The Success Zone

This free webinar provides 60 minutes of insight into a brain-based approach to managing student behaviour. It covers a range of behaviour management techniques that are based heavily on neuroscience, exemplary teaching skills and coaching methodology. Placees are limited, and registration is via this link: http://www.eventbrite.com/myevent?eid=1345702031   Presenter: Andrew Mowat Date: April 6 2011 Time: [...]

  The one day Success Zone Classrooms Mastery workshops are highly engaging and experiential, and teach you the often hidden skills of outstanding teachers. Included in the workshop is a copy of The Success Zone, Success Zone Classrooms Manual and teaching resources. These innovative and inspiring workshops will show you: Aspects of the brain that [...]

  Use recent neuroscience research and leading coaching techniques to create a classroom where students are engaged and self-managing. Register here: http://successzoneclassroomswebinar1.eventbrite.com/  This event is our online version of the one day Success Zone Classrooms Mastery workshop. It consists of five 1 hour webinars spaced fortnightly. The delivery style is informative and experiential, while the time [...]

Free Webinar: An introduction to Success Zone Classrooms This free webinar provides 60 minutes of insight into a brain-based approach to managing student behaviour. It covers a range of behaviour management techniques that are based heavily on neuroscience, exemplary teaching skills and coaching methodology. Placees are limited, and registration is via this link: http://www.eventbrite.com/myevent?eid=721871136 Presenter: [...]

This event is our online version of the one day Success Zone Classrooms Mastery workshop. It consists of five 1 hour webinars spaced fortnightly. The delivery style is informative and experiential, while the time between sessions allows for the application, discovery and reflection of learning of the skills, concepts and techniques. Included in the workshop [...]

10. Treating the classroom as a place where you teach, but not learn In comparison to other professions, teachers have been historically slow to change and adapt. Professional development, in widespread use only in the last 30-40 years, has tended to be after hours of off site. Teachers have come to see that where I [...]

Free Webinar: An introduction to Success Zone Classrooms This free webinar provides 60 minutes of insight into a brain-based approach to managing student behaviour. It covers a range of behaviour management techniques that are based heavily on neuroscience, exemplary teaching skills and coaching methodology. Placees are limited, and registration is via this link: http://www.eventbrite.com/myevent?eid=721871136 Presenter: [...]

9. Pride over humility The ‘proud professional’ might experience an angry student swearing at them. The mind state of this persona interprets the misbehavior as a personal attack, and responds strongly from the Red Zone.  Often, this sort of teacher will seek punishment and retribution applied from middle or senior school leadership. In other words, [...]

8. Playing favourites It is easy, as a teacher (and as a parent or leader), to socially and emotionally reward those who meet your expectations and conditions. It is also just as easy to be socially and emotionally distant from those who don’t. This is a form of conditional respect (do as you are told [...]

7. Being disorganized in your behaviour management Consider the recent major floods in Queensland and Brisbane (Australia).  In terms of the response from authorities and government, three key phases were apparent: preparation, the flooding itself and the recovery. In each of these phases observation, communication and action were present, providing clarity and autonomy in particular. [...]