Partnership, innovation and research to improve practice
Behaviour Management Forum
Imagine you are a trainee teacher. You have been at university for 3
weeks working with peers and tutors preparing for your first School
Placement in a secondary school comprising 1200 children (aged 11-18)
and 100 staff.
Work with a partner (preferably never met before) and identify 3 agreed
priorities for your early development as a teacher.
Steve Holden Partnership, Teacher Education
Department of Teacher Education
Partnership, innovation and research to improve practice
Behaviour Management Forum
Steve Holden Partnership, Teacher Education
Department of Teacher Education
Sheffield Hallam University
Undergraduate, post graduate, GTPPartnerships Teaching schoolsTraining SchoolsConsultation schools Local Authority School Designation
Identified need: NQT survey 2011Yorkshire and the Humber schools
Key deliverablesFurther development, of strong and sustainable
working partnershipsCo-design, implementation and evaluation of
innovative and effective classroom-based experiences for trainee teachers
Development of future training models and sustainable high-quality ITT and CPD practice
Dissemination of learning
420 secondary trainee teachers 4 Teaching School Alliances 30 + schools40 + staff
Behaviour Forum 26th & 27th January 2012
Day 1: School basedDay 2: University based
Programme Day 1
The school in context – Headteacher input "Top tips" for managing behaviourLesson observations – secret students Meeting with NQTsStudent panelStaff panelBehaviour simulator VideosForum theatre Plenary sessions
Programme Day 2
40 minute presentation on social and emotional aspects of behaviour for learning
General Professional Studies session collaboratively presented
Subject specialist aspects of BfLInput from teachers from schools Focus on Behaviour for Learning. Reasons
children might present with certain behaviours which challenge learning
Short term and longer term strategies
Critical success factors Sponsorship from each school’s Senior
Leadership Team Schools expertise in working with trainees Collaborative, high trust partnership workSchools investment in preparation and planning Participation and staff time in schools to deliver Student voice Robust link between day in school and day in
university Balance between common core and differences in
individual schools programme
ChallengesLogistics ◦Balancing cohort sizes/geography ◦Mix and match of trainees◦Coordinating pre-event paperwork ◦CRB/ID checks
Communication – Schools/Provider/TraineesTrainee expectations – observed outstanding
teaching and effective behaviour management
What worked wellExperiencing behaviour strategies within the school
context Opportunity to discuss experiences with NQTs Discussing behaviour and learning with a student panelTightly focussed lesson observations - learning how to
observe for behaviour and classroom management techniques eg First 20 minutes then log effective teacher behaviours together
Picking up practical strategies from teachers rather than theory
Regular plenary sessions throughout the day to gather and consolidate techniques
Behaviour Simulator/Forum Theatre activities/Videos
EvaluationSheffield Hallam University evaluation - schoolsNotre Dame Teaching School TDA evaluation Trainees' evaluationNQT survey 2013
DisseminationTeaching School networksSHU ITT Partnership Portal SHU ITT Summer Conference and regional
events
‘It made me realise that outstanding behaviour management is achieved thanks to the sum of many parts’
‘Insightful, lots of good practice, a rare opportunity to see teachers in action’
‘Getting different ideas of what can and is used has helped me to think about tactics that can be implemented
in my classroom’
‘Pupils say a good teacher is “firm, fair and fun” so I’ll be just that’
'Very impressed with the structure, context, organisation, and delivery of the day. Thanks for all the effort that must have gone
into arranging the day'
Wickersley Teaching School