Our topic of the week is Leading Behaviour from the Middle. This week we were delighted to be joined by Pivotal Trainer and middle leadership specialist, Darrell Williams. The most important cog in the wheel when driving improvement in school is the middle leadership. Darrell calls the middle leadership the engine room of sustainable change and … Continue reading Leading Behaviour from the Middle with Darrell Williams – PP26 →

Our topic of the week is Rules routines and rituals. Do not assume that children know how to behave; regardless of age teach them the rules that operate in the classroom and precise routines and rituals for individual activities. Decide on the precise behaviours that you expect from your students; draw up a list of 4/5 … Continue reading Rules, routines and rituals – PP25 →

Our topic of the week is Essential Behaviour Insights from the Pivotal Trainers. Paul is joined by Pivotal Trainers Helen Day, Ollie Frith, Tara Elie, Barry Stay, John Wooton and Darrell Williams as they take time out from the Pivotal Trainers’ weekend to record a special episode for the Pivotal Podcast. The team talk in fascinating … Continue reading Essential Behaviour Insights from the Pivotal Trainers – PP24 →

Our topic of the week is Magnificent Classroom Cultures. Phil Beadle joins us for some challenging discussion of important themes in education, in a taster of the kind of content they will be presenting on 12th March 2014 in London. Details are below. What culture can you create in your classroom to promote the behaviour and … Continue reading Magnificent Classroom Cultures with Phil Beadle – PP23 →

Our topic of the week is isolation for behaviour management. This week we tackle the difficult subject of isolation in behaviour management. Interestingly, nobody ever gave schools permission to use isolation as it is used in some schools toady as part of their behaviour management strategy. Paul points out that the maximum amount of time you … Continue reading Isolation for behaviour management – PP22 →

Our topic of the week is Behaviour for learning with 5-11 year olds. This week we were delighted to be joined by Deputy Head Teacher, Russell Ingleby. Russell has helped to develop Chickenley Community School’s approach to behaviour management to point at which they are starting to concentrate on behaviour for learning rather than just managing … Continue reading Behaviour for learning with 5-11 year olds – PP21 →

Our topic of the week is Behaviour around the site. Often, teachers concentrate on getting the behaviour management sorted in their classrooms and the behaviour around the site is left to a few people. In Pivotal Education anonymous surveys, 80% of staff say they intervene only sometimes or rarely to adjust behaviour in the corridor – … Continue reading Behaviour around the site – PP20 →

Our topic of the week is Behaviour for supply teachers and cover lessons. When a supply teacher (substitute teacher) or cover teacher enters a classroom for the first time, pupils can take it as an opportunity to play up. One of the most important factors is the school’s expectations of supply teachers. Paul tells a story … Continue reading Behaviour for supply teachers and cover lessons – PP19 →

Our topic of the week is Behaviour for sports teams and parents. We were delighted to welcome Garth Smith to the podcast this week. He is a sports coach in Northern Ireland and had a great deal of fantastic information to share about how to manage the behaviour of sports teams – and their parents! The … Continue reading Behaviour for sports teams and parents with Garth Smith – PP18 →

Our topic of the week is Sanctions – part 2. ‘Punishment hardens and numbs, it produces obstinacy, it sharpens the sense of alienation and strengthens the power of resistance’ Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche – A growing culture of punitive and corrosive punishment/retribution reinforces the ‘them’ and ‘us’ culture in many schools – It should not be a … Continue reading Sanctions part 2 – PP17 →