When i started out with my first class I thought one behaviour management strategy should fit all. However I soon found out that this was not the case, the strategy has to suit your class but also yourself. Behaviour management is key to a smooth running classroom. I find that boys really need immediate rewards or sanctions and that is how i have chosen my behaviour management strategies.
It is worthwhile to send a note home to parents at the start of the year to explain your chosen strategy. This especially helps when sending home the children's percentage score in ClassDojo. Over the next few days I will upload a selection of different useful strategies. ClassDojo: This is a brilliant free resource that has grown and developed over the years. It can be used for individual or group resources, I have used it for both. The website is fantastic and has some great teacher resources where you can watch tutorials and download a Professional development pack that you can use show other members of staff. It allows you to choose the headings under which children can earn points. The focus is on the positive behaviour, even if you choose to take points away for poor behaviour. It also allows you to send home a code for the parents and students to log on and check their progress. This has both it's up and down sides. I would advise you to use it without sending the log in codes first and then decide. The layout itself is really handy because it shows each students progress in the form of a pie chart. This is very useful to show the children, especially those that are losing points for a certain thing e.g. shout outs. When showing a child i would always ask them what they notice they have been doing very well on and what they need to foucs on for the following week. Each child gets a percentage at the end of the week which shows how well they have done. You can print this out and send it home each week, i usually just write it in each child's homework journal. the children really loved
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