reasons why the problem is occurring; knowing why a problem is happening gives clues as to how to address it. Today we’re going to look at classroom management strategies to get support from unsupportive parents. There are many reasons why parents may not give us the support we desire but the one I’m going to focus on in this post is one of the most common - parent/s having a history of disheartening encounters with schools and education staff. If their son/daughter has been causing trouble in school for any period of time, they will almost certainly have had repeated contact with teachers & senior staff – and much of it will have been negative. … [Read More...]
Getting support from hard-to-reach parents
Hi All, I will be releasing a Special Report later this week on ways to get support from hard-to-reach parents and I want to make sure I've covered all the bases. To help me put the finishing touches to the guide and make sure it covers everything you need to know please add a comment to the comment box below. All you need to write is the #1 problem/difficulty you face when trying to get support from parents and I'll do my best to add the answer to the report... … [Read More...]
