How to structure a 2 minute pep talk that works for everyone
What to say in the trickiest moments
How to avoid shaming
What to say when children argue or try to negotiate your expectations
What to say when you call home
There is specific advice on the language that works well and a task that is an essential reflective tool.
Video: Language
When words are too much
Audio: The best two-minute intervention
Audio: Countdown
Video: Calling Home
Video: Fogging, shaming and defaults
Video: Secondary Behaviours
Video: Distressed behaviour
Task: 7 days, 5 phrases
Video: Coaching Inshallah
Mind Candy
Move on when...
What to do
https://youtu.be/BmKmkPifLdU
This section is about the practical aspects of setting up your classroom to lay the foundations of excellent relational practice. We will look at:
How to balance The Pull and The Push of classroom management
How to create a classroom plan so you know exactly what the next steps are
How to apply a consequence without an angry reaction
How to structure support beyond the classroom
Why you must follow up every time and why that is a powerful strategy
How to use coaching to support children who struggle to follow the rules
There is a Q and A with students from Birmingham University in the UK where we talk frankly about consequences, difficult situations, being unshockable, rational Matrix-like responses and why phone calls are the best strategy.
Video: The Pull
Audio: Counterintuitive Teaching
Video: Liquid Banana
Audio: Routines
Video: Sending good news home
The Push
Audio: Rules
Video: A plan for everyday
Video: Applying consequences without drama
Task: This is how we do it here
Video: Picking up your own tab
Video: Triage
Mind Candy
Video: Q&A with PGCE students
Move on when...
How to be
https://youtu.be/lq03IzTI2z8
In this section we are going to look at:
What teachers need to stay rational and focused on outcomes
How to reach zen levels of calm and protect everyone
How to be emotionally restrained in the face of poor behaviour
Why building relationships needs more than just great teaching
What you should realistically expect of your own behaviour in a busy and sometimes overwhelming job
There is also a longer Coaching video that takes you into the heart of a school that is at the cutting edge of developing relational policy.
Video: Trainer's chat about how to be
Video: Chopper Harris
The Eyebrow - starting with a new class
Audio: Emotional consistency and refining routines
Video: Fighting Teenagers, hugging teenagers
Mind Candy
Video: Some of the crowd are on the pitch
Task: Soundtrack to your teaching
Video: Restorative Essentials
Video: Coaching not Monitoring
You are not finished until....
Video: Goodbye and Good Luck
Workshops with Paul
You will find the following workshops below. In each of the workshops you will find there are some questions that you can discuss in small groups, as a whole school or with us, online, if you wish to.
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The workshops will last for 60 minutes and are focused on:
1. Tricky Questions
A fascinating discussion on the key principles that frame Relational Practice and define its values. Do we give children what they deserve or what they need? Challenging or distressed? Fantastic walking or 'Code Black'.
2. Relational Currency
The power of emotional currency. How to get it, what to do with it and when to spend it most effectively. This workshop is all about positive relationships, positive acknowledgment and noticing. The apparently small stuff has an incredible impact.
3. Consequences
What is the role of consequences in Relational Practice? From centralised detentions to restorative conversations, how do you land a consequence without damaging the trust you have built up with a student? Are stepped consequences effective or exclusionary?
4. Tough Situations
Working with children who experience crises during the school day means you need a backup plan as well as an everyday plan. How should you react, what systems do you draw on and how can you help children recover. Be ready to share what you have learned and to pool some ideas.
Workshop 1: Tricky Questions
Workshop 2: Relational Currency
Workshop 3: Consequences
Conversations with Paul 1
For the Classroom
Classroom Posters
Principles of Triage
Coaching Circles
Classroom Support Plan
For Whole School
Video: Paul speaking at The Cambridge Festival of Education (full keynote)
Consequential Conversations
For SLT
Document: Behaviour Policy Best Bits
Document: Pupil self review
Document: Departmental RAG
Bonus Bits
Paul on Podcasts and Videocasts
Video: The Outtakes
Recommendations
Some books to stretch your thinking further....
Books
After the Adults Change: Achievable Behaviour Nirvana
Our Training Process
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A full training day with Paul Dix, online and at your own pace. Join thousands of schools and teachers worldwide using Paul’s acclaimed approach. This is relational classroom practice at its very best.
