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Behaviour Management Classroom Essentials
★ September to December 2023
★ 4 live classes hosted online, after school
For secondary school teachers of all experience levels who want to feel confident managing pupil behaviour, day in, day out.
This course is exclusively available to The Key's Whole School members. Places are limited to 2 per course, per school.
If you're not yet a Whole School member, find out more here.
Learn with a practical, hands-on curriculum
Evidence-based and deeply practical, this course is bursting with high-impact, tried-and-tested strategies for dealing with all kinds of behaviour in secondary settings, proactively and in the moment. Created and led by behaviour-management expert and experienced teacher Nikki Cunningham-Smith.
Class 1
Thursday 21 September
4pm to 5.30pm, on Zoom
Behaviour management fundamentals
You’ll learn to:
● Create the right environment, mastering rules, routines and consistency
● Really get to know and understand your pupils – relationships are key!
● Follow your whole-school behaviour policy and make it work for you
Class 2
Thursday 12 October
4pm to 5.30pm, on Zoom
Practical classroom-management strategies
You’ll learn:
● Tried-and-tested classroom-management strategies, and how to make them work for you!
● Strategies to avoid, and what to do instead
Class 3
Thursday 16 November
4pm to 5.30pm, on Zoom
Targeted approaches for more challenging behaviour
You’ll learn:
● How to adapt your approach to meet the needs of individual pupils
● Specific strategies for supporting pupils with challenging behaviour
● How to respond to incidents of difficult behaviour
Class 4
Thursday 7 December
4pm to 5pm, on Zoom
Embedding learning and looking ahead
You’ll:
● Cover bespoke topics that you asked us for last time!
● Have one last chance to put your questions directly to Nikki
● Have time to reflect on all that you've learnt over the course
Who can attend?
This course is designed for secondary school teachers of all experience levels who want to feel confident managing pupil behaviour, day in, day out.
This course is exclusively available to The Key's Whole School members. Places are limited to 2 per course, per school and available on a first-come, first-served basis. If you're not yet a Whole School member, find out more here.
Nikki Cunningham-Smith is Aspire Manager and SENCO across Haberdashers’ Monmouth Schools.
She has extensive experience of working with pupils with challenging behaviour in pupil referral units and secondary schools across the country, as a teacher and senior leader. She's the author of Feel Free To Smile: The Behaviour Management Survival Guide for New Teachers, coaches teachers to support them with behaviour management and writes about behaviour for Tes. You can find her on her blog.
Nikki runs all the live classes, poses questions and activities for small-group discussions and sets gap tasks for you to complete independently.
More reasons to love this course
Active learning, not passive instruction
Your live classes won't just be lectures. Nikki will engage the class, invite discussion, prompt breakout activities and leave plenty of room for Q&A. You'll learn by doing, with practical tasks between classes and regular feedback from Nikki and your class colleagues.
Take away practical resources,
templates and case studies
To use in school, in your role. New resources shared after every class, to help you apply what you’ve learnt immediately.
Learn with a cohort of teacher peers
Learning virtually doesn't mean learning solo. This course is designed to be rich in energising interaction between you and your colleagues - it's your safe space to ask questions and seek peer feedback, and make connections for life.
Earn a certificate of achievement
Complete your classes and get a certificate of achievement from The Key for your learning record.
What others have said about our courses
"I've been a teacher for 8/9 years and this course felt very empowering"
"The tasks were very practical and a brilliant way to secure that knowledge"
"Good tips and strategies that I can now use in my own role"
Frequently asked questions
Live classes are held on Zoom, and you’ll collaborate on practical tasks with small groups of colleagues in breakout rooms. You’ll have practical tasks to complete independently between classes, and 24/7 access to your own online course community forum.
Ideally, yes! Working together with your colleagues is where much of the magic happens, and you’ll have opportunities to ask Nikki questions directly. But we know that some school days run away, so you’ll be able to catch up on-demand if you have to miss a class. This course moves quickly, so we’ll let you know when the class recording is available.
Deeply practical tasks. They’ll help you put learning into practice immediately and get ahead on work you need to complete in your day-to-day role. You might work with colleagues on a task, and get supportive feedback.
Yes! This course was built for busy teachers. Nikki will lead an online class every few weeks across the term, after school at 4pm. Outside of that, expect practical tasks to complete at any point ahead of the next class, and an on-tap peer community to engage with as you like. All your practical tasks will directly relate to your day job - they’ll never take you more than an hour.
Yes! You’ll get a certificate on completion of the course.
Just email any questions to cpd@thekeysupport.com. We’ll get back to you within 2 working days.
These courses are included as part of The Key's Whole School membership. Places are limited to 2 per school, per course and are available on a first-come first-served basis.