DEVELOPMENTAL MANAGEMENT

WHO ARE WE?o We are currently made up of 3

merged primary schools in the Broadmeadows Valley area

o Broadmeadows West, Jacana and Meadow Fair North

o Westmeadows Heights will join us in 2010

o Broadmeadows Valley Primary School operates on 2 campuses

o Lilliput St campus is made up of Meadow Fair North and Jacana Primary

o Johnstone St campus is made up of Broadmeadows West and Westmeadows Heights Primary

Johnstone St Campus

WHY DEVELOPMENTAL MANAGEMENT?

o A need to restore a focus on learning and teaching

o A need to change the inappropriate student behaviour because of the impact it was having on learning and teaching

WHAT HAVE WE ACHIEVED ?TEACHERo Remaining calm when dealing with inappropriate behaviouro Talking with students who have been exited, not having leaders do ito Increase the non verbal hintso Use a common and shared language when talking with studentso Established a safe and enjoyable workplace for both teachers and

studentso Concerted focus on delivering targeted curriculum to all students

STUDENTo On task. Engaged in their learningo Able to talk about rights and responsibilities in relation to safety and

learningo Behaviour has improved and is conducive to learning

WHAT HAVE WE ACHIEVED ?

WHAT GOT US TO THIS POINT?o Relentless reinforcement consistently appliedo Committed approach by all staff at the schoolo One voice, shared language, shared belief that

we can make a differenceo Structured professional learning for all staff

o High expectations clearly and explicitly communicated to all members of our school community

WHAT GOT US TO THIS POINT?

Lilliput St Campus

PROFESSIONAL LEARNING

Thinkers Keys

How to respond to difficult students (10%'s) 

• Fight your first impulse (try to understand that the student is hurting inside)

• Encourage the student at every opportunity• Separate the deed from the doer. Express a

liking for the student while still applying logical consequences

• Show an awareness of some skill the student believes he or she is good at. If possible, set up a situation where you can observe the child being competent.

• Have the child help you in a meaningful way.• Show some interest in something that interests

the child.• Collect enough data to be confident of student's

mistaken goal• Make the student is aware of his or her

"mistaken" goals• Confront the student with the need to choose

between his or her primary goal (being liked) and mistaken goal

• Inform the child (privately), during class, of the mistaken goal as he or she misbehaves

• Modify the child's curriculum (Usually more Kinesthetic/Visual learner)

Poster – strategies to use with difficult students

*These notes were reproduced by the University of Ballarat with the permission of Dr. Ramon Lewis Associate Professor Latrobe University 2004

Posters - Rights & Responsibilities

3/4 Area

Academic Visit

oObservations

oTeachers mostly use legitimate power

oTeachers used hints

oStudents responded well to hints

oSeveral sessions as a staff - working on ways to develop communal responsibility

oYou Can Do It Awardso some of the reasons awards were given have been

oSupporting others in class and celebrating the success of her peers

oKnowing and showing others when it is time to speak and when it is time to listen

oAlways respecting teachers and peers and encouraging others to do the same.

Follow Up

Senior Video

Visual reminders

P-2 understanding of communal responsibility

NOW WHAT?o Maintain and build on

consistency of voice/message

o Develop visual cues for playground and classroom area

o Develop a whole school code of conduct

o Continue to develop the understanding of communal responsibility

o Revisit classroom management strategies through whole school staff professional learning