classroom management
Lesson Six: Getting people working together: managing teams, departments, schools.
“…that meeting was such a waste of time. Nobody ever says anything! I mean what’s the point? If they want us to do something then just put it in an email..” Racheal, Drama Teacher What Happens in Groups? This is… Continue Reading
Lesson Five: Being the Authority in the Classroom
“Authority is the thing I struggle with…I just don’t feel like I want to bully them into doing things..” Mike, Drama Teacher Questioning “Authority” What does ‘Authority’ mean? Just because someone says you are in charge, does that mean you… Continue Reading
Lesson Four: Getting Adolescents Going
…once I got my mind right, everything else began to fall into place. Child Psychologist, Donald Winnicott said “we have to recognise the everlasting in the ephemeral”. (Winnicott, 1971) In other words, don’t just react to the moment. When a… Continue Reading
Lesson Three: Take Charge of Yourself in the Classroom
If we are not aware of how we are emotionally driven to make decisions then we are fools to ourselves. Worse, we are fools in charge of the life chances of others! Understanding the place emotion plays in learning will… Continue Reading
Lesson One: For beginners…What is a teacher for?
The great teacher who said nothing. You’re a trainee teacher…It’s the first day of term. Whoever you are, you are anxious: Have I got my pen, pad…new pencil case Will I fit in? Will I be “clever enough”? Will I say something stupid? Will… Continue Reading
Negotiating with your Anxiety
I work with Anxiety. I train teachers how to negotiate with Anxiety. My work is based on my own experience as an anxious person – negotiating with my anxiety is something I am very practiced in. I also have 15-years… Continue Reading