Behaviour! As teachers, you have to deal with a variety of student behaviours on a daily basis. You can have the perfect lesson plans, great organisation, and even the best resources, but if you have one or more behaviour issues in your classroom, the classroom’s entire rhythm can be thrown into disarray.
Children behaving negatively can cause a myriad of problems for all teachers. Understanding these behaviours means that you will not only create a more harmonious classroom environment, but you will also be able to provide better learning experiences for ALL students.
This course explores childhood behaviour and provides strategies to help teachers understand and make necessary adjustments, depending on that behaviour; but also to assist students to understand their own behaviour so that they may choose to make more appropriate choices.
Teachers, Teacher Assistants, Assistant Principals, Principals
4.3.2 Proficient Level - Create and maintain supportive and safe learning environments - Manage challenging behaviour: Manage challenging behaviour by establishing and negotiating clear expectations with students, and address discipline issues promptly, fairly and respectfully
4.4.2 Proficient Level - Create and maintain supportive and safe learning environments - Maintain student safety: Ensure students’ wellbeing and safety within school by implementing school and/ or system, curriculum and legislative requirements
Course Overview
Acknowledgement of Country
Professional Standards
Behaviour
Behaviour & Your Student/s
Activity: Student Behaviour Analysis
Why Should we Focus on Improving Student Behaviour?
Activity: Lecture Series by Dr Bill Rogers
Lecture on Child Behaviour
What are Different Types of Behaviour
Other Behaviour Considerations
Activity: Behaviour Reflection (Collaboration)
Student Behaviour Strategy (NSW DOE)
Behaviour Detective Work
Behaviour as Communication
Listening to Behaviour
Activity: Case Study
Being the Detective
Strategies for Deciphering Behaviour
Activity: Behaviour Analysis
Dr Bill Rogers Lecture
Activity: Dr Bill Rogers & Reflection
School Wide Positive Behaviour Support
What About Rewards?
School-Wide Positive Behaviour Support - Webinar
Activity: Learning is the Prize
Extra Resources
Activity: SWPBS
Course Feedback
Completing Student Behaviour: How To Decipher Its Secret Language And Improve Student Outcomes will contribute 6 hours of NSW Education Standards Authority (NESA) Accredited PD in the priority area of Student/Child Mental Health, addressing Standard Descriptors 4.3.2 and 4.4.2 from the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers towards maintaining Proficient Teacher in NSW.
Karina Barley
