What - who's saying teachers are mad? Well it's worth a thought, and I have got evidence.... So yes, actually you are..... mad as can be - insane. Ok, I'll tell you why I think so.
Ok, I'll tell you. I talk to countless people in schools who are having trouble managing children's behaviour. They tell me all about it. What a child's done, how bad behaviour is increasing, that classes x, y and z are behaving badly, etc, etc. They are full of indignation that the children's behaviour doesn't improve, they can't contact the parents, that there's something wrong with the child, the child's home life is hopeless, the parents are hopeless - it's endless.
I talk to numerous parents too but obviously they think differently - for them the school is awful, the teacher's awful, their child isn't understood or can't help it - equally endless but understandably more in defence of little Alfie ....
Large numbers of people unhappy with the situation and blaming everybody else for unacceptable behaviour!!
So this is my evidence for teachers being mad??? Well, yes and let me tell you why... When I ask people what they've done about altering the children's behaviour they tell me a whole host of techniques they've been using for years - but that the techniques don't work because the problem is with the child, the parents or the homelife, etc. 'So why use them if they don't work?' I ask. Is it going to work any differently by doing more of the same? No, it isn't... same input, same result.
So that makes teachers mad? Yes it does. Heard what the definition of madness is?? Doing the same thing again and again expecting things to turn out differently. It just isn't going to happen. But seriously, how about if you're repeating these techniques endlessly because you don't know there's an alternative - you have't been told there's a different approach, there's been no behaviour management training and you simply don't know what to do?
And that's mad? No, it's sad... and it causes stress, disillusionment and poor performance in adults and children. Something can be done about it though and quite easily too. I train people to manage children's behaviour effectively. In my classroom I use my own advice, to be found in Behaviour Bible, every working day when managing the potentially challenging and violent behaviour from children who are extremely disruptive and confrontational in their mainstream schools. You can learn to manage children's behaviour confidently and as a result have a much more relaxed, less stressed working life.
Author Resource:
Liz Marsden is a highly experienced and qualified behaviour expert who teaches daily and also trains teachers, support staff and teaching students in her techniques. Liz's book, Behaviour Bible gives you essential advice to enable you to become a skilled behaviour specialist. Read about her life in the classroom , offering an invaluable insight into her work.
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