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This week Paul explains the importance of going 'over and above' in behaviour. Pivotal made the offer to review behaviour policies for free recently and has been offering lots of advice on how to tweak policies by \xa0making small changes which then ripple out to make a really strong change in the culture of the school or college. One aspect of this relates to whole schools \xa0and colleges but also to classes, 1-to-1 work\xa0and even parents and their children:
Whenever positive recognition is used, it must be for learners who go over and above.
Learners immediately try to stretch - to go a bit further to get their positive recognition. In classroom, expectations are instantly raised. Instead of praising children for doing he basics, think about thanking for minimum standards, praising for going over and above.

The ripples are then sent through the whole institution if everyone's focus in now on going over and above. All praise including positive notes and phone calls can use the phrase.

The is also an natural progression to start doing this with staff as well. Praise members of staff who go over and above - drama productions, sports events, extra revision classes.

(http://www.pivotalpodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/garth_sm-300x259.jpg)We also welcomed Garth Smith back to the podcast for the third time. Garth is 'our man on the inside' - he is in the process of becoming a teacher and has reached the 'skills tests' which he needs to pass before be can begin his PGCE course.

There are two tests - in Numeracy and Literacy. They are at GCSE 'C' level.

Garth tells us the story of how he is getting on in taking - and re-taking - the tests. It's well worth listening to his experiences. If a candidate fails the tests three times, the are not allowed to take a teacher training course for another 2 years.

Garth recommends http://www.numeracyready.co.uk/ (http://www.numeracyready.co.uk/) which helped him a lot in preparing for the numeracy test.

He goes on to describe the literacy test...

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Read the full\xa0show notes on the Pivotal Education site (http://www.pivotaleducation.com/garth-smith-and-going-over-and-above-in-behaviour-pp7/)

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The idea of releasing written versions of episodes came from listeners who wanted to be able to make notes and use the content in different ways. If you would like a particular episode to be converted into an ebook, please let us know!

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