Thread by @ChrisWardle77

What I picked up from our @stgeorgesbpool talk from @tombennett71 👇

(For you @jwalms93)

It's important we have a reason for what we are doing

Good behaviour improves EVERY outcome imaginable....academic...wellbeing...mental health...vocational opportunity.

For many students, school is an ark.

Kids often HATE inspirational assemblies...climbing a mountain....etc. But where wre the tools to get them there.

One of the reasons schools are here is to teach behaviour...a bit of tough love....warm strict.

Teachers and leaders need to teach behaviour.

Often schools react to behaviour, they're not proactive when teaching behaviour. Teaching the children how to behave in your culture.

The more successful schools teach the norms of their culture, their expectation and they also react when those taught norms are broken

#lovethis

Well behaved pupils don't become that way by accident.

They have great habits, attitudes, beliefs and prior knowledge.

Most of the things we ask of children is deeply unnatural like focussing on a piece of tough text for 25 min.

What we do @stgeorgesbpool is ensuring that we teach the children to do it. We are teaching behaviour, we have a +ve culture.

#teaching #leadership #culture

Beginner learners need a lot of direct instruction. This has gone out of fashion in education somewhat. However this is not good news for beginner learners. Beginner learners thrive from #directinstruction

Assume your children are novice behaviour learners. They need direct instruction for how they are to behave.

Behaviour can be taught formally and informally. Be assured that everything you say and do in your school, in your interactions with children will be remembered.

Children are enormously conformist, they will conform quite easily.

Children are impulsive, insecure and reactionary but conformists, impressionable.

#wemaketheweather

How do we teach

1. Present information
2. Practice
3. Correct misconception
4. Reteach
5. Observe/correct - revise

We have the knowledge to know what errors usually come up and we work to address those errors before they come up.

1-5 APPLIES TO BEHAVIOUR MANAGEMENT - AMEN

We can ride a bike, we can walk, we can talk, we remember, we don't think about it.

It's the same with behaviour you drill and drill and drill until it becomes the norm.....like breathing; they don't have to think about it anymore. It's normal by repeat repeat repeat.

Early years teachers are great at behaviour. People running PRUs are great at behaviour. People doing DofE are great at it:-
Instructions are clear, sequential, exemplified....

Culture is key.

Shared beliefs and values.

Behaviour culture is demonstrated.

Teachers and leaders must prioritise what culture they want.

Effective cultures need contsnt creation.

Take this, mull it over for the weekend:-

EFFECTIVE CULTURES NEED CONSTANT CREATION

Love this @tombennett71

Never underestimate the powers of social norms.

Essential to define 'normal' good behaviour clearly

What we see is what is normal.

Use normative messages..e.g the St George's Way...OUR DNA...Pace and Purpose...100%

Here's how we line up. This is how we do things here.....it's our normal.

These are the pinch points...transition

Entry to lesson
Dining routine
Break routine
Lunch routine
Entry and exit routine

We microscript this @stgeorgesbpool to ensure we maximise time and normalise routines to own our pinch points.

Routines are the building blocks of culture.

Another thought to settle on over the weekend.

@tombennett71 - love this.

Teach children how to behave when a visitor enters the school.

Teach them about why they should be on time etc.

Teach them, don't just tell them.

Why teach them routines?

1. Saves erroneous amount of time repeating.
2. Children love feeling safe and secure.
3. Pre-empts poor behaviour.
4. Demonstrates high expectations.

The more you do these routines, the more you normalise, the more you habitualise, the more you can change behaviour.

#leadership #culture @stgeorgesbpool

Sanctions have most effect on well behaved children. However thsr does not mean that you don't sanction poorly the behaved. You must sanction collectively, you must be consistent.

Sanctions must be consistent, proportionate and predictable.

Rewards must be sincere, targeted and proportionate.

Think about this 👇

Rewards have less impact the more consistently they are applied......

When rewarding, reward randomly i.e. all the kids that are great put on a random reward assembly. Don't make a routine out of rewards....it desentivises.

The kids that turned up for 16 weeks on the bounce...tell them...well done..they will remember that YOU remembered.

High Expectations with children, with love and support.