Classroom Management

EPV Summer Course

How to Support Students with Challenging Behaviour

Trying to keep calm when things are not going well in the classroom can be such a struggle. It is overwhelming to try and support students with their emotions and behaviours – as well as our own.
Susan Gavin, course author of EPV Summer Course “Supporting Students with Challenging Behaviour” has put a comprehensive course together to help us pre-empt issues and creating systems and ways of working that stop things escalating negatively.

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CPD-SUMMER-COURSES

Which is more important for classroom management – reputation or relationships?

We know that there are many issues teachers have to contend with daily. An issue that comes up time and time again for teachers is effective classroom management. It is probably the biggest concern for teachers when they are starting out in their careers.

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3 ways to make homework meaningful

Martin Stuart, a learning support teacher, at Talbot SNS in Dublin, wrote an insightful piece on his research surrounding homework in the January / February 2019 edition of the INTO’s Intouch magazine, titled “Homework – is it worthwhile”? He raised many interesting points, such as: There is no homework policy or practical guidance from the Department of Education and Skills. Stuart highlights how something that 97% of Irish children are doing 4 nights a week

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