Building Connectedness in Your Classroom By Maggie Dent
The best-kept secret to exceptional education is relationship. It doesn’t matter what age of students you teach, without building a relationship either individually or…
August, 2013
The Positive Times Terms and Conditions
The Positive Times Terms and Conditions Date of Last Revision: August 13, 2013. Terms and Conditions These Terms and Conditions (T&C) derives from the…
Bullying interventions. By Ken Rigby
Bullying in school is universal and a range of methods aimed at tackling the problem has been developed. But which ones are most effective,…
Happiness and Building Positive Relationships. By Tim Sharp (Dr Happy)
Happiness and Building Positive Relationships At The Happiness Institute we believe very strongly that happiness is something you “CHOOSE” (see the CHOOSE philosophy handout…
Conversations with Families about Student Behaviour. By Sue Roffey
When student behaviour is hard to manage in the classroom schools often want to ‘talk to the parents’. There is however, very little guidance…
Engagement in Schools – A Case of Mistaken Identity? By Dan Haesler
Engagement is one of the most over-used, yet misunderstood concepts in education. Many educators, parents and students have a varied understanding of what engagement…
What is, and how can you achieve happiness? By Tim Sharp (Dr Happy)
Dr. Timothy Sharp 2005 © The Happiness Institute Introduction Many people over the years have claimed to have found the secrets to happiness. And…
The Power of Positive Self-Talk by Meg Roche
I believe it is necessary to specifically teach students of all ages that they are responsible for their thoughts and the resulting feeling or…
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