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Creating Positive Classrooms is the definitive guide for classroom teachers in all matters behaviour, culture and ethos. This book explains how to craft the social norm in your classroom with 50 approaches to creating a positive classroom environment.
Each approach includes a five-step summary that details how to turn a theoretical concept into reality. Read it from cover to cover, or dip in as needed. This book provides you with step-by-step instructions to master positive classroom techniques. Your pupils will behave, thrive and be inspired to learn.
About the author
Sam Strickland is the principal of a large all-through school and has helped to guide its GCSE results from the bottom 20% nationally to the top 20%, and A-level outcomes to the top 5% nationally. Sam began his teaching career as a history teacher in Bedfordshire having completed his PGCE in secondary history at the University of Cambridge under Christine Counsell. His career quickly accelerated and he became head of history and Classics. He then moved on to become a lead professional and worked for a SCITT consortium. During his time as an assistant headteacher, he had responsibility for the sixth form and led a post-16 consortium arrangement. Sam also served as a vice principal, where he directly oversaw student care, the sixth form and the curriculum, and served as the safeguarding lead for an entire trust. Sam has served as an associate principal, with GCSE and A-level results under his tenure receiving commendation from the DfE, Nick Gibb and the SSAT. The organiser of researchED Northampton and author of
Education Exposed,
Education Exposed 2,
The Behaviour Manual, They Don't Behave for Me and
Is Leadership a Race?, he is a leading voice in the current conversation in education. He has had educational resources and research published, he regularly delivers courses and keynotes nationally and he has served as a lead facilitator for a variety of NPQs.
Summary
Creating Positive Classrooms is the definitive guide for classroom teachers in all matters behaviour, culture and ethos. This book explains how to craft the social norm in your classroom with 50 approaches to creating a positive classroom environment.
Each approach includes a five-step summary that details how to turn a theoretical concept into reality. Read it from cover to cover, or dip in as needed. This book provides you with step-by-step instructions to master positive classroom techniques. Your pupils will behave, thrive and be inspired to learn.
