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Jun 14 10 tweets 6 min read
BEHAVIOUR MANAGEMENT

🧵 In this thread, I have summarised some of Dr Bill Rogers’ top behaviour management techniques. Each tip is supported with an old-school video… 📼

“You establish what you establish”
POSITIVE LANGUAGE

Communicate calmness & focus. Instead, of making demands or requests, describe what you see: “A number of students are talking.” Give confident & respectful directions to cue in expected behaviour: “settling down everyone. Thanks.”

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FOCUS ON PRIMARY BEHAVIOUR

Walk the room & settle small groups before the lesson. Keep intrusiveness & confrontation low. Always focus on the primary issue & do not over service secondary behaviours (eye-rolling, muttering). Address rudeness briefly.

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TACTICAL IGNORING

Consciously ignore secondary — often non verbal — behaviours (sighing, eye rolling) that students exhibit on receipt of teacher correction. It helps to keep the focus on the flow of the lesson, or on acknowledging good behaviour.

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DIRECTED CHOICE

During on-task activities, students may be doing the wrong thing (phone, ear phones in). Make consequences clear & leave responsibility with them using directed choice: “I want you to put your phone in your bag or put it on my desk.”

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PARTIAL AGREEMENT

Partial agreement is a tactic that gets you back to the primary issue without being led into conflict. Partially agreeing with students diffuses potential arguments: “Maybe you weren’t taking but now I want you to finish the task.”

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TAKE UP TIME

It is important to give students time to respond to the teacher’s instruction. Take up time allows for face saving & building cooperation. The teacher might deliberately move or look away after saying, “Omar, come to my desk please.”

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FOLLOW UP CONVERSATIONS

Tune into students’ feelings & hear them out. Focus should only be their misbehaviour. Model the misbehaviour to them (with permission) & refer them back to the school’s student behaviour agreement. Always separate amicably.

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📥 For convenience, you can download the graphics and videos from this thread in a single PDF.

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Thanks for the great response to this thread. I’ve recently re-listened to @ollie_lovell ERRR podcast episode with Dr. Bill Rogers… it’s an absolutely brilliant interview. Check it out! 👏

podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/edu…

📝 Show Notes: ollielovell.com/errr/billroger…

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