The Behaviour Guru

Teaching isn't all about teaching; new teachers quickly realise that they need to be lion tamers too. Controlling a class isn't something that comes naturally to everyone - but it can be learned.

This no-nonsense guide tells teachers what the teacher training didn't, and offers instant strategies for dealing with the most common, and extreme, classroom scenarios.

Using his experiences of teaching in inner-city schools, as Behaviour Guru on the TES advice forum and working as a nightclub bouncer, Tom Bennett helps teachers, old and new, to assert their authority in the classroom.

Autorentext

Tom Bennett is a teacher in East London, the chair of an independent group advising the Department of Education on behaviour, and the founder of the grass-roots and teacher-led researchED movement.

Inhalt

Preface
Section 1: What's going on in your classroom?
Introduction

1. What you need to know
   Section 2: Dear Tom...
2. Fidgeting and restlessness - keeping them on task
3. Knocking attention seeking behaviour on the head
4. Attitude and verbal disruption - keeping your cool
5. Leader of the pack - dealing with group disruption
6. Extreme behaviour - what to do when the worst happens
7. Dealing with the adults - getting parents and colleagues on your side
8. Managing stress and the work-life balance
   Final thoughts
   Further reading and resources