the Interactive Guide to
Behaviour Management
for Trainee and Newly Qualified Teachers
Getting Started
What do I need to know about Behaviour Management
Module 1
Sharpening your skills
In recent years, behaviour management provision in schools has been influenced by:
The Assertive Discipline programme, introduced into the UK by L. and M. Canter in 1992, suggests that
- A.D. is a structured approach to managing behaviour
- A.D. is about a giving the teacher the skills to manage inappropriate behaviour in the classroom
- Rewards and sanctions should clearly specified and explained to the class
- Pupils should be encouraged to choose to behave responsibly
- A classroom discipline plan is taught and frequently referred to
The Positive Behaviour Management model, as advocated by Bill Rogers
- The importance of effective classroom teaching
- The positive style of behaviour management from a whole school perspective
- The use of positive language in behaviour management in schools and classrooms
- Inspirational ways for managing pupils with social, emotional and behaviour difficulties
- The concept of ‘Behaviour Recovery’: A Whole school Programme for Mainstream Schools (1994)
Social Inclusion and Inclusive Schooling required by various UK government initiatives which recommend that
- All children with special educational needs should be educated in a school within their own community
- The teaching and learning, achievements, attitudes and well being of every young person matter
- The interests of each child are respected and safeguarded at all times
- Schools, local education authorities and others develop their cultures, policies and practices to include all pupils
- The exclusion of pupils with social, emotional and behaviour difficulties are seen as a last resort
The Interactive Guide draws on all of these to promote an ‘all inclusive’ behaviour recovery model.