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www.andyvass.net. How to boost your confidence and effectiveness in the classroom. Free Webinar – with Andy Vass, one of the leading behaviour management experts in the UK.
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www.andyvass.net How to boost your confidence and effectiveness in the classroom Free Webinar – with Andy Vass, one of the leading behaviour management experts in the UK. “I’ve coached over 10,000 teachers in more than 1,000 schools. In this webinar I pass on some of my tried and tested techniques to help you thrive in the classroom.” Find out more at www.andyvass.net
www.andyvass.net About me • 36 years experience in education • Teacher, trainer, coach, author and psychotherapist • Provided training to over 1,200 organisations world wide • Personally trained over 10,000 teachers • Consultant to the UK department of education • Book sales of over 53,000 copies • Contributor to the UK National Behaviour Strategy
www.andyvass.net Aims and best hopes Why this webinar? What will need to happen during this webinar for you to say ...? “Wow – that was really useful to me!”
www.andyvass.net Theme 1 - Confidence • Where does it come from? • What’s the most effective way to think about it? • How can we increase our levels of confidence?
www.andyvass.net Theme 1 - Effectiveness “How do you correct children so that they are significantly more likely to respond positively?” That’s the $64,000 question – and this webinar will help you find the $64,000 answer!
www.andyvass.net Confidence
www.andyvass.net Confidence is NOT a thing “You can’t buy it at the shops!”
www.andyvass.net Confidence
www.andyvass.net Preferred Future “When you are feeling as confident as you’d like to be in your classroom, what will you be doing that’s different?
www.andyvass.net Feelings result from doing something It’s much easier to behave into a new way of feeling than feel into a new way of behaving.
www.andyvass.net Confidence boosting inner voice... What do I need to remember to do so this class goes well? When was the last time that things went just a little better with this class? What was I doing, thinking and feeling that helped? Which children can I catch being good earliest? Which children are going to be ready from the start to work with me? What strengths and resources do I have as a person? How do I connect with them right now? What do I need to remember about my class and the whole school discipline plan? What preventative strategies can I use?
www.andyvass.net Change – Wayne Dyer said ... “If you change the way you talk about things ... ... The things you talk about will change.”
www.andyvass.net 7 Keys to Confidence Threat or challenge Thought challenging Mapping across / exceptions Imagine positive outcomes Fake it ‘til you make it Avoid comparisons Focus on resources
www.andyvass.net And there’s more ... • Listening • Empathy • Imagination • Communication • Logical thinking • Coolness under pressure • Decisiveness • Quick thinking • Patience • Staying power • Optimism • Compromising • Determination • Realism • Perseverance • Positive outlook • Creativity • Organising ability • Tenacity • Clear thinking • Resilience • Healthy scepticism • Sympathy
www.andyvass.net Success Diary • TODAY ... note down • 3 x things you did that you were pleased/proud of • 3 x personal qualities or resources you demonstrated or called on • 3 x things you were grateful for • 3 x good things that happened
www.andyvass.net What did I do wrong? What did I NOT do?
www.andyvass.net Effectiveness “How do you correct children so that they are significantly more likely to respond positively?” That’s the $64,000 question – and this webinar will help you find the $64,000 answer!
www.andyvass.net Positive deviance “In every community, organisation or social group there are individuals whose exceptional behaviours or practices enable them to get better results than their neighbours - with the exact same resources.”
www.andyvass.net Correcting with dignity 1. Eye contact 9. Take up time 2. Body match 8. Drop eye contact 3. Tone + Name 7. Thanks 4. Pause 6. Positive Direction 5. Non verbal
www.andyvass.net Correcting with dignity • Eye Contact • Ineffective eye contact is…. • Effective eye contact tends to be… • Should never be used to…. • Important question 1. Eye contact
www.andyvass.net Correcting with dignity • 2. Body Match • How come? • The brain’s focus is… • Congruence 2 Body match
www.andyvass.net Correcting with dignity • 3. Tone + Name • Do you have somebody? • Have you ever? • Names should always be spoken • respectfully • conversationally • with positive intent 3.Tone + Name
www.andyvass.net Correcting with dignity • 4. Pause • “The right word may be effective, but no word was ever as effective as a rightly timed pause.” Mark Twain • For breath • For thought • For effect 4.Pause
www.andyvass.net Correcting with dignity • 5. Non-verbal • The benefits are? 5.Non verbal
www.andyvass.net Correcting with dignity • 6. Positive direction • What is one? • Why do they matter? • How do you create them? 6.Positive direction
www.andyvass.net Try these…. Don’t speak to ME like that! You’ve left your equipment out again You shouldn’t be here. Get out now You’re not going until you finish Stop pushing in the queue You’re starting to annoy me now Stop running in the corridor. How many more times! You’ll be sitting on your own if youcarry on like that
www.andyvass.net Correcting with dignity • Thanks • Thanks v please • Your own experience • Reciprocity 7.Thanks
www.andyvass.net Correcting with dignity • 8. Drop eye contact • Whatever you resist persists 8. Drop eye contact
www.andyvass.net Correcting with dignity • 9. Take up time • Sometimes called “face saving time” • Disconnects from what’s not working • Combines physical, psychological and emotional feedback • Describes value to the class 9.Take up time
www.andyvass.net Correcting with dignity 1. Eye contact 9. Take up time 2. Body match 8. Drop eye contact 3. Tone + Name 7. Thanks 4. Pause 6. Positive Direction 5. Non verbal
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