Guides & resources

This practice guide will assist teachers in supporting students to focus on learning when a range of factors impact their engagement and attention and lead to persistent disengagement and disruption across multiple lessons.

This practice guide will assist teachers with creating calm learning environments, helping to prevent emotional and behavioural escalation, and supporting students when it does occur.

Teachers discuss and demonstrate how to use acknowledgement and praise to recognise students demonstrating expected behaviours and behaviours exceeding expectations in the classroom.

Teachers from a range of schools discuss and demonstrate how to use clear communication to set expectations, give instructions and respond to behaviour in the classroom.

Teachers from a range of schools discuss and demonstrate how to scan the class to intentionally monitor all students.

Teachers from a range of schools discuss how voice control can be used for different purposes and to different effect in the classroom.

Teachers discuss and demonstrate how a deliberate pause can be used to gain students’ attention; emphasise a point; or give students time to process information, follow a direction, or correct disengaged or disruptive behaviours in the classroom.

This video features teachers who discuss and demonstrate how to use non-verbal corrections to support and maintain positive student behaviour in classrooms.

Teachers discuss and demonstrate how to circulate the classroom to intentionally monitor, connect with, encourage, guide and support all students to demonstrate the expected behaviours and engage in learning tasks.

Teachers discuss and demonstrate practical suggestions for building positive connections with all students to build trust and form positive relationships.

Teachers discuss and demonstrate how to respond to disengaged and disruptive behaviours to maintain a safe and supportive learning environment.

Teachers from a range of schools discuss and demonstrate how to establish a routine for students moving through the school.