Confident Classroom Leadership

1. Confident Classroom Leadership Behaviour management With reference to work by trainers Peter Hook and Andy Vass ISBN 1-85346-686-7 Whitburn Church of England Academy

2. ‘If you are doing something that doesn’t work, the more you do it or the harder you try to do it the more it doesn’t work.’ Richard Bandler Whitburn Church of England Academy

3. Manner Style What you say How to make a difference Why you say it Whitburn Church of England Academy

4. What beliefs did they hold that allowed them to be this way? What were the values that directed their behaviour? What part of them did they allow you to have access to? How did they persistently and unconditionally create that spark in you and many others? Whitburn Church of England Academy

5. ‘Walk the talk’ Passionate beliefs A vision of the emotional, intellectual and physical climate of your classroom Realistic beliefs about what teachers do Passionately care about how to help your pupils become ‘winners’ Appreciate the personal qualities you possess and how these support and encourage you in your classroom leadership Whitburn Church of England Academy

6. Responsibility. If there are things happening that you do not like in your classroom and you do not take responsibility for managing them, you won’t be able to change them. Whitburn Church of England Academy

7. Take responsibility… • Pay attention to what you can do something about • If what you try doesn’t work – do it differently. Whitburn Church of England Academy

8. Action • To bring about change you have to do something that is different • Often it may mean taking a risk, leaving your comfort zone and on many occasions getting it wrong • Pupils do not expect teachers to be perfect. Whitburn Church of England Academy