the Interactive Guide to
Behaviour Management
for Trainee and Newly Qualified Teachers
Case studies: Medium level behaviours
Jade is verbally aggressive and threatening to other pupils
Module 6
Sharpening your skills
To help Jade take more responsibility for her behaviour you may want to consider
- Arranging a Teacher + Pupil Interview in Jade’s time
- Initiating this meeting because she will not want to be with you. See it as a consequence. It can be really effective
- Asking her Form Tutor or Team Leader to attend
- Encouraging Jade to take responsibility for her inappropriate behaviours
Helping Jade to recognise the ‘trigger points’. Explain what ‘cause and effect’ means
- Negotiating with colleagues any changes that may reduce trigger points, eg Jade to change from PE and games kit, 5 or 10 minutes early
- Explaining the importance of pupils needing to feel safe at all times
Giving Jade some strategies to think about: eg
- If feeling ‘hyper’.. sit down, breathe slowly and deeply 10 times
- When hyped-up after PE... Walk away from others and keep hands and feet to myself
- Try to be first to the next lesson
Identifying with Jade which behaviours are a concern in lessons
- Asking Jade how she thinks she can make things better next lesson
Having your behaviour strategy mapped out for Jade by next lesson
- Giving Jade a Behaviour Target card
- Negotiating 1 or 2 key targets on her Behaviour Target Card. eg
“I will talk politely to others.” “I will use my calming down strategies.” - Meeting and Greeting Jade personally and having a quiet, calming word
- Aiming to catch Jade doing a positive eg. Sitting quietly by the teacher at the start of the lesson
- Reminding Jade about her agreed behaviour targets
- Using praise with Jade eg. 3 positives to one negative. Add stickers or positive comments to Behaviour Target card
- Making sure Jade’s work is on her desk as she arrives, or alternatively, on the Quiet Chair near to the door
- Reminding and rewarding Jade eg.”In 10 minutes you can move from the Quiet Chair to your friends”
- Meeting with Form Tutor and parents to get them on board and keeping them informed
Click here to see an example of a Behaviour Target card (8.8)