Support thread for parents of teenagers

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swittle Sep 2019 2:47pm, 27 Sep 2019 57,167 posts	0 swittle It can be a fine judgement: teachers have 'off' days too, and may issue a sanction greater than it would usually be - but they're bound by policy and procedure regardless. Without cheeky & articulate students, teaching & learning would be dull indeed.
halfpint Sep 2019 3:23pm, 27 Sep 2019 28,913 posts	0 halfpint Here is a visual that one of our EPs created re: 'behaviour management'. Scotland is not getting it 100% right in terms of education but I think we have the right thinking in relation to behaviour. We are aiming for the column on the right. The Tories seem to want to go back to the column on the left.
Serendippily Sep 2019 3:38pm, 27 Sep 2019 14,200 posts	0 Serendippily Wow that’s great HP. Even where I fall between middle and right column (and I’m not an educator) it gives a framework for discussion
halfpint Sep 2019 4:30pm, 27 Sep 2019 28,915 posts	0 halfpint Yeah I aim for right hand but fully acknowledge that middle is ingrained. So when 5yo nephew visited there was a lot of ‘if you don’t do x, then you won’t get y’. Key thing is that strategies from middle rarely work without the relationships.
Serendippily Sep 2019 4:35pm, 27 Sep 2019 14,202 posts	0 Serendippily The last box is kind of beautiful
LindsD Sep 2019 7:53pm, 27 Sep 2019 29,644 posts	0 LindsD I love that. Thank you. Perhaps a change of school is sthg to investigate again. They are definitely on the left.
LindsD Sep 2019 10:29pm, 28 Sep 2019 29,659 posts	0 LindsD So it turns out that what the teacher said to LittleD was 'I've taught year 2 children with more self control than you'. Wtf? Are we in the 1970s?
Serendippily Sep 2019 10:39pm, 28 Sep 2019 14,219 posts	0 Serendippily I would look at other schools
WA Sep 2019 10:43pm, 28 Sep 2019 6,229 posts	0 WA That's dreadful Linds. I'd be furious. Perhaps that teacher should just go and teach year 2 again. Year 8/9 have a hell of a lot more going on.
LindsD Sep 2019 10:46pm, 28 Sep 2019 29,660 posts	0 LindsD I am But she won't countenance other schools...