A Process of Trial & Error: Developing My Classroom Management Approach

I have found classroom management a very complex topic to learn about, let alone write about, so I have divided it up under four major headings: Classroom Management – Creating a Learning Environment which Works Behaviour Management – Strategies for Dealing with Student Misbehaviour Complex Behaviour Situations – Dealing with Aggressive/Violent/At-Risk Children/the “Class from Hell” […]

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Thoughts on Classroom Behaviour Management

Classroom Behaviour Management. Those skills we wish were taught in first year university, but (at least in my case), most definitely were not. Those skills, without which a class can effectively fall apart; where unruly and sometimes violent students reign, and drive even experienced teachers to and sometimes beyond breaking point. I have witnessed this first-hand, […]

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The Major Challenges of First Year Teaching

Based on my personal experiences, and discussions with graduate colleagues, I think there are three major challenges facing most first year teachers in Western Australia.      1) Curriculum Development & Lesson Planning      2) Classroom Behaviour Managment      3) Assessment & Reporting As graduates, our response to these challenges, and the avenues of support we access, frankly […]

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