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Paul Dix: Educational Speaker, Author and expert Teacher Wrangler

  Best INSET I can remember attending today. Fascinating insight into behaviour management from the theatrical & McIntyre-esque Paul Dix
@citizenbutler (Head of Citizenship) Christ's School, Richmond

Paul speaks at conferences all over the world as well as working closely with clients in the UK and the Netherlands.

Recent engagements have included the Future Leaders Conference (England), European Conference of International Schools (Germany), Dutch International Schools Conference (Netherlands), P.A.F. Headteachers (Islamabad, Pakistan), Ulster University Conference (Northern Ireland), London Behaviour Conference (Westminster), Pupil Referral Units Conference (Stansted), Croydon PRUs Conference (London), ASPIC Conference (Wolverhampton), Association for Physical Education Conference (Chipping Norton July 2012), Conference (Gloucestershire).

Paul is already booked for the following conferences in the 2012/2013 academic year: FE Quality Improvement Conference (Birmingham Sept 2012), ARK Summit (London Nov 2012), SSAT Conference (Birmingham 21st November 2012), European Conference for International Schools (Nice, France, November 23rd 2012) Hodder Education Conference (London December 2012), Babcock Conference (Epsom February 2013), Telford and Wrekin Headteachers Conference (March 2013), St Paul's School (Sao Paulo, Brazil, August 2013)

 

As a difficult child, relentless teacher and award winning teacher-trainer Paul's voice has echoed through many classrooms. A leading expert in Behaviour Management and Behaviour Change his inspirational perspectives and fascinating narratives reveal a ferocious passion for education. Paul is not just entertaining and highly engaging; his work is rigorous, practical and cutting edge.

Paul speaks on Behaviour, Outstanding Teaching, PRUs and Alternative Provision, Raising Achievement of Vulnerable Groups, Assessment and Transforming Urban Schools/Colleges.

 

Paul was absolutely brilliant! I usually get bored in training sessions but there was no time to get bored on this course. Paul kept me engaged all day. The content of the training was very valuable and I am using strategies from the course every day.
Barbara Francis, Lecturer, Harrow College

Paul Dix:

 

• National Training Awards 2009 Winner.
• Royal Television Society Award 2011
• Member of the Restraint Accreditation Board advising the Minister for Justice
• Invited to give evidence to the Education Select Committee and Committee for Standards in Teaching
• Behaviour expert for TES Magazine, Teach Primary, Teach Nursery and Child Education Plus
• Featured in the Guardian and BBC
• Commended by OFSTED and HMI.
• Nominated for a Japan Prize (International Educators Program Award)
• Leading behaviour author for Pearson Education with 5 titles
• Founder and Managing Director of Pivotal Education since 2001

This was a brilliant day - a million times better than any other course I have ever attended. Paul is the most energetic and enthusiastic person I've ever seen running a course. It was so entertaining and informative.
Liza Ann Hyland, Class Teacher, Dilkes Primary School

Paul Dix is very proactive and enthusiastic - a showman! I enjoyed the training, thank you - it was worth the effort of trekking through the snow! I like this approach to behaviour management - positive and appreciative. The training was a very positive experience that brings the theory and practice of positive behaviour management together. The trainer is a motivational whirlwind of positivity with excellent use of role play, practical demonstrations through video clips and juggling (!) to make points that can be directly related to our practice and our interactions - with colleagues and students alike. As a college, we reacted very positively to your enthusiastic delivery – motivational.
Alison Tonkin, Programme Area Manager for FE, Stanmore College

Just a quick message for Paul Dix to let him know that myself and staff attended the PRU conference in Stanstead and thought that you were the highlight of the event. You had our full attention from the start. You made us laugh but most of all you inspired us. Brilliant! Hope to get a chance to see you again soon.
Adele Lewis-Chambers, Key Stage 3 PRU Swansea

Just want to email to say how fantastic the INSET session; 'Changing Behaviour' was with Paul Dix this week. Staff were enthused and engaged throughout the 2 hour session. One commented to me that 'this is how INSET should be; entertaining, useful and practical, giving us ideas that we can immediately implement in our classrooms'. The extremely positive messages that it gave were really appreciated by all staff.  I have already highly recommended Paul to colleagues in other schools.
Ann Fearon, Headteacher, Hazelwick School

Really enjoyed this morning. Even after 20 years teaching you've got me thinking!
Colin Thimas, @ColinThomas10

 

Paul Dix BEd (Hons) CANTAB

Paul Dix is a leading voice in Behaviour Management in the UK and Internationally. Paul is a columnist for the Times Educational Supplement, Teach Primary and Teach Nursery magazines. He is a leading writer for Pearson/Longman with five published titles, a member of the Restraint Accreditation Board advising the Minister for Justice and has presented evidence to the Education Select Committee on behaviour and discipline. Paul won a National Training Award in 2009 and a Royal Television Society Award in 2011 for his Teachers TV programme 'The Behaviour Challenge'. Paul is a trainer with an exceptional reputation for designing, implementing and sustaining change in behaviour.Paul trained at Homerton College, Cambridge and has taught, managed and succeeded in a wide range of schools and colleges in challenging circumstances. His work was highlighted by H.M.I. and OFSTED as a key element of the work that led to turning round a school in ‘Special Measures'.

