2 Relationships & control

Objectives

• Consider positive classroom relationships between teaching assistants and pupils.
• Develop an assertive approach to classroom relationships.
• Develop assertive control in the classroom.

Time

Three 1.5 hour sessions

Tutor’s guidance

Session 1: Classroom relationships

Session 2: An assertive approach to classroom relationships

Session 3: Assertive control

Resources

Handout 1: Patterns of behaviour questionnaire

Handout 2: Provocative and insulating behaviour

Presentation 1: Positive classroom relationships

Handout 3: Assertive, aggressive or passive?

Handout 4: Definitions

Handout 5: Step-by-step guide to assertion

Handout 6: Assertive script

Handout 7: Scenarios

Handout 8: Recognising authority

Presentation 2: Recognising authority

Presentation 3: Control tactics

Handout 9: Control tactics

Handout 10: Teaching assistant skills