As a teacher it is important that your students listen to you. In this episode, we talk about a few skills to become an effective listener and how you can do that well so that your students can model the same behaviour.

As a teacher sometimes we can develop or practice poor habits which can have a negative impact on our students.

How can you establish a routine that is going to calm down your class? For future lessons you may not find that these techniques work, if you are in the middle of a lesson and the class is out of control.

We are going to be talking about teaching for legacy, I am just going to be looking at the importance of investing in the future and looking to the future when you teach.

I know sometimes we have classrooms that feel overwhelming, stressful and hard so I want to show you how you can actually change that so that you don’t walk in feeling overwhelmed and stressed but you actually get to set the mood and tone of your classroom. 

Teamwork can sometimes turn into chaos or riot in the classroom. In this episode, we look at 4 tips on how to manage teamwork and achieve it successfully in the classroom rather than turning into chaos.

Boys and girls are different; I am going to state it up front. I know some people would disagree with me but there are many reasons why we can very emphatically say that boys and girls are not the same.

Pollock says that if you want a boy to learn the life cycle of a frog, he has to be able to touch the frog. So, look for ways to provide hands-on lessons, visual cues, storyboards, making videos – tactile experiences.

By prioritizing your workload and others and by putting time constraints on them, you will find that you get more done in an efficient manner. You won’t find yourself burning out, working long hours or burning the candle at both ends.

Procrastination is something that everyone struggles with. Staying focused and organized can be a real effort sometimes. In this episode, we are going to talk about the function of procrastination, and give you some tips to stop procrastinating today.

You have to prioritize relationships. If a boy does not trust you, does not think that you believe in him or if he does not feel safe with you he is never going to learn from you.

I am going to give you five keys on how you can address behaviour in a way that actually fosters relationships rather than destroying or breaking down relationships. 

In this episode we are going to look at the secret to dealing with difficult children which may be easier than you think. It could be something that you have completely overlooked in favor of more complicated behavior management techniques but I want to share with you something that is so powerful in helping you manage difficult kids.

In this episode we are going to be talking about reminders and cues- why they are important and why they are going to help you, especially with the boys in your class. 

The first thing I think we need to do is, understand that the destruction of property is not always the one reason. There are many reasons why a child may engage with destruction of property.

As I travel around Australia and run workshops for teachers, one of the most common behaviors that teachers flag as a concern or a challenge for them is keeping kids in their seats. One of the realities of the classroom is that in order to teach we need the kids to be able to stay in one spot and not be disrupting the rest of the class.

If you want them to learn a lesson of why lying is not good, you have got to start by building that connection so they are receptive to you. Do not chastise them right out of the gate because then that is just going to close them down and they will not hear anything you say.

Very often if you let students choose their own seats, they will cluster together in groups that can become quite disruptive. There might be some kind of a power build up in one area of the room that becomes very hard to manage, so it helps you to keep those clusters apart. 

When students misbehave and get caught out, if they believe that you are being unfair in the way that you are managing them, you are more likely to get big escalations.

Let’s talk about active supervision in the classroom or being “with it” in the classroom, as some commentators call it. This is really about you being present, aware and fully alert at all times when you are managing your class

When it comes to managing difficult behaviour with children, I find that the techniques used by the coaching profession are far more effective than the techniques often used by the teaching profession. 

We are going to look at four tips on how you can incorporate differentiation into your teaching and do it effectively. 

I know that sometimes when the noise levels or the behaviour starts to get out of hand it escalates in a pack fashion. It can be very hard to pull back if you’ve got more than a couple of kids off task or misbehaving so I want to give you a few strategies you can use to bring the pack under control. 

Why is it important to create community ? We all know as teachers that relationship is the bedrock of behaviour management. 

In this blog we are going to be looking at three prominent teaching styles and their pros and cons. We will be asking the question, “Which one are you?” 

Today we are going to talk about the concept of forgiveness or letting it go when a student has had a conflict with you. Perhaps you get upset or offended by their behaviour, so, why is it so important for you, as a teacher, to be able to move past it?

I want to talk to you about the balance between justice and compassion. There is an old Hebrew passage that says this, “Do justice and love mercy”. I find in teaching, especially in behavior management, there is always this tension between upholding the rules and the regulations and having compassion and being merciful towards students…

We’re going to look at four tips on how you can help students to manage their anxiety or stress around assessment time, and what you can do as a teacher, to make sure that you are not contributing to the problem. 

How to manage escalating students? Not all of you will have those sorts of experiences but I know some of you work in schools where this is a reality. So I want to show you how you can handle these situations while still minimizing harm to other students and yourself.

If your students have made a mess after an activity, there’s chaos in the classroom, and you just want them to tidy up at the end of the day, then here are 5 tips that will help you get your clean up routine running smoothly.

Three tips on how you can engage or excite kids for learning. Use topics/context that is part of their world Get them involved  Use Incentives If you prefer to watch the video, Click here  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LCBfL23ZZGA It is really important that we have kids excited and engaged in the lessons that we are delivering. The more…

In this blog I’m going to give you 3 tips on how you can teach more effectively online. If you’re using Zoom or some kind of online mode during lock down, then I’m going to give you 3 ways to teach more effectively.  

I know teaching is exhausting and stressful, however, there are some key ways that you can manage your fatigue. So here are three tips on how you can manage teacher fatigue.

The focus of your behavior management must lean towards building the child up, not tearing them down. You probably heard a lot of people talk about positive reinforcement in behavior management. The reason we use positive reinforcement is because it sets an expectation of what the child can become.

So here’s four ways that you can respond to kids who are Independent, whether they’re teenagers and they’re individualizing, whether they’re young children, who have never been taught boundaries or whether they’re just these free spirits.

Here is skill number one that I think is the most crucial aspect of engaging boys in the classroom. Steve Biddulph actually makes the comment that “boys don’t learn subjects, they learn teachers” now what that means is that the boy’s ability to access the content you’re teaching is 100 percent dependent on your relationship with him.

To establish and maintain a calmer classroom you must learn how to set effective classroom expectations. Here’s some tips on setting expectations that work.

Ok so now you know how to set expectations, but what do you do when your kids start acting up? Here’s 5  tips on how to respond to misbehaviour consistently and positively.

To establish and maintain a calmer classroom you must learn how to set effective classroom expectations. Here’s some tips on setting expectations that work.