Student behaviour is a high priority for Pre-Service Teachers and Early Career Teachers. This article shares a view into a journey taken in the step from Pre-Service Teacher to Early Career Teacher. Driven by rising questions that challenged the norm of behaviour management presented through Initial Teacher Education and schools, this teacher…

In this article, we tackle the disadvantaging conditions of zero tolerance policies in school settings and advocate using an alternative approach--critical restorative justice through peacemaking circles--to nurture resilience and open opportunity at the school level. In the process, this article builds on theory and qualitative research and…

Resource Teachers: Learning and Behaviour (RTLB) are specialised teachers who work in regular schools to help facilitate the presence, participation and learning of students who experience difficulties with learning and behaviour. In focusing upon the RTLB principle of a "collaborative and seamless model of service" (Ministry of…

This paper examines new structured attempts to address and manage emotions in the classroom. Critical analysis focuses on the broad emotional literacy agenda operating within schools, and more specifically the Social and Emotional Aspects of Learning (SEAL) programme. Data are drawn on from an ethnographic study located in Behaviour Support Units…

We examine the effects of the Cleveland Metropolitan School District's (CMSD) districtwide efforts to improve school safety, order, and conditions for learning. These approaches include implementing (1) a social and emotional learning program for elementary students (PATHS); (2) a planning model for students exhibiting academic or nonacademic…

Using official school data, this study examined a sample of 447 at-risk students enrolled over a 10-year period in a youth-based mentoring program. The primary objective of the program was to ensure high school graduation. Participants were identified by indices of academic and school behaviors that rendered them less likely to graduate from high…

This session will describe the social validity, usability and intent to use of an interactive, state-of-the-art, professional development program based on the Response to Intervention (RtI) approach and its core components (e.g., problem-solving strategy; three tiers of intervention service delivery with universal, selected and intensive…

This paper attempts to describe a year long program with minority group students characterized as unruly, aggressive, rebellious and withdrawn. The purpose of the program was to accentuate worthy behavior without losing their own cultural background, reduce defensiveness, and develop positive attitudes toward the school and community. (Author)

The therapeutic educational guidance center at Hoxton is described through use of case studies. (Author/RK)

Describes the self-imposed research system (SIR), which focuses on a student's ability to understand and manage his/her own behavior, as a practical approach for counseling students with behavior problems. Describes data gathering techniques including observation, questionnaires, and interviews and provides suggestions for facilitating SIR,…

At Greenesfield Remedial Centre, Gateshead, students participated in projects designed to help them understand themselves while developing their talents and learning to cope with life's everyday problems. (Author/RK)

During the past ten years, many school districts have established alternative schools or programs for students who are seriously disruptive and academically unsuccessful. This bulletin describes five different types of alternative programs that have been effective in dealing with disruptive youth. They include the Tri-C Community Centered…

With funds from the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA Title III), the Cooperative Educational Services Center of Winsted, Connecticut is seeking to (1) initiate a pupil services team-work approach, and (2) provide an opportunity for greater teacher-awareness of the significance of the behavior of children. Complete statistical…

A plan was devised to improve the behavior and attitudes of selected junior high school students who, as a result of continual classroom misbehavior, had been frequently referred by classroom teachers to the assistant principal. The program involved organization and use of resource persons already available in the school (including guidance…

"Countering society's negative messages requires a planned, comprehensive approach that involves students, support staff" and the community, says Linda McKay, director of the Personal Responsibility Education Process (PREP) for St. Louis, Missouri, schools. Area schools have selected 49 different values as a focus for character…