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This book offers straight talking advice in a question and answer format on dealing with fidgeting to extreme aggression, and everything in between. Teaching isn't all about teaching; new teachers quickly realize that they need to be lion tamers too. Controlling a class isn't something that comes naturally to everyone - but it can be learned. This no-nonsense guide tells teachers what the teacher training didn't, and offers instant strategies for dealing with the most common, and extreme, classroom scenarios. Using his experiences of teaching in inner-city schools, as Behaviour Guru on the TES advice forum, and working as a nightclub bouncer, Tom Bennett helps teachers, old and new, to assert their authority in the classroom.

The Behaviour Guru: Behaviour Management Solutions for Teachers

Preface; Section 1: What's going on in your classroom?; Introduction; 1. What you need to know; Section 2: Dear Tom...; 2. Fidgeting and restlessness - keeping them on task; 3. Knocking attention seeking behaviour on the head; 4. Attitude and verbal disruption - keeping your cool; 5. Leader of the pack - dealing with group disruption; 6. Extreme behaviour - what to do when the worst happens; 7. Dealing with the adults - getting parents and colleagues on your side; 8. Managing stress and the work-life balance Final thoughts; Further reading and resources.