The Joys of Managing Behaviour

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The Joys of Managing Behaviour
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Plimmerton Schools Responsibility Approach
Why? What? How?
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Plimmerton School Visioning Process
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Purpose
To create a vision for our school
Rationale
As teachers we want to be able to do our
best Effective strategic planning gives us the
direction, focus and structure for us to be to do
this. A collective vision is our direction
touchstone
Outcome
The core components of our picture of how we
want Plimmerton School to be in five years
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Our School Instils a love of
learning Challenges, motivates and expands
minds Is creative, innovative and has the
courage to change Equips learners with skills
for the future And inspires all within a culture
of respect
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Curriculum Structure
The New Zealand Curriculum
Vision
Confident, connected
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New Curriculum Core Competencies
Thinking Using language symbols and
texts Managing self Relating to
others Participating contributing
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Change Forces

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Assumption-Alignment
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Reality
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Glenn Compain
Streetwise Parenting
Over last 10 years many communities have changed
completely. Many other socialisation influences
challenging parents schools -media -music Key
issue is disconnection for many young
people -belonging -power / success Counter
cultures have strong footholds Cant be laissez
faire must be vigilant aware and proactive
SPANZ Disruption in schools Alienated
students
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School-wide Strategic Approach
Clonk
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Parenting Styles
Baumrind
Laissez Faire
Authoritative
Authoritarian
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School-wide Styles
NZCER - SET
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Overarching Aims Intent
Obedience Responsibility
Students learn and are taught to make
responsible choices in relation to school
expectations. Emphasis is student self
discipline Help you learn to get it right
Control students to comply in relation to school
expectations. Emphasis is school
discipline Get it right! (..or else)

• Not Laissez Faire!!!!
• Same expectations (rules)
• Different intent

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Locus of Control
Internal locus of control -an individual
perceives that s/he causes their own
outcomes External locus of control -an
individual perceives that powerful forces or
people cause things to happen to them and s/he
has no control over outcomes
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In the end good behaviour comes from
internalised self control
Judge Mick Brown
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Curwin Mendler
80 15 5 Principle
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Responsibility Model Axioms
Youre in charge of your behaviour. You make
choices. There are always rules, realities
and consequences Sometimes what we might do or
want to do is not right in that situation. We
need to learn to make effective choices
(realistic, respectful, responsible) We can
learn better choices.
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Glasser
Teaching Children to Make More Effective Choices

• Help The student understand what responsibility
  looks like
• Help the child evaluate
• Help the student understand the needs behind
  their behaviour
• Help the student recognise the effectiveness of
  their behaviour
• Help the student to recognise the reality of the
  situation
• Let child experience and learn from consequences
• Help the child plan more effective behaviours
• Strong focus on behaviour, thinking and internal
  locus of control
• Patience - learning

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Glassers Choice Theory
Our behaviour is our best attempt to meet one or
more of our needs
The only persons behaviour we can control is our
own
All total behaviour is purposeful but we only
have direct control over our thinking and actions
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Total Behaviour
Thoughts/cognitive
Actions
Feelings/emotions
Physiology
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Your Car
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Cognitive responses /thoughts
Physiological responses
Emotional
responses/feelings
Actions/Behaviours
Front
Back
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Time Pace
3-5years!!!!!!
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Flying The Plane
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Options for You

• Awareness / Understanding
• - We are teaching personal responsibility
• - Different to much of what we might have
  met
• - Takes time
• 2. Support / Reinforce key concepts
• - car
• - choices
• - reality/rules, responsible, respectful
• How are you driving your car?
• Whose in charge of your car/your behaviour?
• Was that choice right, responsible, respectful?
• Whats happening with your front wheels?
• Are your front wheels going where they should be?
• Whats a better choice?
• WHO CAN YOU CONTROL?

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3. Use choice theory at home - Work out your
household 3Rs - Talk about these with your
kids - Work out what are reasonable and
related consequences - Do more teaching
/ less policing - Talk about behaviour and
choices (teachable moments) Thats
what responsibility looks like - Recognise /
praise good choices - Focus on helping kids
to learn from mistakes (Minimal blame
shame make a plan instead) - Dont accept
rationalisations - Recognise behaviour shift
happens in small steps - Accept the human
condition move on, clean slate - Be
realistic with yourself USE WORKING THINGS OUT
PROBLEM SOLVING
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Developed by - Mark Sweeney Impact
Education Group marksweeney_at_xtra.co.nz