Pivotal Education - Behaviour Management and Assessment Training

Paul Dix is a leading educational speaker on behaviour, motivation and assessment. Recognised as a leading expert, his presentations are inspirational, highly engaging and motivational. Paul has an exceptional ability to connect with his audience, build genuine rapport, make them laugh and make them think.

Kick-start your conference with a truly memorable keynote speaker who will be a catalyst for real change.

Always practical, Paul succeeds in delivering interactive keynotes, even with the largest audiences in packed conference halls.

Paul speaks in the UK, Europe and Worldwide.

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"Paul's passion for students' achievement is infectious. He embraced the sceptics in the audience. His delivery has the energy of a stand up comedian.”

Delegate evaluation at Shrewsbury College Teacher's Conference where 124 out of 125 rated Paul's keynote as 'excellent'.

Alongside conference speaking, Paul leads a huge range of seminars with teachers, senior leaders and administrators including:

Beyond material reward: meaningful praise and altruism
Changing negative cultures in schools and colleges
Exceptional classroom practice: motivating staff for inspection
Motivating and succeeding with reluctant learners
Negotiated assessment
What if our first priority was Teaching and Learning?
Emotional rescue: managing your own behaviour
"I give up": Engaging reluctant parents
SEAL (Social and Emotional Aspects of Learning): sticking plaster or common sense?

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"Paul's delivery just makes you want to listen and learn.”

Jacqui Constantinopoulos, Northbrook College, Worthing

Paul is one of Pearson Education's leading authors. He currently has two titles published, Taking Care of Behaviour and Taking Care of Behaviour: A Learning Support Assistant's Guide. Paul is currently working on another behaviour title and a new book on practical strategies for negotiated classroom assessment.

Paul regularly writes for magazines in the UK and world-wide. Recently Paul has been published in: The Times Educational Supplement (TES), The National Association of Head Teachers (NAHT) Magazine, Independent Schools Magazine, Australian Teacher Magazine, Canadian Teacher Magazine, Teach Primary, Didactics World (Dubai) and Teaching Expertise.

"I just wanted to say how helpful I found your article in the TES Magazine [entitled 'Emotional Rescue']. I am a supply teacher and I have a temper and while I don't actually lose it, I do get angry and feel upset. After reading your article, I changed my approach so much that it wasn't a question of suppressing anger - my heart rate stayed the same for most of the day - the anger was just not there so much. Amazing! I found the article so clearly reasoned and easy to apply that the difference was instantaneous - remembering that the pupils wanted me to lose it meant that it was quite easy to stay calm. At one point I actually said to a boy, 'I have the feeling that you're trying to make me lose my temper, but it's no