About the Book
Inspirational, simple, profound and clear this guide provides no-nonsense advice providing teachers with the confidence to implement transformational, successful behavioural management structures within the school environment.
Drawing on years of experience, the author shares the most effective methods of classroom management - avoiding disruption - enabling teachers to ensure that pupils receive the best education, with minimal distraction. He provides a stress-free, step-by-step guide for teachers, parents and educational leaders in creating a positive approach to challenging behaviour in groups and individuals.
Table of Contents:
Contents include sorting out: Mistakes, assemblies, the primary/secondary thing, being present, a Hall of Fame, consistency, the tracking of behaviour, the school's reaction to change, dealing with complaints, rewards, uniform, belief, fixer-term exclusions, an exclusion room, what a school can look like that hasn't got it right, sin bins, the Ten Commandments, dealing with 'difficult' parents, home visits, the reasons not to try to improve behaviour, the reasons to try to improve behaviour, guarantees to students, guarantees to staff, what you can do with students on the edge of the precipice, the behaviour management policy, study focus, alternative education, the on-call rota, that prevention is better than cure, whole-school detentions, the relationship with the governing body, what you can do to improve your school as a senior teacher, toilets, hierarchy, the fire drill, letting students leave the building during the school day, a behaviour timeline, students who arrive late in the mornings, the 85% you can control now, platforms, my ten favourite approaches, full-time heads of year, a school which your students need and deserve, advise to senior leaders, the things naughty students love.
About the Author :
Jeremy Rowe, the 'ultimate 21st century headmaster', is now a CEO who combines his 20 plus years of teaching experience with traditional values, and a realistic perspective, to put into practice an effective method of management that has previously helped him become a successful head teacher and public speaker. Jeremy has regularly written articles for a range of magazines and online publications, and he has also worked with PiXL and a range of schools and multi-academy trusts. He believes that implementing simple but effective rules for school conduct results in a happy and successful school. Since establishing Independent Thinking 25 years ago, Ian Gilbert has made a name for himself across the world as a highly original writer, editor, speaker, practitioner and thinker and is someone who the IB World magazine has referred to as one of the world's leading educational visionaries.The author of several books, and the editor of many more, Ian is known by thousands of teachers and young people across the world for his award-winning Thunks books. Thunks grew out of Ian's work with Philosophy for Children (P4C), and are beguiling yet deceptively powerful little philosophical questions that he has created to make children's - as well as their teachers' - brains hurt.Ian's growing collection of bestselling books has a more serious side too, without ever losing sight of his trademark wit and straight-talking style. The Little Book of Bereavement for Schools, born from personal family experience, is finding a home in schools across the world, and The Working Class - a massive collaborative effort he instigated and edited - is making a genuine difference to the lives of young people from some of the poorest backgrounds.A unique writer and editor, there is no other voice like Ian Gilbert's in education today.
Review :
I strongly recommend this extremely useful and practical guide, which demonstrates that effective behaviour management is about clarity, transparency, consistency and a set of manageable policies and procedures which are kept under constant review. Drawing on the author's vast, first-hand experience, it is a source of common sense and practical pointers which would
enable all school staff from trainees to experienced school leaders to review their behaviour policies, practices and procedures.
Brian Lightman, General Secretary, Association of School and College Leaders
Thank you to Jeremy Rowe for providing a plain English, common sense, easy to read guide about behaviour. Perhaps more importantly, he reminds us that children aren't criminals and that most schools are calm, productive, orderly places that are far removed from the image so often portrayed in the media. We
need to hear that message more often.
Fiona Millar, Guardian Columnist
