EDpaX’s new product on behaviour management is called ‘Tips for a Happy Class’. The pack includes a book with supporting Interactive Whiteboard software. The book provides: Teacher tips for a happy class through an 'at a glance' teacher checklist. One of the points covered on the checklist is e.g.

Plan a Structured Lesson

Concentrate on:

• Learning outcomes and success criteria
• ‘The Big Picture’ (lesson outline)
• Age and stage appropriate content
• Suitable groupings
• Differentiated work if appropriate
• Interesting activities
• Accommodating varied approaches
• Assessment
• Provision of enriched/extension work
• Plenary/debrief session

The ‘Plan a Structured Lesson’ is then explored further by examining each of the individual bullet points above in more detail.

Rights and Rules

The idea of Rights and Rules is explored:

• How to set the rules with a class
• The different types of rules e.g. Safety
• Interactive Whiteboard software to support the teacher in setting the rules
• Photocopy worksheets to promote group discussion when setting the rules

Routines

• What are routines and why they are important
• A six step plan for establishing routines
• Interactive Whiteboard software to support the teacher when setting the routines

Rewards and Sanctions

• Ideas for Rewards
• Ideas for Solutions to prevent small problems becoming big ones
• Ideas for Sanctions and negotiation with the pupils

16 ideas for colourful wall displays for displaying the Rewards and Sanctions are included.

The pack has price of £24.99 which includes a full site licence for the software.