A brand new key title for the 100 ideas series providing primary teachers with tried-and-tested behaviour management strategies.
Managing behaviour in the primary classroom can be a challenge, but in this brand new book, Molly Potter offers 100 practical ideas and strategies for managing the range of difficult behaviours that you will face as a primary teacher. Whether you are new to the profession or an experienced teacher, there will be ideas in this book for you, including how to create a positive classroom environment, strategies for solving individual student behaviour problems and whole class approaches.
The ideas are creative, tried and tested and easy to implement. The book covers how to ensure that your classroom is a positive environment encouraging positive behaviour from the outset, as well as making sure that your attitude encourages positive behaviour. It is also full of advice on procedures and systems you should put in place, ideas to help students manage their own behaviour and classroom management tools. This book is a must read for any Primary teacher facing behaviour management difficulties in the classroom.
About the Author
Molly Potter is a Primary Teacher and curriculum designer at Locksley Short-Stay School for children who have been excluded from mainstream education. She has written a number of books for Featherstone, two of which are related to school readiness. She has taught in primary schools for 15 years.
Industry Reviews
This book is a treasure chest of inspirational ideas to aide, enthuse and refresh your behaviour management strategies. Molly shares her ream of different ideas that will inspire you to facilitate children to fulfil their potential and enjoy learning! -- Tracey Lawrence, primary teacher and behaviour specialist * @BehaviourTeach *
Molly has written an excellent toolkit for managing and building an environment for positivity to shine in the primary classroom. In this book are effective, proven examples of skills and techniques which leap off the page as being both original and powerful. Trying any one of these ideas is going to have a longlasting impact in your classroom, leading to change in the learning too. -- Stephen Lockyer, primary deputy headteacher * @mrlockyer *
Very practical tips for teachers book which has short, concise bullet-pointed ideas which trainee teachers will love. I tend to agree with virtually every one of Molly Potter's suggestions - she's clearly no stranger to the classroom! -- David Waugh * Primary PGCE programme director, Durham University *
Clear, easily accessible, interesting, and very useful to trainees as well as newly qualified teachers. -- Jo Barter-Boulton * PGCE Programme Leader *
