• to develop the capacity of the college to establish, manage and maintain positive behaviour in support of learning
• to focus on managing students who cause concern through problems with behaviour, motivation, achievement, organisation and learning
• to further develop the effectiveness of our behaviour and learning management skills and systems

10.00 The big picture and the basics

• Helpful models that guide our work
• Establishing the culture we want. Boundaries. Procedures. Learning agreements.
• Preventing and minimising; formulating and applying consequences (positive & negative)
• Repairing and rebuilding
• Sharing our concerns. Resourceful states. Professional manner. Authority
• Some video extracts

11.00 Behaviour and learning management skills

• Towards a 'preferred practice'
• Professional scripts and strategies that work
• Support interview skills, mentoring, pastoral back up
• Resistance, reluctance, motivation and change
• Brief solution techniques, mediation & disciplinary interviews
• Working with hard cases, difficult situations, angry, disorganised and under achieving students
  

1.45 A brief look at behaviour and learning management systems

• Reviewing our systems, structures, roles & responsibilities. How does it work?
• What makes an effective and efficient system?
• Modelling systems on the working world

2.45 Getting back to learning

• What makes a 'good' lesson / lecture? A team exercise to review our practice
• Updating and applying recent teaching and learning research. Some ideas in action

3.45 Tea and depart