So instead of going through them at the start of the term, going through them at least twice a term. However, sometimes there will be situations where a student needs to be temporarily removed from the class and a removal strategy should be in place before it is needed.

The value of 'scripts' (preparing in advance what you want to say, so that you can lean on these when under pressure, such as when phoning a parent for a difficult conversation).

Throughout, the concept of firefighting is used to demonstrate the need to make behaviour strategies preventative – to be proactive rather than reactive when it comes to poor behaviour. Despite growing up with a ballet and cross country background, Ai-Ling now enjoys strength training as her main source of exercise. Running the Room recommends planning and scripting how you will do these things BEFORE you have to do them. It should save teachers old or new from reinventing or rediscovering things, improving their lives and those of their pupils. It’s something a parent would find interesting too, especially if they want to understand why a school or teacher might do certain things.

Luke developed a passion for the human body after several long term personal sporting injuries and this led him to pursue studies in Exercise Science and Physiotherapy. That's why, when you are new to teaching, you see all the misbehaviour and react to everything as you see it, tearing your lesson to shreds as you jump about from behaviour to behaviour. Practical, evidence informed, and based on the expertise of great teachers from around the world, it addresses the things teachers really need to know to build the classrooms children need.What you did in one part of the room affected the other parts… It meant taking a step back, anticipating problems and heading them off before they happened… From the point of view of efficient club management, the best nights were the boring ones.