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EducationHQ: “Skills and strategies to weed out low-level disruptive behaviours: expert insight.” Sara McDonald on managing persistent, low-level disruptive behaviours in the classroom and re-engaging ‘checked out’ students.
School behaviour change program for disruptive classrooms featured on ABC’s 7.30: “The Aussie school with calm, focused classrooms”. In 2022 Rosebud Secondary College transformed classroom behaviour with Classroom Mastery.
Canberra Times: “School rules and routines are back, but this isn't old-fashioned discipline.” Story of classroom mastery success at St Clare’s College in Canberra, a Catholic girls’ secondary school in the Canberra Goulburn Catholic Archdiocese .
Riot Act: “A calm classroom is a learning classroom: How Catholic schools are turning the behaviour tide.” Story about ten Catholic schools in the Canberra and Goulburn Diocese implementing Classroom Mastery and seeing the benefits.
Knowledge for Teachers podcast: “Dr. Tim McDonald on Building a Behaviour Curriculum”. Tim McDonald on how classroom conduct can unlock better learning and building a behaviour curriculum in schools.
Video: Canberra Times: “Classroom Mastery at St Clare's College.” Story of classroom mastery success at St Clare’s College in Canberra, a Catholic girls’ secondary school in the Canberra Goulburn Catholic Archdiocese .
The Australian opinion piece: “Give teachers the tools for a calm, orderly classroom.” Tim McDonald on the introduction of simple routines into Australian classrooms and supporting teachers to manage classroom behaviour.
EducationHQ: “‘We don’t outsource to novices’: expert warns bad ideas are fuelling disruptive classrooms”. Tim McDonald on the need for improved professional standards in classroom management.
Riot Act opinion piece by Ian Bushnell: “Schools need to rethink how they manage student behaviour.” The need for Australian schools to transform the overall behavioural environment and equip teachers with real management tools.