Antecedent:

• Avoid misbehaviour before it happens.

• Remind students of merits/the Golden Ticket given last lesson and the opportunities that lesson.

• Tell them the best way to gain these is through STEPS SHAPE SLANT.

• The antecedent, which means ‘something that comes before’, can be anything that triggers a given behaviour. It could be good or bad.

• Positive behaviours subsequently result in positive consequences (and negative behaviours, negative consequences.)

• In teaching, we use hundreds of antecedents and often we don’t even realise it. But if we were to be conscious of them, imagine how many more positive behaviours we could elicit from our students?

There are lots of positive teacher antecedents that exist in our playbook. Here are some examples:

• Threshold

• Narrating the positive

• swivel

• Updating DPR

• Live marking

• Front loading with means of participation

• Be Seen Looking

• Positive framing

• Actively monitoring

1. Non verbal intervention

Hand gestures (hand signal to stop) + proximity (walking close)

2. Positive group correction

Quick positive verbal to whole class! All should be tracking me

• Avoid shaming

• Catch those you may have missed

3. Anonymous individual correction

Everyone should be writing now… just waiting for couple more people…

• Encourages self regulation

• Addresses with respect

4. Private individual correction

Address pupil whilst class are working. Strategy 1 can be deployed here

(Squat & whisper) You need to focus so you can progress…

5. Lightning quick public correction

1. Name pupil

2. VR and state expectation

3. Positive comment about someone/something else

4. Praise pupil’s change

Francis¹ - that’s a reminder, pen in hand². Great focus Shuab!³ Thank you Francis⁴.

6. Private individual precise praise

Praise a student 1:1 in precise detail - this will build trust, respect and relationships

Hapsa, that answer you gave was seriously impressive - love the choice of vocabulary especially.

1. Deploy antecedents to avoid misbehaviour before it happens

2. Dangle the Golden Ticket and Merits!

3. Deploy the subtle techniques to tackle ‘low level’ disruption

• Behaviour: stopping it starting by Adam Boxer

• Teach Like a Champion 3.0 by Doug Lemov