Brian Mendler Podcasts
During 2010 Brian Mendler held a series of podcasts that outline key strategies and thinking behind dealing with and approaching student behaviour.
Below is the link to listen to the podcasts as well as key elements from each.
Brian MendlerPodcast - Sept 2010
1.
Helping
parents is the biggest issue in education
2.
Prevention,
Prevention, Prevention
3.
Relationships
are so important – what are three things you know about your most challenging
student that they do outside of school outside of school
4.
Know your
students “unbelievably” well.
5.
Students
listen to teachers only when you have credibility and their trust or a connection
with them.
6.
If you
value something…grade it – Lateness, uniform, manners, organisation. Get
students then to help others with the problem.
7.
“What do I
do when…” figure out what the reason is to why
they are misbehaving. Then figure out the - what to do.
8.
4 Reasons children misbehave
Attention – not enough (desperate for attention) or too
much at home (expect it at school) Ignore when you can, give private attention.
(Bad attention in life is better than no attention)
a.
Doctor
analogy - same symptom, different reasons.
Power/Control – (responsibility, autonomy, independence)
make decisions for themselves. Other kids feel power/control somewhere else in
their life.
Competence – feel good at being good at school. Contrive
situations for students to succeed - privately. Build, scaffold opportunities for students to
succeed. Differentiate.
Belonging
– relationships, being a part
of something (altruism)
9.
Don’t
focus on the behaviour, focus on the why. Figure out what is going on below the
surface.
Brian Mendler Podcast - Oct 2010
10.
Include
all kids all the time
11.
Mentoring - give guidance and support. Volunteering.
12.
Consequences/
Grading what you value – should promote learning.
13.
Bullying - Ricky story (19x)– When kids can’t help or
control themselves. Practise by role playing to learn behaviours. “I don’t care what you say”…then walk away.
..Kids are sometimes conditioned to react in a certain way. They need to
practise to say and do the right thing.
14.
Bullying
is not worse today than it ever was. It’s always been bad!
15.
Bullying
education should be as important as other learning areas. 40 minutes of bullying practise and
prevention…practise, practise, practise
16.
Follow up
bullying forms (What I did, What I should have done what I will do next time) are
good only if there is follow up practise and training.
17.
Trace
bullying in the school.
18.
Everyone
plays a part in bullying. They need to practise what to do. The bully, the
victim and the bystanders. There could be a curriculum. A bullying specialist.
19.
Retrain
student behaviour.
20.
Consequences - Doing the same thing and expect a different
result. Headache analogy. Headache persists and keep taking Panadol…..
21.
Do what’s
best for kids. Asking “is this working?” Is it making things better or worse.
22.
Talk to
kids privately.
23.
Reward the
whole class not just one person. Keep kids liking each other rather than
rewarding just one or two. This pits kids against each other.
24.
Competition:
good only if people are not forced to do it! Kids competing in a class is not
good if they are not willing to compete.
1.
Teachers
should tackle discipline in the classroom without administration.
2.
Things
“should be” different for vulnerable students.
3.
In regard
to academic progress, worry about where kids are, not where they should be.
4.
Have a
disciple plan to where you want to go, but a plan that is flexible.
5.
Look at
what is right there, use the interest that the students have.
6.
In having
a behaviour policy, allow for flexibility. Use judgement, have a policy but all
final decisions are made by teachers/people involved.
7.
Rearview
mirrors analogy for student misbehaviour: Three rearview mirrors in a car (rear
mirror and two side view mirrors) so you can look behind you with different
perspectives. Students look at their behaviour from different percpectives
(their own, other students, teachers...)
8.
The front
windshield is always larger because moving forward is the most important thing.
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