Behaviour
Establish Relationships Quickly with Students You Don’t Know
Take a class you've never met and get them on side quickly, with habits that work whether you have them once or all term.
- 51 minutes
- 11 modules
- 1 CPD hour
- Certificate
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What you'll learn
- Read the room in the first few minutes and give the likely tester a job
- Keep pupils to their seating plan, even when you can't find it
- Explain the change calmly so anxious pupils can settle
- Choose three non-negotiables to hold for the lesson
- Give a pupil with a reputation a fresh start and something positive to take away
About this course
Someone puts their head round the staffroom door: can you just take 8C this period? Whether you're on supply, a cover supervisor or a trainee, you often get a class you don't know, a topic you didn't plan and about 47 minutes.
The habits here carry you through those first few minutes and the rest of the lesson. Be kind but firm, as you would with a stranger. Remember you're a guest in their room and ask where the crayons live. Keep pupils to the seating plan even when you can't find it (there's a script for that). Pick three non-negotiables and let the small stuff go.
There's help for pupils who find change hard, and a challenge. Give the pupil you've been warned about a job, and something positive to take away. It comes from a behaviour specialist who has done plenty of supply teaching herself.
- For early career teachers, supply staff and 3 other roles. All phases.
11 modules
Open in order
- 3 min
Introduction
- 3 min
Understand the landscape
1 question
- 4 min
Kind but firm
1 question
- 5 min
You are in their space
- 5 min
Seating plan
1 question
- 7 min
Manage expectations
1 question
- 6 min
Pupils who find change difficult
- 7 min
Don’t skip your stages
- 7 min
New slate
1 question
- 4 min
Wrap Up
- 6 min
Remote learning and establishing relationships
1 question