How to boost your confidence and effectiveness in the classroom
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How to boost your confidence and effectiveness in the classroom
Free Webinar – with Andy Vass, one of the leading behaviour management experts in the UK.
“I’ve coached over 10,000 teachers in more than 1,000 schools. In this webinar I pass on some of my tried and tested techniques to help you thrive in the classroom.”
Find out more at www.andyvass.net
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About me
• 36 years experience in education
• Teacher, trainer, coach, author and psychotherapist
• Provided training to over 1,200 organisations world wide
• Personally trained over 10,000 teachers
• Consultant to the UK department of education
• Book sales of over 53,000 copies
• Contributor to the UK National Behaviour Strategy
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Aims and best hopesWhy this webinar?
What will need to happen during this webinar for you to say ...?
“Wow – that was really useful to me!”
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Theme 1 - Confidence
• Where does it come from?
• What’s the most effective way to think about it?
• How can we increase our levels of confidence?
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Theme 1 - Effectiveness“How do you correct children so that they are significantly more likely to respond positively?”
That’s the $64,000 question – and this webinar will help you find the $64,000 answer!
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Confidence
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Confidence is NOT a thing“You can’t buy it at the shops!”
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Confidence
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Preferred Future“When you are feeling as confident as you’d like to be in your classroom, what will you be doing that’s different?
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It’s much easier to behave into a new way of feeling than feel into a new way of behaving.
Feelings result from doing something
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Confidence boosting inner voice...
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What do I need to remember to do so this class goes well?
When was the last time that things went just a little better with this class?
What was I doing, thinking and feeling that helped?
Which children can I catch being good earliest?
Which children are going to be ready from the start to work with me?
What strengths and resources do I have as a person?
How do I connect with them right now?What do I need to remember about my class and the whole school discipline plan?
What preventative strategies can I use?
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Change – Wayne Dyer said ...“If you change the way you talk about things ...... The things you talk about will change.”
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7 Keys to Confidence
1. Threat or challenge
2. Thought challenging
3. Mapping across / exceptions
4. Imagine positive outcomes
5. Fake it ‘til you make it
6. Avoid comparisons
7. Focus on resources
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And there’s more ...
• Listening• Empathy• Imagination• Communication• Logical thinking• Coolness under pressure• Decisiveness• Quick thinking• Patience• Staying power• Optimism• Compromising
• Determination• Realism• Perseverance• Positive outlook• Creativity• Organising ability• Tenacity• Clear thinking• Resilience• Healthy scepticism• Sympathy
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Success DiaryTODAY ... note down• 3 x things you did that you were
pleased/proud of• 3 x personal qualities or resources
you demonstrated or called on• 3 x things you were grateful for• 3 x good things that happened
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What did I do wrong?
What did I NOT do?
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Effectiveness“How do you correct children so that they are significantly more likely to respond positively?”
That’s the $64,000 question – and this webinar will help you find the $64,000 answer!
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Positive deviance
“In every community, organisation or
social group there are individuals
whose exceptional behaviours or
practices enable them to get better
results than their neighbours - with
the exact same resources.”
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Correcting with dignity
1. Eye contact 2.
Body match
3. Tone + Name
4. Pause
5. Non verbal
8. Drop eye contact
7. Thanks
6. Positive Direction
9.Take up time
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Correcting with dignity1. Eye Contact
• Ineffective eye contact is….
• Effective eye contact tends to be…
• Should never be used to….
• Important question
1. Eye contact
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Correcting with dignity2. Body Match
• How come?
• The brain’s focus is…
• Congruence
2 Body match
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Correcting with dignity3. Tone + Name
• Do you have somebody?
• Have you ever?
• Names should always be spoken• respectfully• conversationally• with positive intent
3.Tone + Name
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Correcting with dignity4. Pause
“The right word may be effective, but no word was ever as effective as a rightly timed pause.” Mark Twain
• For breath• For thought• For effect
4.Pause
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Correcting with dignity5. Non-verbal
• The benefits are?
5.Non verbal
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Correcting with dignity6. Positive direction
• What is one?
• Why do they matter?
• How do you create them?
6.Positive
direction
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Try these….
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Don’t speak to ME like that!
You’ve left your equipment out again
You shouldn’t be here. Get out now
You’re not going until you finish
Stop pushing in the queue
You’re starting to annoy me now
Stop running in the corridor. How many more times!
You’ll be sitting on your own if you carry on like that
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Correcting with dignity7. Thanks
• Thanks v please
• Your own experience
• Reciprocity7.
Thanks
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Correcting with dignity8. Drop eye contact
• Whatever you resist persists
8. Drop eye contact
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Correcting with dignity9. Take up time
• Sometimes called “face saving time”
• Disconnects from what’s not working
• Combines physical, psychological and emotional feedback
• Describes value to the class
9.Take up time
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Correcting with dignity
1. Eye contact 2.
Body match
3. Tone + Name
4. Pause
5. Non verbal
8. Drop eye contact
7. Thanks
6. Positive Direction
9.Take up time
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