Paul co-founded Pivotal Education in 2001. As the lead trainer, Paul has been training teachers, advisors, students, mentors, and classroom assistants from early years to adult education.

His work on Behaviour and Assessment is being used successfully in colleges, schools (mainstream and special), PRUs and initial teacher training programmes. His ‘Taking Care of Behaviour’ course and ‘Managing Extreme Behaviour’ course have both been featured as ‘Course of the Week’ in the TES Magazine.

Paul co-wrote the ‘New Deal Mentor Training Programme’ for the previous Government. His broadcast work has been featured on ITV, BBC1, Channel 4, Teachers’ TV and at the National College of School Leadership. His first book, the ‘Pivotal Behaviour Management Handbook’, was reviewed in the TES as ‘Terrific’.  

Paul is a columnist for the TES and his Teacher's TV programme won a Royal Television Society award in 2011. He also writes for Teach Primary Magazine, Teach Nursery, Child Education Plus, Didactics World and Teaching Expertise. His best selling book, "Taking Care of Behaviour" is now in its second edition. First published by Pearson/Longman in January 2007, it has been endorsed by Sir Tim Brighouse:

 This book is rooted in real experience, not theory. You can smell the classroom between its covers. It will be a powerful aid to teachers at whatever stage of their career. Every school should have a copy in their staff library and every leader responsible for professional development will want one at their elbow.
Sir Tim Brighouse, Ex Chief Advisor for London Schools

Paul’s new books, The Essential Guide to Classroom Assessment and The Essential Guide to Taking Care of Behaviour were published in June 2010.  You can keep up to date with Paul's work on the Pivotal Behaviour Blog 

Paul Dix:

 

• National Training Awards 2009 Winner.
• Royal Television Society Award Winner 2011
• Broadcast work for BBC 1,  Channel 4/ITN, Teachers TV
• Leading author for Pearson/Longman with 5 titles
• Behaviour column in the Times Educational Supplement, Teach Primary and Teach Nursery magazines
• Blogger for the Guardian Teacher Network
• Featured in the Guardian Education
• Commended by OFSTED and HMI.
• Member of the Restraint Advisory Board advising the Minister for Justice
• Chair of the Advisory Board for Catch22 Engage in Education (a national exclusion prevention project funded by the DFE)
• Nominated for a Japan Prize (International Educators Program Award)
• Presented evidence to the Select Committee on Behaviour and Schools (2011)
• Advised DFE on Teacher Standards for Behaviour

You can keep up to date with Paul's work on the Pivotal Behaviour Blog -

 

Paul's Books

• The Essential Guide to Taking Care of Behaviour (2nd Edition), Pearson: May 2010. 
• The Essential Guide to Assessment, Pearson: May 2010.
• Taking Care of Behaviour: A Learning Support Assistant's Guide, Pearson: 2009.
• Taking Care of Behaviour: Practical Skills for Teachers, Pearson: 2007.
• The Pivotal Behaviour Management Handbook, Pivotal Education: 2005.

 

Paul's Articles

2013

• TES Magazine (19:04:13) - Good behaviour must be on show
• TES Magazine (22:03:13) - Small steps lead to big changes
• TES Magazine (22:02:13) - Join forces with problem parents
• TES Magazine (18:01:13) - Mentoring badly behaved teachers
• Teach Nursery Vol.3 Iss.1 - Out of control...
• Teach Primary Vol.7 Iss.3 - Frayed edges
• Teach Primary Vol.7 Iss.2 - Feel my wrath!
• Teach Primary Vol.7 Iss.1 - The football fracas

 

2012

• TES Magazine (07:12:12) - So you want to be a mentor?
• TES Magazine (02:11:12) - Five positive tips to keep control
• TES Magazine (05:10:12) - Why staff are all in this together?
• TES Magazine (07:09:12) - Starting off on the right foot
• TES Magazine (27:07:12) - Restraint is not a power play
• TES Magazine (06:07:12) - Burn out and out of love with the job
• TES Magazine (22:06:12) - Follow-up is the way to break through
• TES Magazine (25:05:12) - Putting the TA in teamwork
• TES Magazine (April) - Trading Good and Evil
• TES Magazine (30:03:12) - Cut down on ‘call-outs'
• TES Magazine (03:02:12) - Deliver discipline in half a minute
• TES Magazine - Cash for Behaviour
• Teach Nursery Vol.2 (October) - Change the label to change the child
• Teach Nursery Vol.2 (June) - Displaying good behaviour: Show and tell
• Teach Nursery Vol.2 (April) - What did you just say?
• Teach Nursery Vol.2 (March) - Louder than words!
• Teach Nursery Vol.2 (February) - Watch your tone!
• Teach Primary Vol.6 Iss.8 - Getting a free ride
• Teach Primary Vol.6 Iss.7 - Butter wouldn't melt
• Teach Primary Vol.6 Iss.6 - What would you do?
• Teach Primary Vol.6 Iss.5 - Call to a close
• Teach Primary Vol.6 Iss.4 - The Mario Kart Moment
• Teach Primary Vol.6 Iss.3 - Be quick about it
• Teach Primary Vol.6 Iss.2 - A question of values

