A Kit Bag for Promoting Positive Behaviour in the Classroom

Disruptive classroom behaviours can prevent effective teaching and create a negative learning environment. This book has been written by teachers for teachers, and is bursting with tried and tested strategies and techniques to make the classroom a happier place for everyone. "The 'Kit Bag'" is a bank of up-to-date ideas that can be dipped into whenever needed, each one contributing to a learning culture where children can be engaged, excited, and challenged by the learning process. Ideas identify problems practically and show how to proactively change even the most challenging classroom with successful strategies that can revolutionise current school practices. This widely acclaimed approach will be a must for any teacher who has ever been confronted with challenging behaviour. It will also be a valuable tool for headteachers, senior leaders, and all other classroom practitioners.

Nicola S Morgan has taught for fifteen years in a variety of settings, including mainstream and special needs schools. During this time she developed a reputation for managing the most difficult classes and pupils. Consequently, she was asked to begin organising training courses for staff on managing children within the classroom environment. This interest developed to the point where she became a full-time trainer and consultant on primary school behaviour management. She is currently managing a number of projects on positive behaviour management at a selection of difficult schools based on intervention schemes which she has developed herself. She is the author of Quick, Easy and Effective Behaviour Management Ideas for the Classroom, also published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers. Gill Ellis is currently a headteacher of a large primary school in South Wales and believes that if we can create the right environment for children to learn then they will be challenged, engaged and excited about learning. She has developed a keen interest in creating a positive learning culture through a whole school approach and has represented local authorities through raising achievement groups, pilots and projects on behaviour management and worked with parents and family groups in creating positive partnerships with schools.