Most of Jenny's work is in-house and on site in schools throughout Australia and internationally. Schools and regional offices retain her to deliver targeted professional development workshops and courses to the whole staff or staff groups. (More information)
The Melbourne institutions below host her courses for individuals and anyone can apply to attend. Just click on the underlined course link.
(NB: Registration is via the organization concerned)
DEAKIN UNIVERSITY
Turning behaviour around - a 2 day accredited programme
Gain knowledge, understanding and insights into student behaviour and acquire practical skills and strategies to use in the classroom and school. 3 Courses available:
2010 Schedule to be advised
Presenter: Jenny Mackay
TLN, THE TEACHER LEARNING NETWORK
Managing student interactions (Two day program)
This two day seminar is for teachers who wish to become highly skilled for occasions when students question, challenge, refuse, deny, blame others and avoid work.
This is TLN's premier programme for classroom management and student engagement - two days with international expert and published author on behaviour in the classroom - Jenny Mackay.
The program will be held on Thursday 19th August and Monday 30th August 2010.
Presenter: Jenny Mackay
Engage and Motivate Students
This seminar will focus on students who are disengaged and therefore not learning and in danger of becoming isolated or disruptive.
Course Objectives:
How to motivate students and contain their behaviour
How to counteract apathy and negativity and understand why students become unmotivated
Practical strategies, ideas and techniques to engage students and gain their cooperation
How to help students to see themselves more positively and to gain control over their behaviour and learning
The Program will be held on Monday, October 18, 2010.
Presenter: Jenny Mackay
ISV, INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS VICTORIA
Practical Strategies and Skills 1 - Managing Behaviour in the Classroom
Date: Thursday, 29 April 2010, 9.30am - 3.30pm
Presenter: Jenny Mackay
Practical Strategies and Skills 2 - Managing Behaviour in the Classroom
Date: Thursday, 29 July 2010, 9.30am to 3.30pm
Presenter: Jenny Mackay
Forthcoming courses, content and details vary throughout the year. Remember to check back here regularly for updates.
Registrations/bookings are via the organisation concerned.
International expert and published author on student behaviour, Jenny is a classroom management and student interactions skills specialist with a very practical ‘in the classroom’ approach to skills training. Her focus is on the acquisition of practical and useful behaviour management skills and on building collaborative student – teacher relationships. The skills are learned and applied using a simple structured framework that will guide the teacher in their everyday behaviour management interactions. Jenny’s ongoing behaviour support teams then embed and perpetuate the learned skills.
(For teachers in Victoria, all BME Jenny Mackay
professional learning workshops reference the Victoria Institute of Teachers' Standards of Professional Practice
in the following elements: 1, 3, 4, 5, & 6 and the Principles of Effective
Professional Learning elements: 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 & 9, VIT credits apply)