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CPD Courses

Below is an outline of the most popular training courses I can deliver in your school. However, as a freelance Consultant I am very flexible and I can plan and deliver training bespoke to your school, so please talk to me about your idea and we can take it from there!

Training Courses

Please see below in detail a full list of training courses

BBMs – Basics of Behaviour Management

 

Outline

  • Behaviour is a form of communication

  • Behaviour is driven by feelings and emotions

  • Rules, routines, rewards and sanctions (consequences)

  • The 4 Steps Technique

  • Experience driven behaviour

  • Disorder driven behaviour

  • The ABCDE analysis

Duration

1 hour

 

Target audience

NQTs, RQTs, TAs, Learning Mentors

 

 

Delivered as an interactive workshop – max 15 delegates

Positive Classroom Management

 

Outline

  • A practical session which builds on the BBM course (see above) and which gives attendees a tool to positively manage classroom behaviour (a Classroom Management Plan)

Duration

1 hour

 

Target audience

NQTs, RQTs, HLTAs, Cover Supervisors

 

 

Delivered as an interactive workshop – max 15 delegates

Managing Challenging Behaviour: Positive De-escalation Techniques

 

Outline

  • A workshop which gives attendees an insight into more challenging behaviour. The anger cycle is discussed and attendees are given a range of positive de-escalation strategies.

Duration

1 hour 30 mintues

 

Target audience

Teachers, SENCOs, TAs, Cover Supervisors, Learning Mentors

 

 

Delivered as an interactive workshop – max. 15 delegates

Behaviour Plans and Tracking Techniques

 

Outline

  • A practical workshop which looks at individual behaviour plans for target pupils and how to track/analyse changes in behaviour, including working positively with parents and carers to effect/reinforce changes in behaviour.

Duration

1 hour

 

Target audience

Teachers, SENCOs, TAs, Learning Mentors

 

 

Delivered as an interactive workshop – max. 15 delegates

Strategic Lead in Behaviour & Safety Training

 

Outline

  • This practical and analytical course equips a senior leader to develop the knowledge, understanding and skills to take on the role of 'in house' Behaviour Improvement Consultant. The focus is on taking a proactive lead on behaviour for learning across the school and enabling all staff to also be strategic, proactive and positive in how they manage behaviour. It is about capacity building and action planning for outstanding behaviour across the school.

Duration

6 x 2 hour sessions

 

Target audience

Senior leaders, SENCOs

Performance Coaching – A Tool for Personal Professional Improvement & Development

 

Outline

  • This course examines how performance coaching can be used to support/challenge colleagues to improve their performance in the classroom and their impact as leaders across the school. It introduces participants to the practical skills of outcome focused performance coaching and it includes a practical session coaching a colleague.

Duration

2 hours + practical coaching session

 

Target audience

Middle & senior leaders

Positive Behaviour Management for Midday Assistants (MDAs)

 

Outline

  • 3 workshops which look at the role of MDAs as 'teachers' of behaviour and children's social and emotional learning at lunchtime, the basics of positive behaviour management and managing challenging behaviour and developing lunchtime as a learning experience. The third session gives attendees a practical tool to positively manage behaviour at lunchtime - MDAs draft a bespoke Dining Hall Management Plan and a Playground Management Plan.

Duration

3 x 1 hour 30 minute sessions

 

Target audience

Midday Assistants, teachers who line manage MDAs

 

Delivered as an interactive workshop – max 15 delegates

Positive Lunchtimes – A Learning Experience

 

Outline

  • A practical workshop which looks at individual behaviour This builds on the core training in Positive Behaviour Management for your Midday Assistants (MDAs) and develops their role to actively promote learning through play at lunchtime. It also upgrades your lunchtime provision by creating active learning zones and a specialist facility for vulnerable children who find lunchtimes challenging.

 

The package includes:

  • Training for your MDAs as Play Leaders

  • Training for your Y5/6 pupils as Play Buddies

  • Advice on creating learning zones and evaluating their impact

  • Advice on setting up an 'Oasis' provision for vulnerable pupils

  • Advice on how to give your School Council a leading strategic role in developing provision at lunchtime

Duration

This will be decided at the initial meeting when the package is agreed

 

Target audience

Senior Leaders with responsibility for lunchtimes, teachers who line manage MDAs, MDAs, Y5/6 pupils.

Safe Lunchtimes – Resolving Conflict through Restorative Approaches

 

Outline

  • Lunchtimes are when disputes and conflicts happen and these can spill over into the afternoon session if they are not resolved. This package focuses on developing the techniques of conflict resolution through Restorative Approaches (sometimes called Restorative Justice) and it builds on the skills of Positive Behaviour Management.

 

The package includes:

 

  • An explanation of the techniques of Restorative Approaches – it is a very structured process – and how it can positively impact on behaviour in your school

  • Training for your MDAs in using Restorative Approaches

  • Training for your Y5/6 pupils as Peer Counsellors who use simple Restorative Approaches

Duration

This will be decided at the initial meeting when the package is agreed

 

Target audience

Senior Leaders, teachers who line manage MDAs, MDAs, Y5/6 pupils.

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