When the Adults Change, Everything Changes: Seismic shifts in school behaviour

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Narrated by Paul Dix himself, this audiobook is suitable for teachers and school leaders – in any setting – who are looking to upgrade their approach to school behaviour. When the Adults Change Everything Changes was a silver winner 2017 Foreword INDIES Awardsin the Education category.

When the Adults Change, Everything Changes by Paul Dix (2017 When the Adults Change, Everything Changes by Paul Dix (2017

Tony now works as a trainer and consultant working with a range of providers and is still fascinated by behaviour and human relationships. He is passionate about improving opportunities and life chances for all young people. Tony has worked with Senior Teams to build behaviour policy and practice at whole school level, as well as supporting Local Authorities in their Inclusion Strategy.Reading this book changed my practice overnight, and I've been teaching for 28 years. I knew it was just what we needed, so I've become something of an evangelist. Now staff are reading it and we've based training and practice around what we truly believe to be the way forward. Support staff feel they have the language to deal with misbehaviour and that they are part of a consistent approach. There is a noticeable calmness about all the staff and they can't wait to come into the staffroom and tell everyone else how “the script” has worked! Some are even using it on their own children at home. We take it for granted that we all do what we do because we genuinely care about improving the lives of the young people in our schools. However, how often do we say it – to ourselves, or to others? How often do we show it? This book reminded me that we should all say it, loudly and regularly. developing a whole school ethos built on kindness, empathy and understanding. Suitable for all head teachers, school leaders, teachers, NQTs and classroom assistants in any phase or context, including SEND and alternative provision settings who are looking to upgrade their own classroom management or school behaviour plan. This book and the Pivotal resources that go with it are gold dust for any leader who wants to transform their school into one where relationships matter and school improvement is more than just about helping a select few to learn. After I saw Dix speak, I felt inspired to buy the book immediately and bought a couple for our staffroom. Engaging from the start, the book combines sound advice with practical strategies to implement them successfully.

When the Adults Change, Everything Changes by Paul Dix

Please discuss the research used to underpin the ideas. What evidence does the author use? Is it robust and up-to-date? Next, we simplified our behaviour policy introducing just three whole school rules which has defined whole school behaviour expectations and has created visible consistencies for our whole school community. There isn't an adult or pupil who does not know what our three school rules are; suffice to say this wasn't the case before. Additionally, we have introduced the '30 Second Intervention' which is providing a planned, predictable and safe way to send clear messages to the children about their behaviour. Before this, staff were responding emotionally to behaviour and were deferring to SLT which was undermining their relationship with the child. Don't react emotionally to bad behaviour. At all.This again sounds obvious, but I am willing to bet that every teacher can identify a time where they allowed emotions to creep in. I certainly can. Dix emphasises the importance of keeping calm and makes a number of suggestions to support this aim. He also emphasises the importance of tone and body language, something I think is often overlooked.

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Through his writing, Paul brings a refreshing approach to the issues facing educators today with a mixture of hard-hitting questioning that will get you squirming about some of your own practice combined with fantastic, practical solutions that can be rolled out with ease for the benefit of all. Be prepared to face the odd expletive -¦ while the injections of humour will have you laughing out loud on the train!