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Marc Doyle, Principal, Humber UTC
I have known of Pivotal's work for three years now. In 2013, I sent my assistant principal to be a Pivotal trainer and she returned to transform the culture and the feel of a very broken and challenging school through the development of positive relationships, a focus on encouragement and a restorative approach to student behaviour. The impact was huge, with the exclusion rated being reduced by 94% in one year.
In the summer, I took over as Principal at Humber UTC and my first job was to ask staff to read Paul's book, which was intended as more than just a resource for them to use as a blueprint for a new positive discipline policy. The feedback was fantastic with staff asking how quickly we were going to embed this new way of thinking.
The beauty of this book is that it is not full of theory and examples of how to -˜get your students to behave', it's a manual for how your school culture can evolve to one where positivity and botherdness about students can be at the core of your practise. It is about a sustainable model for school improvement where students are truly at the heart of your vision.
The impact that our Pivotal approach at Humber has has so far is already telling. Students and staff are growing to like each other! The behaviour approach has changed from -˜stick with no carrot' to -˜lots of carrot' and you don't hear angry staff shouting at students any more. We have used Pivotal's excellent
full day behaviour training to share the five pillars of the approach with staff, so that we are consistent in our attitudes to students and they are consistent with us.
It is early days, but staff are already happier. Our staff absence rate is very low and our students have talked about the fact we care about them more. Students are freely writing emails to me about how good their experience is at the UTC.
This book and the Pivotal resources that go with it are gold dust for any leader who wants to transform their school into one where relationships matter and school improvement is more than just about helping a select few to learn.
In the summer, I took over as Principal at Humber UTC and my first job was to ask staff to read Paul's book, which was intended as more than just a resource for them to use as a blueprint for a new positive discipline policy. The feedback was fantastic with staff asking how quickly we were going to embed this new way of thinking.
The beauty of this book is that it is not full of theory and examples of how to -˜get your students to behave', it's a manual for how your school culture can evolve to one where positivity and botherdness about students can be at the core of your practise. It is about a sustainable model for school improvement where students are truly at the heart of your vision.
The impact that our Pivotal approach at Humber has has so far is already telling. Students and staff are growing to like each other! The behaviour approach has changed from -˜stick with no carrot' to -˜lots of carrot' and you don't hear angry staff shouting at students any more. We have used Pivotal's excellent
full day behaviour training to share the five pillars of the approach with staff, so that we are consistent in our attitudes to students and they are consistent with us.
It is early days, but staff are already happier. Our staff absence rate is very low and our students have talked about the fact we care about them more. Students are freely writing emails to me about how good their experience is at the UTC.
This book and the Pivotal resources that go with it are gold dust for any leader who wants to transform their school into one where relationships matter and school improvement is more than just about helping a select few to learn.
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25/04/2018 01:00
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