Behaviour & Incident Management

Behaviour management is a crucial aspect of a teacher’s professional practice. The APSTs highlight the importance of ongoing learning, creating a positive learning environment, and using effective strategies to ensure all students feel safe and supported in learning.

This area concerned me the most when entering the education world. I had the advantage of working as a TA for 3 months last year and had some ‘teachable moments’ with Year 7 classes.

I find building relationships with the students was key to establishing good behaviour.

Overall, I found that building positive relationships created a foundation for a calm, supportive learning environment in which students are more motivated and behave appropriately.

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Safety in the Workshop

Like all teachers, my aim is to create a safe and productive learning environment for students in the workshop by setting clear expectations for students to comply with the workshop safety rules, learn and pass compulsory safety tests and follow all Safety Operating Procedures (SOP) for every tool, machine and task while they are in the workshop.

As a builder of over 30 years, I have seen my share of serious accidents by tradesmen rushing or not concentrating on their tasks or surroundings.

As I say to my students,

“The blade does not care if it hurts you as it slices through your fingers.”

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Observe and Reflect.

This semester, my 3-week Pex/Prac was at my Internship Host school as per Trade 2 Teach guidelines.
The main difference was that I was at the school full-time and got to observe more classes. I also could ease my way into micro lessons and, eventually, full lessons. The internship helped with this process immensely, as I already knew the school, the students and how the school does things, so I could concentrate on developing my knowledge of curriculum and pedagogy techniques and strategies.
During my practicum, I joined the supervising teacher in marking and moderating assessments/ marks. This was a great experience, as I saw the full lifecycle of a subject, which, in turn, helped me modify my teaching practices.

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Reflecting on my first micro lesson

J03 Classroom

Context: Yr 11 Theory Class.

I shared my construction and project management history and then explained how the skills they are learning in the Furnishing Pathways subject will give them many employment and career opportunities in the future.

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