PNF Secondary Remote Teacher Training

Module-Teaching Teenagers
Workshop – 3 of 10

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Welcome to the PNF Secondary
Remote Teacher Training
Programme
My name is Alicia Artusi

I am your online Trainer.

We will be working together on the live Telegram sessions.



In workshop 3 you will learn:

- about various aspects of effective classroom management
- strategies to create a classroom management plan for
teachers of teenagers

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 The Pre-Workshop Task should take approximately 60 minutes.

There is an activity to share with your Trainer which is worth 1

mark towards your module assessment.




Learner journal Learner journals are great tools for both
learners and teachers. They help you to
record your thoughts and learning points and
go back and reflect on them with the benefit
of time and experience.

You can use a copy book and pen, notes in

your mobile or record voice voice. Organise
yourself in any way that works for you.
Learner journal need to be honest and
should include what you felt went wrong as
well as your success and your understanding
of why you think something worked.

Task 1

Read the 4 tips about different classroom situations.

Which of the four tips do you think is the most
useful for your classes? Why?
1) Write in your learner journal.
2) Respond to a colleague on Telegram. E.g:
Maria: I like tip 1 because when I sit among SS and
use paper or mini whiteboard, they tend to pay
more attention and feel I care about them.
Isabel: I agree. I do it sometimes. I also stand at the
back sometimes. I also agree with tip 4. I learn
from my students every class.

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 Students follow your example. If you walk into class with a smile,
confident posture and lots of energy, your lesson will probably go
well.
If you feel exhausted, grumpy or bored, then so will your students.
This can affect transform behaviour and discipline too.

I’ve recently been working with a class of 12-year-olds who struggle

to concentrate or retain information. So I decided to try a different
approach.

Instead of standing at the front of the class, I sit among them, and
use a small hand-held board to write on. We’ve started to approach Tip Number 1
the class as a puzzle we have to solve together. And behaviour has
improved.

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 If a student is difficult, there’s usually a reason. It might not be a very good reason,
but it does exist! And if you can figure it out, your life might become much easier.

Once the student feels accepted and understood, chances are, their behaviour will
improve. There are lots of ways to do this.

Tip Number
You could pull them out of the class for a quick chat (or simply 2
to give them
space to calm down). Some students prefer to write: I often ask my students for
written topic suggestions and feedback. With one group, we used to start each
class with 10 minutes’ diary-writing in English. They had a chance to express
themselves, and they practised English writing as well!

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 Always leave a way out. I once knew a teacher who insisted

on an English-only classroom. If students repeatedly spoke
in another language, they would have a punishment chosen
by other students. In my opinion, this was a bad move.
People find humiliation distressing and demotivating.

If you’re having a stand-off with a student over homework,

inappropriate language or behaviour, you need to leave
them a dignified way out. It’s very hard to admit when you’re
in the wrong, so try and help students do so without Tip Number 3
being humiliated. That means choosing the right time
and place to discuss behaviour.

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 You’re not just a teacher – you’re also a learner. A Tip Number 4

colleague once said this to me, and it completely turned
my attitude around. When you walk into the class, say
to yourself: This student is going to make me a better
teacher. Every class is an opportunity to learn, change
and grow – not just for students, but for teachers too.

Adapted from: https://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/blogs/corinna-keefe/4-top-

tips-managing-behaviour

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Task 2: Classroom Signs

One classroom management

strategy that many teachers use is
to put posters on the walls to help
learners remember rules and to ask
questions in English.

What would you write in the

spaces on this poster?
Share your ideas in the group
chat.

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 Remember to share your Task 1 with your Trainer

on Telegram.


Thank you.
I’m looking forward to seeing you at
the Workshop 3 session.

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