Behaviour Management
There are a number of packages available for assisting the management of behaviour in schools, but the one used most widely in Shropshire is Sleuth from the School Software Company. Written in Acces it provides a database solution for logging many aspects of poor and good behaviour so a macroanalysis can be made to show up issues which may not have been apparent if they were treated in isolation.
For instance, recording the time of the behaviour during a lesson can yield rich data thta can lead to a change in practice - if there is evidence of misbehaviour at the beginning of a lesson then perhaps there needs to be work on the way pupils come into the room, or work on starters. Similarly, the place or time where behaviour is poor can be analysed.
I’ve worked with a group of PSHE co-ordinators who are implementing this in their schools, and I look forward to working in schools a lot more through HOS.