 

2011

 

2010

• TES Magazine (5:11:10) - Behaviour Question: Disruption in the classroom
• TES Magazine (17:9:10) - Behaviour Question: Smirking
• TES Magazine (23:7:10) - Behaviour Question: Dealing with disruptive students
• TES Magazine (7:5:10) - Behaviour Question: ADHD
• TES Magazine (30:4:10) - The issue - Reasonable force
• TES Magazine (9:4:10) - Behaviour Question: The kids are running riot
• Teach Nursery Vol.1 (October) - Icons of the Age
• Teach Nursery Vol.1 Iss.1 - Divert, Ignore or Confront?
• Teach Primary Vol.4 (December) - A model of restraint - Physical intervention - Reasonable Force?
• Teach Primary Vol.4 (November) - Recognition not Reward
• Teach Primary Vol.4 (September) - The Art of Looking Busy
• Teach Primary Vol.4 - Bored to the bone
• Teach Primary Vol.4 Iss.6 - Please be good:For gods sake smile well before Christmas
• Teach Primary Vol.4 (July) - Differentiation and Personalisation of Assessment: The personal touch
• Teach Primary Vol.4 Iss.5 - Negotiated Assessment Grids (NAGs): Get 'NAGging'
• Teach Primary Vol.4 Iss.4 - Targets and tube maps
• Teach Primary Vol.4 Iss.3 - Creating the right environment for student centered classroom assessment: Ask the audience
• Teach Primary Vol.4 Iss.2 - Reflect on this
• Teach Primary Vol.4 Iss.2 - Behind the mask
• Teach Primary Vol.4 Iss.1 - Climate control

 

2009

• Teach Primary Vol.3 Iss.9 - How to be outstanding
• Teach Primary Vol.3 Iss.8 - Run the risk: Teaching risk
• Teach Primary Vol.3 Iss.7 - What do you expect?
• Teach Primary Vol.3 Iss.6 - What is my motivation?
• Teach Primary Vol.3 Iss.4 - Stick with it
• Teach Primary Vol.3 Iss.3 - Engaging parents and the community
• Teach Primary Vol.3 Iss.2 - SEAL for staffroom: Rejecting a culture of blame
• Education Business Magazine Vol.14 Iss.3 - Taking care of everyone's behaviour

 

2008

 

2007

• TES Magazine (18:5:07) - Good practice
• Primary Choice Vol.1 (December) - Redrawing the lines: Turning a bad start to your advantage
• Primary Choice Vol.1 (August) - Passing over control of your emotions to a six year old
• Primary Choice Vol.1 Iss.1 - Oh behave!
• Didactics World Magazine (October) - Virtually supporting behaviour

 

2006

• Teaching Expertise Magazine - issue 13 - Line Dancing: Duty at the school gates
• Teaching Expertise Magazine - issue 12 - Have You Got a Boyfriend Miss?
• Teaching Expertise Magazine - issue 11 - The Classroom is Not an Arena and the Teacher is Not a Ringmaster

 

Contributions to Articles

• TES Magazine (30:9:11) - Behaviour Question: Who should foot the bill?
• TES Magazine (7:1:11) - The issue: Searches
• TES Magazine (12:11:10) - The issue - Off-site pupil behaviour
• TES Magazine (6:8:10) - The issue - Enhanced powers
• TES Magazine (5:3:10) - Behaviour Question: Drawing up a class contract
• TES Magazine (19:2:10) - Behaviour Question: "I'm the naughtiest boy"
• TES Magazine (5:2:10) - Behaviour Question: Positive calls home
• TES Magazine (29:1:10) - Behaviour Question: Racist accusation
• TES Magazine (8:1:10) - Behaviour Question: Disability bullying
• TES Magazine (20:11:09) - Behaviour Question: Moving around the class
• TES Magazine (23:10:09) - Behaviour Question: Settling down a chatty class
• TES Magazine (18:9:09) - Meet your new best friends
• TES Magazine (14:8:09) - Behaviour Question: Keeping authority in the classroom
• TES Magazine (7:8:09) - Behaviour Question: Uniform infringements
• TES Magazine (10:7:09) - Behaviour Question: Teaching assistant's behaviour management
• TES Magazine (12:6:09) - Behaviour Question: NQT maintaining lesson pace
• TES Magazine (1:5:09) - Behaviour Question: School inclusion
• TES Magazine (24:4:09) - Behaviour Question: Behaviour on buses
• TES Magazine (17:4:09) - Behaviour Question: Lesson disruption
• TES Magazine (6:3:09) - Behaviour Question: Banning mobile phones
• TES Magazine (20:2:09) - Behaviour Question: Persistent lateness
• TES Magazine (7:3:08) - Gold stars for your efforts
• TES Magazine (18:5:07) - Good practice
• TES Magazine (29:9:06) - Transition key issue of exhibition
• TES Magazine (29:4:05) - It doesn't have to be a lions' den
• Co-wrote the New Deal Mentor Training Programme and Resources, 2004