1. Incredible Years Teachers Central Otago

2. A Difficult Student How does the teacher feel? How does the teacher feel? How does the student feel? How does the student feel? How do their parents feel? How do their parents feel?

4. Vignette 1 How does the teacher show interest in the girl? How does the teacher show interest in the girl? What do you think about the lack of eye contact? What do you think about the lack of eye contact?

5. Do you do anything in particular at the beginning of the year to get to know your students’ interests/ talents?

6. Vignette 2 What is the value in teachers joining in children’s fun? What is the value in teachers joining in children’s fun? Share with each other the ways that you are playful in your classroom. Share with each other the ways that you are playful in your classroom.

7. Vignette 3 Record in your group the opportunities you provide for role play and make believe. Record in your group the opportunities you provide for role play and make believe. In what ways could you make learning more fun in your classroom? In what ways could you make learning more fun in your classroom?

8. What activities enable you to have one to one time with your students?

9. Vignette 7,8,9 Discuss with the person sitting next to you why separations and reunions are so important to children. Share good ideas you have for greeting and farewelling each student. Discuss with the person sitting next to you why separations and reunions are so important to children. Share good ideas you have for greeting and farewelling each student.

10. What ideas do you have for establishing positive relationships with students’ parents?

11. Vignette S2 What is emphasised about the homework? What is emphasised about the homework? What message is conveyed to the mother about her participation in her child’s homework? What message is conveyed to the mother about her participation in her child’s homework? How do you share information with parents? How do you share information with parents?

13. Preventing Behaviour Problems How as classroom teachers do we prevent How as classroom teachers do we prevent misbehaviour? misbehaviour? How can we be proactive? How can we be proactive? What can we do in our classrooms? What can we do in our classrooms?

14. First Narration In pairs discuss alternative ways to state rules. In pairs discuss alternative ways to state rules.

15. Vignette S3 What is the value of showing children the picture cue cards of the rules? What is the value of showing children the picture cue cards of the rules? Why do children need to enact or demonstrate the rule? Why do children need to enact or demonstrate the rule?

18. Share with each other ideas you use to create a workable classroom environment, eg desk placement, seating plan.

19. What methods have you found successful for signalling transitions?

20. Vignette S9 What strategies do you use to re-engage children’s attention? What strategies do you use to re-engage children’s attention? What purpose does the elevator imagery serve? What purpose does the elevator imagery serve?

21. Brainstorm strategies you use to calm and re- engage students. Brainstorm strategies you use to calm and re- engage students.

22. Wiggle Break

23. Vignette 12 How does the counting help? How does the counting help? What is the point of framing the lining up process in terms of magic? What is the point of framing the lining up process in terms of magic?

24. Vignette 13 What makes this interaction effective? What makes this interaction effective?

25. Vignette 17 &18 What are all the strategies this teacher uses to get his students’ attention? What are all the strategies this teacher uses to get his students’ attention?

27. Shut up Shut up Quit shouting Quit shouting Stop running Stop running Watch it Watch it Why don’t you put that away? Why don’t you put that away? Lets clean up the blocks? Lets clean up the blocks? Cut it out Cut it out What is your coat doing there? What is your coat doing there? Why is your backpack there? Why is your backpack there? Don’t push him like a bull. Don’t push him like a bull. Why is your book still on the desk? Why is your book still on the desk? You look like a mess. You look like a mess. Stop bugging your friend. Stop bugging your friend. You are never ready. You are never ready. You must stop touching her in circle time You must stop touching her in circle time Your desk is a mess Your desk is a mess Don’t whine Don’t whine You are impossible You are impossible Stop dawdling Stop dawdling Hurry up Hurry up Be quiet Be quiet Why are you out of your seat when you’ve been told not to? Why are you out of your seat when you’ve been told not to? What are you doing bothering your friend? What are you doing bothering your friend? Are you stupid. Are you stupid.

28. Vignette 29 How could this teacher end the day more positively. How could this teacher end the day more positively. Brainstorm ideas you use for a positive end to the day. Brainstorm ideas you use for a positive end to the day.

29. Vignette 36 What strategies is this teacher using? What strategies is this teacher using? In what ways are they effective? In what ways are they effective? Why is using a child’s name important? Why is using a child’s name important?

30. Vignettes 38 & 39 What is the value here of giving options? What is the value here of giving options? Is offering choices incompatible with keeping control of the classroom? Is offering choices incompatible with keeping control of the classroom? What choices do you offer your students? What choices do you offer your students?

31. Vignette 41 How else might you use non verbal cues to signal quiet or staying in their seat? How else might you use non verbal cues to signal quiet or staying in their seat? How might she be more preventative in helping the children stay working while she works with small groups on reading? How might she be more preventative in helping the children stay working while she works with small groups on reading?

32. Vignette 53 & 54 In what ways do you remind yourself to praise compliance? In what ways do you remind yourself to praise compliance?

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