As teachers, an increasing part of our day is involved with behaviour management. Behaviour management is a major component within the...

Starting a new school year can be anxious for both student and teacher. Student and teacher can be meeting for the first time and there can be consternation from teachers as to the behaviours of the new class/es assigned for the upcoming year. Likewise for the student – will they ‘like’ their new teacher? Teachers are expected to study the data of students and ascertain behaviours, academic achievement and learning difficulties. It’s not uncommon on student free days at the

There are many aspects we can consider which make up the foundations of our classroom. We potentially do not recognise or appreciate how many of these we set up without realising. Our professional standards correctly require teachers to facilitate safe and supportive classrooms, and we achieve this in many ways from the physicality of the room to the quality and tone we set. But have we ever stopped to consider what other standards we are setting beyond these very practical r