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**THREAD ON BEHAVIOUR**
My brother's friend is in his first 6 weeks in a Teach First placement. I spoke to him for 1hr yesterday to help him overcome some issues he was having - mainly that behaviour was awful.
This thread highlights the *dangers* of Restorative Justice
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My brother's friend is in his first 6 weeks in a Teach First placement. I spoke to him for 1hr yesterday to help him overcome some issues he was having - mainly that behaviour was awful.
This thread highlights the *dangers* of Restorative Justice
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Before he started telling me his issues, I asked him what the behaviour policy in the school was, to see if its him or the school.
1st warning
2nd warn = teacher has to speak to pupil after school for 10 mins
3rd warn = pupil removed to another class + 1 hour detention
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1st warning
2nd warn = teacher has to speak to pupil after school for 10 mins
3rd warn = pupil removed to another class + 1 hour detention
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He said he will have the same kids on a 2nd warning every lesson so he has to spend *ages* after school talking to pupils who misbehaved.
These pupils will do the same every lesson. And it's a never ending cycle of speaking to same kids every day he has them.
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These pupils will do the same every lesson. And it's a never ending cycle of speaking to same kids every day he has them.
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The time he's spending speaking to the same pupils every day is less time he using for planning.
He's new to teaching, and instead of planning and reading up and scripting, he's speaking to the same kids every bloody day.
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He's new to teaching, and instead of planning and reading up and scripting, he's speaking to the same kids every bloody day.
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He said that on a normal day he could have 20 kids on a 1st warning 7 kids on a 2nd warning and a few removed to another poor teachers classroom.
That's 30ish warnings given and the only repercussion the majority of the pupils will face is a 10 minute chat with the teacher.
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That's 30ish warnings given and the only repercussion the majority of the pupils will face is a 10 minute chat with the teacher.
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What does 30 warnings look like?
30 seconds to warn them and put name on board 30 times and then get back to teaching equates to 15 minutes of lost learning time that lesson.
Then you have the chatting back that any of those 30 warnings could entail.
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30 seconds to warn them and put name on board 30 times and then get back to teaching equates to 15 minutes of lost learning time that lesson.
Then you have the chatting back that any of those 30 warnings could entail.
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Every time you stop to warn a pupil it adds cognitive load to pupils, they get interrupted, watch the show that's taking place and they won't learn as well, can't concentrate, etc etc. Outcomes will suffer.
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Restorative Justice with rudeness to teachers only being a warning made my brother's friend feel like he was failing. Disempowered (is that a word?) him, and made him resent going into school.
It's week 6 of his Teach First.
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It's week 6 of his Teach First.
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HE WAS TOLD TO USE DOUG LEMOV'S NON INVASIVE INTERVENTIONS WHEN DEALING WITH TERRIBLE BEHAVIOUR.
He was told to click fingers to remind misbehaving pupils to behave.
He's week 6 of Teach First & he's being set up to fail simply because the behaviour system is SH*T.
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He was told to click fingers to remind misbehaving pupils to behave.
He's week 6 of Teach First & he's being set up to fail simply because the behaviour system is SH*T.
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Oh my I forgot - and he was told to raise hand to signal the start to a lesson AND *WAIT FOR KIDS TO BE QUIET*
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