When the Adults Change, Everything Changes: Seismic shifts in school behaviour

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The behaviour approach has changed from -˜stick with no carrot' to -˜lots of carrot' and you don't hear angry staff shouting at students any more. In his case studies, Dix also cites Twitter links and initiatives such as -˜Hot Chocolate Friday' from headteacher Chris Dyson from Parklands Primary in Leeds. He always keeps an eye on current educational issues, such as the number of children who have been on roll but leave during years seven to 11, and the ongoing debate around restorative vs punitive punishment.

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The real-life examples that Paul Dix shares enable you to reflect on how you would approach certain situations and why some approaches don’t work. When the Adults Change, Everything Changes illustrates how, with their traditional sanction- and exclusion-led methods, the punishment brigade are losing the argument.Rather than a list of quick behaviour tips, it offers a how-to mindset shift that sets staff (and students) up to win. This isn’t just “other book about how to manage behaviour” it’s a unique insight on the thoughts and feelings of students and how to work with them. He has worked as an Advisory Teacher for Tower Hamlets Behaviour Support Team, been a SENCo in two mainstream secondary schools and Pastoral Deputy Head, DSL and Inclusion lead.

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Finally, the biggest lesson I have learnt, children only behave certain ways because they dont know any other way- my class have a whole host of issues, and whilst I dont make this an excuse, I can see when certain things happen, the reasons why and thats when listening and talking come back into it- also the sanction, which children respect you for because you stand by what you believe and treat them the same as their peers.Indeed, the book goes on to challenge certain classroom practices that -˜reward' unacceptable behaviour. John’s work has been recognised nationally and has twice been a Silver Award Winner in the Pearson National Teaching awards, once as Headteacher of the Year and the second for Primary School of the Year. Teachers, youth workers and support staff at the beginning of their careers will discover a wide range of useful strategies and explanations as they begin to tackle the sometimes mystifying behaviours exhibited by young people today.

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The idea that behaviour management is simply about learning a set of techniques that emerge from a teacher's 'toolkit' is a dangerous one. One relatively inexpensive intervention is changing our school for the better: When the Adults Change, Everything Changesby Paul Dix has been the driving force behind us getting to grips with a consistent school approach to behaviour.It's true to say that as a whole staff we're at the beginning of our journey, but in terms of whole school impact it has already been hugely beneficial in terms of giving staff more confidence, (especially support staff), giving children a vocabulary to use for behaviour, reducing the amount of expensive time senior staff are spending dealing with incidents and enhancing the school's positive ethos. Each chapter has useful themes that always finish with three checklists - -˜testing', -˜watch out for' and -˜nuggets'. Charismatic teachers’ lessons were once criticised for being ‘too teacher led,’ and now schools praise those same teachers for their classroom management and questioning.