After the Adults Change: Achievable Behaviour Nirvana

by Paul Dix

Overview

There is a Behavioural Nirvana: One That is Calm, Purposeful and Respectful. In this follow-up to his bestselling book When the Adults Change, Everything Changes, Paul Dix explains how teachers and school leaders can move beyond the behaviour management revolution and maintain a school culture rooted in relational practice. Paul shows you that after the behaviour of the adults has changed, there is an opportunity to go wider and deeper: to accelerate relational practice, decrease disproportionate punishment and fully introduce restorative, informed and coaching-led cultures. The book also delves into the possibilities for improvement in teacher-pupil relationships, drawing further upon a hugely influential behaviour management approach whereby expectations and boundaries are exemplified by calm, consistent and regulated adults.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781781353776
Publisher:	Independent Thinking
Publication date:	05/31/2021
Pages:	176
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.10(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

As a teacher, leader and teacher trainer, Paul Dix has been working to transform the most difficult behaviour in the most challenging urban schools, referral units and colleges for the last 25 years. Miraculously, Paul trained at Homerton College, Cambridge, after countless attempts to sabotage his own education. He then moved on to work in 'tricky' schools in East London, Nuneaton and Birmingham.In addition to working directly with schools, Paul has advised the Department for Education on the teachers' standards, given evidence to the Education Select Committee and done extensive work with the Ministry of Justice on behaviour and restraint in youth custody. He has published five books on behaviour and assessment, in addition to over 250 articles on behaviour. Paul won a national training award in 2009 for his work in helping a school transform from 'failing' to 'good' in just nine months. He also chairs the board of directors of a multi-academy trust which comprises 11 special schools - a role he undertakes voluntarily - and leads the #BanTheBooths campaign (www.banthebooths.co.uk).

Table of Contents

Introduction 1

1 Emotionally Consistent Teaching 5

Emotional consistency and refining routines 6

Chopper Harris 8

The unprovokable adult 9

Nurture from the first step 11

The other adults in the room 15

The first beats 17

Don't do the rules lesson 17

Co-regulating 19

Grounding 22

Some of the crowd are on the pitch 24

Stop that! 25

How to lead it 25

Nuggets 26

2 Recognition Revolution 27

Liquid banana of shame 29

Creeping competition 31

Attendance awards 32

Sticky praise 33

Judy's garland 34

Recording recognition 36

Corridor recognition 36

Playground recognition 37

Hot Chocolate Friday explodes! 39

Positive notes 2.0 40

New day, new climate 41

Stop that! 42

How to lead it 43

Nuggets 43

3 Proportionate and Productive Consequences 45

Being fair and. respecting rights 47

The new classroom support plan 49

Classroom support plan (summary) 51

Stand alongside leadership 59

Restraint and holding back 63

Restraint and additional needs 64

Three holds 66

Reporting and recording 68

Stop that! 68

How to lead it 69

Nuggets 69

4 Restorative Practice, Kindness and Soft Power 71

Crap restorative patches 71

The restorative, reflective lesson 72

Restorative take-up time 73

Restorative conversation remix 74

Alternative restorative questions 75

Restorative practice is a difficult retrofit 77

Parents and restorative practice 79

Restoring rabbits 80

Stop that! 82

How to lead it 82

Nuggets 83

5 Coaching in the Rain 85

Policy and practice 85

Teachable moments in chaos 89

Outreach coaching heroes 95

Simple, curious coaching 96

Setting up a coaching group 97

Coaching, God willing 99

Stop that! 102

How to lead it 103

Nuggets 103

6 Exclusion Isn't a Behaviour Strategy 105

Last resort apologists 106

Free parking? 107

The Glasgow Model - credit for the hard shift 109

On-site Nurture provision 113

Williams! Losing a punishment addiction 116

Bye-bye booths 117

Stop that! 121

How to lead it 121

Nuggets 122

7 Scripting Refined 123

Scripts that resist shame - the last counterintuitive 124

Shame and blame in our language 127

The best two-minute intervention that only takes a minute 129

Devastating tone drops and perfect pauses 131

'I'm bored with the script!' 132

Assertive redirection 134

Letting go 135

Stop that! 136

How to lead it 137

Nuggets 137

8 Lead Like a Tortoise 139

The big squeeze 142

Routines are not the only answer 144

Training, culture and change 145

Training your colleagues 146

Being a tortoise ain't easy 149

Is your policy still bloated? 150

What does it look like after six years? 152

Code black! 153

Drip, drip, drip 154

Losing the taste for punishment rich 156

Systems leaders: governance and behaviour 156

Stop that! 161

How to lead it 161

Nuggets 162

Conclusion; Reaching Nirvana 163

Acknowledgements 165