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What's the big deal about school uniform?

Sep 07, 2016 | Category: behaviour

Is there any evidence that school uniform affects learning? In a word, no. Or, rather I should say, I'm not aware of any beyond weak testimonials offered by uniform manufactures and the personal anecd...

#parents #punishment #school uniform

On report

Aug 20, 2016 | Category: behaviour

Most of the schools I've taught in have operated some sort of 'on report' system for poorly behaved students. The idea is said poor behaved student presents his or her report card to teachers at the b...

#report cards

Five things every new teacher needs to know about behaviour management

Aug 19, 2016 | Category: behaviour

Managing students' behaviour can be the most terrifying aspect of becoming a teacher. Although it's the nightmare scenarios of being told to eff off on your first day, or having a chair hurled at your...

#behaviour management

Should students be punished for poor behaviour?

Aug 18, 2016 | Category: behaviour

The following blog was written for Teachers Register - the online solution to supply teaching. Punishment is a bit of a dirty word for many teachers. There often seems to be a presumption that childre...

#BF Skinner #rewards and sanctions

What do new teachers need to know about behaviour management?

Jul 26, 2016 | Category: behaviour

Full disclosure: this article appeared first on the Teachers Register blog. Teachers Register is an online solution for schools needing supply teachers without wanting the hassle of going through a su...

#PGCE #behaviour management #ITT

What I know about whether 'no excuses' behaviour systems work

Apr 25, 2016 | Category: behaviour

I read John Tomsett's account of his speech at Michaela School's Debate on 23rd April on why 'no excuses' behaviour systems don't work with great interest. As a speech it is well researched, well argu...

#John Tomsett #Michaela School #no excuses

The role of teachers is not to make managers' lives easier

Feb 29, 2016 | Category: behaviour

"To supervise people, you must either surpass them in their accomplishments or despise them." Benjamin Disraeli Questions about the purpose of education divide and bedevil: there's no real agreement...

#marking #planning #data #workload

When planning fails... what to do when behaviour breaks down

Feb 17, 2016 | Category: behaviour

"There is in the act of preparing, the moment you start caring." Winston Churchill Lots of people who don't normally like the stuff I write seemed to approve of the post I wrote on responsibly plann...

#Looked After Children #no excuses #exclusion

Taking responsibility for predictable problems

Feb 16, 2016 | Category: behaviour

"All stable processes we shall predict. All unstable processes we shall control." John Von Neumann Let me preface all this by saying that I think refusing to accept excuses for low standards and poo...

#equality #CAMHS #Children Looked After

What every teacher needs to know about...Zero Tolerance

Nov 21, 2015 | Category: behaviour

My latest column for the wonderful folk at Teach Secondary magazine looks at the ins and outs of "Zero Tolerance" behaviour systems. There is a limit at which forbearance ceases to be a virtue.Edmund...

#Frances E. Jensen #zero-tolerance