Behaviour Management

for Teaching Assistants

Amjad Ali

@ASTSupportaali

Areas to discuss…

1. Setting ground rules

2. Using rewards and sanctions

3. Common issues/Effective strategies

4. Anything else?

DNA- Ground rules

Write down your top 4 ground rules as a Teaching

Assistant for your students/classes

Bear in mind:

support for the pupil

support for the teacher

support for the curriculum

support for the school.

Rewards…

Raffles

SERCO

Emails to tutor/college

Phone Calls

Learning Support Post Cards

Others?

Non- Negotiable…

Research your pupils

Know your pupils

Know the new RFL Policy

Be confident

Be firm/fair and consistent

Top tips

Routines

Condemn the action not the child

Be mindful of your voice and body language

Move around- accessibility

Remain detached from situation

Remove audience pressure

Language

Not yet…

Well done?

Thank You.

A.B.C

A: antecedent – what happened to spark the

unwanted behaviour (e.g. was it another pupil,, or a

negative comment from the teacher?)

B: behaviour – describe the resulting response (eg

lashing out, sulking, refusal to cooperate)

C: consequences – what happened afterwards (eg a

warning or reprimand from the teacher, SERCO entry,

department support, another child getting upset) and

how this affected subsequent working?

Observations…

Frequency of behaviour

Reaction to certain activities

Reactions to peers

What do you know that others don’t?

Share with College/SENCO/Academic Mentors?

Top issues:

Defiance

Silly Noises

Abusive Language

Refusal to work

Disrespectful

Class clown

Interrupting

Defiance…

Silly Noises

Abusive Language

Refusal to work

Disrespectful

Class Clown

Interrupting

Optimus Education:

A Teachers role…

Introduce the TA by name in every lesson and don't refer to them as 'assistant'

Ensure the teacher and TA have joint responsibility over giving rewards and sanctions?

Sit down together and work out exactly how you are going to work together – hand out the Cheney TA contract

Develop a shared public voice - talk together in front of the students and bounce ideas off one another

Swap responsibilities so the children see it's a genuine partnership

References/Thanks:

http://www.optimus-education.com/supporting-pupils-behaviour-issues-classroom-strategies-teachers-and-teaching-assistants

http://www.pivotaleducation.com/teaching-assistants-learning-support-assistants-and-behaviour-management-pp/

http://www.belb.org.uk/downloads/i_epd_promoting_and_sustaining_positive_pupil_behaviour.pdf

https://www.tes.co.uk/teaching-resource/The-20-big-mistakes-most-teachers-make-6129487/

http://www.behaviourneeds.com/site/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/Needs-Focused-Interventions.pdf