Outstanding Behaviour in a Primary School Classroom

By Andrew Crossland

As a product of my own journey to being an outstanding practitioner, this book provides a route map in the facilitation of outstanding behaviour which in turn provides the underpinnings of outstanding learning.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Andrew Crossland
• Release date: Apr 20, 2013
• ISBN: 9781301690886

Andrew Crossland

I am a primary school teacher based in the North of England. I have spent over ten years developing my career as an outstanding teacher.

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Outstanding Behaviour in a Primary School Classroom

Published by Andrew Crossland at Smashwords

Copyright 2013 Andrew Crossland

About the Author

Andrew Crossland is a primary school teacher teaching in the North of England. He is the co-ordinator of: Science, Art, DT and School Council within a main stream school.

Before going into teaching he attained a First Class Geography degree at the University of Newcastle. Feel free to get in touch with Andrew in the following way Email [e-mail]

Introduction

Perhaps the most enduring of all questions when it come to the elusive ownership of a shiny new outstanding commendation in the discipline of teaching is how did I quite get here and how do I maintain it. The aim of the book has one simple drive; to place you firmly on the track of being an outstanding teacher by promoting outstanding classroom behaviour. Outside the realm of this book, unfortunately, is just how you maintain being an outstanding teacher through he ebb and flow of the temporal scale and the changing political geography. Nevertheless, reading this book will give you the knowledge and skills to successful navigate, arguably, one of the most fundamental aspects of teaching, positive discipline.

I will now proceed to outline how this book will provide, whether you are a student or interested practitioner looking for ideas, a sound knowledge of behaviour management. The book will be divided into three core areas: organisation, classroom behaviour strategies and calming learning styles.

Organisation of the Learning environment

1. Beginning of year

2. Corridor organisation

3. Classroom layout

4. Resources and tools

5. Challenge corner

Classroom behaviour

6. Starting the day

7. Exerting positive influence

8. Preserving the voice

9. Positive reinforcement

10. Consequences

11. Self worth and self governance

12. The Five R’s

Calming learning styles

13. Ending the day

14. Empowering learning through AFL

15. Controlling noise level

16. Managing lesson pace and excitement

17. Building Collaborative skills

18. Outstanding lesson plans

Bibliography

Organisation

1. Beginning of year

With the low level hum of excitement before meeting your new class it is worthwhile to remember that how you start the year will set a strong bench mark for how the rest of the year will unfold. The proverbial setting out one’s stall springs to mind in order to facilitate the right type of first encounter with your new little darlings.

Trundling through the school door full of excitement and trepidation a well organised teacher will already be fully organised