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Creating the climate necessary for successful learning.

This poster outlines good practice in promoting good communication, speech and listening for our learners.
Climate tips from Pivotal Education - Closed Requests
Climate tips from Pivotal Education - Countdown...
Climate tips from Pivotal Education - Get in and get out quickly with your dignity in tact
A maths teacher learns how to deal with two attention-seekersC0462005_340k http://www.teachers.tv/strandProgramme.do?strandId=1&transmissionProgrammeId=187986 A maths teacher learns how to deal with two attention-seekers
Bayley advises an NQT on keeping pupils involved and interested012050065X_340k Teaching With Bayley - Too Much Talk http://www.teachers.tv/strandProgramme.do?strandId=1&transmissionProgrammeId=144313
These are the notes outlining the strategies covered by the workshop Janice and Lynn ran at the conference last year. The document outlines numerous creative teaching activities to engage students and support the development of the positive climate for learning.
Geography approaches to focusing students on entry by Ian Glover A range of examples for use with a digital projector to help engage and focus pupils the moment they first enter the room. This will occupy them while waiting for all the pupils to arrive and minimise opportunities for distraction and disruption.
Classroom Management - An NQT gets advice on how to improve her classroom management032050024B_340k.wmv Classroom Management http://www.teachers.tv/subjectBlockProgramme.do?transmissionBlockId=111405&zoneId=2&transmissionProgrammeId=111298
Included in the framework for intervention is a very useful checklist for your classroom environment. If you follow the link 'checklists' and the the link 'click to view sample of the behavioural environment checklist' you will access an excellent tool for assessing your classroom environment.
Click here for a preview of the excellent package that identifies what your classroom climate is currently like, and provides a framework for improving. If you are then interested in using the tool, see Andrea Marsden for a code that will give you access to run the package - it is a highly regarded development tool.
Interesting research into what makes the difference in terms of the classroom environment in terms of achieving good results. Some interesting tools for analysing classroom environments are included. The research is based on mathematics teaching, but many of the messages are transferable to all classrooms.
Use these materials, from the excellent DfES Pedagogy and Practice : Teaching and Learning in Secondary Schools pack. The feedback from the pilot project was that these are seriously useful tools for developing classroom practice. Use them to support your own development - particularly useful in supporting teaching and learning targets of Performance Management and providing a focus for lesson observations. These materials are particularly successful if you work with somebody else to support you. See Andrea Marsden or Guy Shears for DVD clips.
A link to non-verbal

Non Verbal Communication

   
Briefing Session
Briefing Session
Briefing Session
CPD Session
CPD Session
CPD Session
   
 
Climate Tips from Pivotal Education - Proactively Developing Relationships with Students
 

 

 

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