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| terri broughton | 31st Jan 2010 | |
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I have been called into a school on Tuesday to work with 4 members of staff who have experienced an awful time in their classes. 2 are going through 'competency' at present and 2 (from 2 other schools) are new teachers. They are demotivated and I believe that the union is involved in one case because of a perceived lack of support.
My brief is to give them some training in behaviour management for the day and if my hunch is right I think that Tuesday's training could be all about building up confidence and self esteem for these members of staff. E.g Why does X point at people close up? What is behind that? I can tell her not to do it. I can show her yet another p pt on behaviour but I am sure she has the T Shirt. It is about getting her to 'buy in' to the idea of change in the first place. At present she is stuck in 'it's all them others' and if this was my thinking then I could not really see the point of changing what I do until 'they' do. She feels threatened each time someone observes her and she sees it this as 'catching her out!' If I focus on what she is good at (Strengths inventory) I can use her strengths to help her 'weaknesses' Over the past decade, Gallup has surveyed more than 10 million workers worldwide to gauge their engagement. Only one-third strongly agree with the statement, "At work, I have the opportunity to do what I do best every day." In this same Gallup Poll, among those who strongly disagreed or disagreed with this statement, not one single person was emotionally engaged on the job. Gallup’s research indicates that people who are not operating from strengths at work probably: · dread going to work · have more negative than positive interactions with co-workers/[students in this case] · treat [students] poorly · tell friends they work for a miserable organization · achieve less on a daily basis · have fewer positive and creative moments I am often called in to work with teachers who are struggling with classes and coach them around how they could improve their practice. I am also asked to run courses on the management of behaviour to teachers who have seen so many power points, listened endlessly to the theory and got the T Shirt when it comes to studying behaviour management. There must be more we can do to support these teachers. What they have in common is often a shared lack of self esteem, a defeatist attitude, and have far more negative interactions with students than positive. What if we focused on what these teachers were able to do well? What if these teachers knew what their top five strengths were? How could these strengths help them to build a climate of learning where both they and the students were happy? I am just planning the days training and any thoughts in this area would be welcome. Thank you in advance Terri Reply to this Post |
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RE: Opportunity
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Claire Hegarty | 1st Feb 2010 |
| Ed Bradley | 2nd Feb 2010 | |
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RE: better late...
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Lewis Walker | 3rd Feb 2010 |
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RE: Teachers
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Allison Kelsey | 3rd Feb 2010 |
| Lewis Walker | 3rd Feb 2010 | |
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RE: I wonder
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Ed Bradley | 4th Feb 2010 |
| Lewis Walker | 5th Feb 2010 | |
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RE: Implicit
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Ed Bradley | 5th Feb 2010 |
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RE: Ed
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Lewis Walker | 5th Feb 2010 |
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RE: Phew.....
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Ed Bradley | 5th Feb 2010 |
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RE: Of course..
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Lewis Walker | 5th Feb 2010 |
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RE: The Training day
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terri broughton | 7th Feb 2010 |
| Nic Barrow | 7th Feb 2010 | |
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RE: Hi Nic
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terri broughton | 7th Feb 2010 |
| Nic Barrow | 10th Apr 2010 | |
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RE: hiya
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Nic Barrow | 23rd May 2010 |
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