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Supporting Students To Learn and Develop the Skills of Behaviour (45 minutes)

Supporting Students To Learn and Develop the Skills of Behaviour (45 minutes)

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Lesson Summary

It’s no secret that disruptive behaviour impacts student learning and takes time away from teaching our content. However, it can feel like teachers have been lied to about just how much of their work will be about behaviour. So, are we looking at student behaviour in the right way? Do we know how to support students to change and experience growth? In this course, we will explore ways we can teach students about their behaviour, ways we can work alongside them while they develop their skills, and how we can win back some of our teaching time.

You will learn:

  • How to define and recognise disruptive behaviour
  • Why we need to treat behaviour as something to be learnt and developed
  • Strategies you can use to support students to develop their social and behavioural skills

Course time:

About 30 to 45 minutes - perfect for after work or during a spare period. You will have ongoing access via your user dashboard.

Alignment to the Australian Professional Teacher Standards::

This course is mapped to the following Australian Professional Teacher Standards (AITSL). Your completion can be logged as elective PD hours with your state's teaching regulatory authority.

  • 1.2.2 Understand how students learn
  • 4.3.2 Manage challenging behaviour
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Course Content

Supporting Students To Learn and Develop the Skills of Behaviour

Supporting Students To Learn and Develop the Skills of Behaviour

01.
Introduction
02.
Check your understanding
03.
Understanding behaviour
04.
We asked teachers about the importance of explicitly developing behaviour skills in the classroom...
05.
Why do we need to teach students about behaviour?
06.
Rules and norms
07.
Co-creating the classroom norms
08.
Developing an understanding of needs and emotions
09.
Linking behaviour to the impact
10.
Planning for dysregulated moments
11.
Resetting when things go wrong
12.
Reflection
13.
Congratulations

Course Instructor

Megan Corcoran is a wellbeing consultant and Director at Wagtail Institute. She spent 12 years teaching and leading in alternative schools, working with young people who had experienced childhood trauma, often lived in out of home care and were experiencing disadvantage. She has a Masters in Applied Positive Psychology and teaches a Positive Psychology subject at Monash University. She is passionate about the wellbeing of students and staff in schools and loves sharing wellbeing science and trauma-informed practice with teachers.

Frequently Asked Questions

Can I log this PD with my State's teaching authority?

Yes! Our courses are mapped to the Australian Professional Teacher Standards (AITSL), and your completion can be logged as elective PD hours with your state's teaching regulatory authority. To do this, grab your certificate of completion from your personal dashboard once the course is complete.

  • 1.2.2 Understand how students learn
  • 4.3.2 Manage challenging behaviour

How long will this take to complete?

About 30 to 45 minutes - perfect for after work or during a spare period. You will have ongoing access via your user dashboard.

How does it work?

This course is on-demand and for private study. Learn at your own pace and at times that suit you. Get a certificate when you finish. You will have ongoing access.

Is this course accredited?

While this course is not accredited by state teaching authorities, it is mapped to the national Professional Standards for Teachers. This means that you can log this course with your state regulatory authority as elective PD hours.

1.2.2 Understand how students learn
4.3.2 Manage challenging behaviour

Who are the instructors?

This course is designed in consultation with teachers, principals, psychologists, counsellors, scientists, and all manner of experts in the education field.

Cool.org's curriculum team continually reviews and refines our resources to be in line with changes to the Australian Curriculum and best educational practice, so you can be sure your learning is at the cutting edge of education theory.

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