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Make the most of the free resources

June 22nd, 2010 No Comments

Hi everyone, I have been looking through our stats and noticed that many of you aren’t accessing the free classroom management tips reports and resources we have made available. Just in case you’re not aware of the free areas on our website I’ll list them below. Between now and the Autumn term I’m going to [...]

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Stepping Stones to Positive Relationships

May 17th, 2010 No Comments

Let’s have a few more relationship-building, behaviour management strategies before we move on to Stepping Stone 3… 7. Empower them …give them problem-solving skills: We can show caring for a student by empowering them with skills to overcome their difficulties. I often use the example of a student who seldom, if ever, hands in homework. [...]

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Stepping Stones to Positive Relationships (Part 4)

May 16th, 2010 2 Comments

Ok, here are a few more: 5. Continuing with our ‘written word’ theme… … go a step further than saying ‘Happy Birthday’ – make them feel special -  send a card (posting it home gets bonus points) …go a step further than marking them absent on the register – send a card. …when they do [...]

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Stepping Stones to Positive Relationships (Part 3)

May 12th, 2010 9 Comments

Hi again, Let’s get to the first of the strategies. We’re up to Stepping Stone 2 – ‘Best Relationship Builders’. There will be quite a lot coming so I wouldn’t bother filling in the sheet just yet – wait until you’ve seen them all and then pick your favourites.(If you haven’t downloaded your ‘Stepping Stones [...]

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Stepping Stones to Positive Relationships (Part 2)

May 11th, 2010 4 Comments

Hi everybody, Once again, thanks for all your comments. Clearly this is a very popular subject so let’s get started… First things first: If you go to our main site, you can download the desktop reminder. (It’s called ‘Stepping Stones to Positive Relationships’) You can get it here: http://www.behaviourneeds.com/resources We’ll work through the various Stepping [...]

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Stepping Stones to Positive Relationships (Part1)

May 9th, 2010 270 Comments

Hi, Over the next week or so I’m going to post a series of tips and strategies for building and maintaining relationships with your students. This is, without doubt one of the most effective behaviour management strategies/teaching tools at your disposal – students are obviously more likely to behave for a teacher they respect, trust [...]

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Funny story. Having a bad day?

April 14th, 2010 1 Comment

One of my members just shared this with me and I thought it was so funny that I just had to share it with you.  Teaching is a hard job, it can get us down at times, so every once in awhile it’s good to remember there are others far less fortunate than us… This [...]

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Free Report – behaviour interventions

April 11th, 2010 4 Comments

HI, I’ve uploaded a free report to our site with a range of behaviour management strategies for seven of the most common behaviour problems faced by classroom teachers. Feel free to download the report -and please, by all means, leave a comment if you want me to include strategies for any other types of behaviour. [...]

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It’s Here! Take Control of the Noisy Class

March 22nd, 2010 1 Comment

Wow, this is one of our most targeted, practical resources to date on behaviour management strategies. Packed with relevant, useful ideas, tips and strategies our Take Control of the Noisy Class recorded webinar is a must for any teacher who wants more control in the classroom. I’ve added a STACK of bonuses which you can [...]

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Abu Dhabi and the Noisy Class

March 2nd, 2010 No Comments

Hello to all, It’s amazing where Behaviour Needs takes me these days. I’m currently on my way to Abu Dhabi to deliver some talks on behaviour management strategies and the Needs Focused Approach. Lucky me – it’s currently 30 degrees over there, a welcome relief from the snow at home! On my return next week [...]

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