Classrooms that Work! Successful Behavior Management (Preschools/Primary)

When

17 Dec 2004 - 18 Dec 2004
9:00 am - 5:00 pm
Asia/Singapore

Where

Singapore
Singapore, (exact venue to be advised)

Event Tag

This workshop establishes a safe and orderly environment in the classroom and school-wide, that stops negative behaviour, increases learning time, develops positive relationships and teaches students responsibility.

Reduction of disruptions in the classroom, increased student on-task behaviour, fewer referrals to the office and more administrator time for instructional leadership are all direct benefits.

Objectives
At the end of the workshop, participants will:

  • reduce minor disruptions in the class
  • increase in student on-task behavior
  • drastic reduction in office referrals, and available time for instruction
  • build stronger relationships between staff and students

Outline

  • Introduction
  • What works and why
    • Research regarding management styles
    • Effective Management Vs Ineffective Management
  • Keeping Minor Behaviours Minor
    • Basic Behavior Management
      • Teacher reactive styles
        • Reactive
        • Hostile
        • Proactive
      • Being Proactive
      • Other techniques
        • The Broken Record Technique
        • Delivering a consequence
  • Roadblocks To Successful Behaviour Management
    • Acknowledgment
    • Overcoming
    • The Teacher Creed
  • The Plan
    • Rules and expectations
      • Key components
      • Samples
      • What to avoid
    • Establishing a system of consequences
      • Hierarchal
      • Reasonable, Inevitable, inconvenient
      • Samples
    • Positives and rapport
      • The importance of building rapport
      • Creating a positive classroom
      • Classwide positives
      • Individual Positives
  • Committing To The System
    • Teaching to the class
    • Getting support from administration
      • A ten-minute meeting
      • Approval
      • Feedback and follow through
    • Sharing with parents
      • Sample letter
      • Ongoing Communication
  • The Full Plan
    • Personal plan development
      • Questions, discussion
      • Difficult problems
      • Severe clause
      • The Owl Squad Crisis Intervention Team
  • Tracking Behaviour
    • The Behavior Log
      • Documentation scenarios
      • Timing
      • When to consequent
      • The Rule of Three
    • Difficult Children/Students
      • Special Plans
        • Behavior reflection papers
        • In-school suspension
        • Parent communications
      • Meeting with Parent
        • Key phrases
        • Getting support
  • Organising Your Classroom
    • Environment
    • Materials
    • Specific Directions
  • Working With Challenging Children
    • The Challenging student
      • Paradoxical Responses
      • Establishing rapport
      • Never give up, Never go away
    • The Crisis Intervention team
    • Intensity Duration and Frequency
  • Children With Learning Or Behaviour Problems
    • What it feels like
    • Interventions for learning problems
    • Strategies
    • Avoiding Power Struggles
  • Classwide Difficulties
    • Tardiness
    • In and Out policies
    • “That Class”
  • Establishing A Schoolwide Management System
    • Restrooms
    • Hallways
    • Outdoor
  • Other Sources Of Behavioural Problems
    • Attention Deficit Disorder
    • Oppositional defiant students
    • Behavior Disorders
    • Sensory Integration Problems
  • Interventions
    • Environment
      • Visual
      • Auditory
      • Organizational
      • Movement
    • Scheduling
      • Minimizing disruptions
      • Teaching transitions
      • Using cues
    • Teaching
      • Multi-modalities
      • Seize the moment
      • Teach, model, coach, reteach

Trainer’s Profile
Kathryn is an internationally recognized presenter, consultant and author with more than 30 years of experience in education.  Her background includes teaching at all levels – preschool through university, behavioural and academic consultation, staff development and strategic planning for schools in working with special needs students.

Kathryn is a published author, consults with more than 100 school districts throughout North America each year as well as the ministry of education in the US. She speaks to more than 150 audiences a year and has trained over 14,000 educators in the last five years.   She has published nine books school professionals, including Successful Strategies for Working with Challenging Elementary School Children, A Smooth Ride: Management for Bus Drivers and Ideas that Work for Students with Sensory Processing Disorders. She is also the commentator on a full length DVD produced by the United States Bureau of Education and Research. She has made several radio and television appearances throughout the United States regarding a variety of current issues in education.

Kathryn has been providing workshops on learning issues for special needs students for over 30 years.  Her expertise of the content area is interwoven with videos, group activities, story telling, humour, and a plethora of practical strategies with hands-on examples.  A skillful educator, Kathryn recognizes that adult learners require a multi-modality approach with real life experiences, opportunities to practice and timely topic

Methodology
Interactive simulations, demonstrations, and practice sessions interwoven with humor and real life stories provide for an exciting, practical and creative professional development opportunity.

Target Audience
Preschools/Primary school educators

Duration: 2 days, 14 hours

Venue: 51 Cuppage Road, #03-00 StarHub Centre Singapore 229469

Closing Date:  30 Nov 04



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