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Running the Room: The Teacher’s Guide to Behaviour

By: Tom Bennett
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Summary
 Good behaviour is the beginning of great learning. All children deserve classrooms that are calm, safe spaces where everyone is treated with dignity. Creating that space is one of the most important things a teacher needs to be able to do. But all too often teachers begin their careers with the bare minimum of training - or worse, none. How students behave, socially and academically, dictates whether or not they will succeed or struggle in school. Every child comes to the classroom with different skills, habits, values and expectations of what to do. There's no point just telling a child to behave; behaviour must be taught. Behaviour is a curriculum. This simple truth is the beginning of creating a classroom culture where everyone flourishes, pupils and staff.
Running the Room is the teacher's guide to behaviour. Practical, evidence informed, and based on the expertise of great teachers from around the world, it addresses the things teachers really need to know to build the classrooms children need. Bursting with strategies, tips and solid advice, it brings together the best of what we know and saves teachers, new or old, from reinventing the wheels of the classroom. It's the book teachers have been waiting for. Developmental Psychology Education Psychology Psychology & Mental Health
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The scenarios described in this book were easily identifiable for any teacher struggling with classroom management. Lots of good strategies provided to deal with this pervasive issue in the classroom.

Well worth reading for the novice teacher

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Practical advice and strategies for both experienced and new teachers alike, regardless of setting or student cohorts.

Behavior Management done just right!

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Clear. Practical. Insightful. Excellent language for school leaders to use with staff who are just not getting it.

Excellent practical and insightful work.

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At last, teachers and school leaders have an excellent guide book packed with hundreds of practical suggestions on managing the full spectrum of classroom behaviours written by a former teacher for teachers with Tom’s focus firmly placed on the rights for every student to receive the best education possible and for the rights of every teacher to deliver this in a safe and nurturing environment. Congratulations Tom for this seminal work!

This book will be the talk in every staff room!

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As a brand new English High School teacher in Australia I found this book to be a life libe that I would listen to on the way to and from school. it helped me to analyse and try out behavioural routines in my own classroom and help me recognise what issues were beyond my ability. I am more confident and prepared because of this book.

The author's excellent voice and humour for a difficult and complex issue.

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