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6 PD HOURS

Event Details

11/05/2026

9.30am - 3.30pm - Registration from 9.00am

Melbourne (Venue to be confirmed)

All Pre -School, Primary and Secondary Teachers and support staff.

$420 + GST

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Booking Conditions

No applications for this program will be accepted after all vacancies have been filled. Unsuccessful applicants will have their monies refunded in full. Cancellation prior to two weeks before the program date (cut-off date) will incur a 15% service charge per applicant. This program will be payable in full for cancellations made on or after the cut-off date or for failure to attend the program. All cancellations must be in writing and emailed to us. In the event of insufficient applications this program will not proceed and registration monies be fully refunded. In the event of this program being cancelled due to unforeseen circumstances registration monies only will be refunded as Critical Agendas will not accept liability for the payment of any other associated costs. Critical Agendas reserves the right to vary the advertised programs prior to commencement. Please note Critical Agendas reserves the right to transfer participants from face to face to webinar format with price adjustments (if required), should minimum numbers not be met for face to face event

Classroom Dynamics- the latest strategies and solutions to positive classroom management

Everyone who registers will automatically go into the draw to win for one free ticket to Glen’s next program:

Fast and Effective Assessment -Improving Feedback and Reducing Correction
Thursday, 12 June 2026

“Features Virtual AI Students so you can practice putting these strategies into action… a “world first” Education HQ magazine.

Many schools are reporting that their students are increasingly prone to distraction and off-task behaviour. This workshop offers teachers practical, easy-to-implement strategies for addressing these issues. It also provides teachers with an innovative way to practice these techniques: participants those who enroll in the course will be give free access to Virtual AI students designed to mimic common off-task behaviours and ways of arguing. Can you encourage Denying Dani to acknowledge her behaviour? Can you de-escalate Argumentative Abed when he wants to make a scene?

Based on Glen’s Book, Classroom Dynamics, the course will explore three key areas across the day:

Low-Level Interventions

  • Non-verbal techniques and low key interventions for nudging students back to their learning quickly and quietly
  • Techniques for getting and holding student attention and engaging reluctant learners
  • Strategies for giving effective instructions and compelling commands – and for making seamless transitions between learning activities.

Higher-Level Interventions

  • Effective responses for pivoting around resistant or argumentative behaviours and getting students back to their learning.
  • Methods for calmly and directly challenging anti-social behaviour such as misogyny and homophobia

Addressing Entrenched Behaviour

  • Techniques for mapping and responding to entrenched and extreme behaviours
  • Engagement techniques for turning around class groups whose behaviour has become distracted and disruptive.
  • Differentiated instruction for supporting students who can’t rather than won’t behaviour

Participants will get free access to the online course “Glen Pearsall’s Guide to Classroom Management” when they attend this workshop valued at $449.00+GST

It features the AI Virtual Students, animations of real classroom encounters and six more hours of course content on dealing with off-task student behaviour.

You will receive a copy of Glen’s Book “Classroom Dynamics” which will enhance your learning experience on the day and is a great reference for you moving forward.

Additional copies can be purchased through this link: Classroom Dynamics – Amba Press

 

Critical Agendas Speaker
Presented by Critical Agendas

Glen Pearsall

Glen Pearsall was a Teacher Leader and board member of the Victorian Curriculum Assessment Authority. He works throughout the world as an educational consultant. Glen is the author of the best-selling And Gladly Teach (2010)The Literature Toolbox (2014),  Fast and Effective Assessment(2019), Tilting Your Teaching(2020) and Classroom Dynamics (2024) He is the  co-author of Literature for Life (2005) and Work Right (2011.)  His ebook on questioning The Top Ten Strategic Questions for Teachers (2013) was translated into Khmer for Cambodian teachers. Glen is the co-creator of Toon Teach, an animated series on classroom management.

Expertise

Glen specializes in positive behaviour, feedback and questioning, differentiation, coaching and leadership and teacher workload reduction. He has presented for Critical Agendas on a range of subjects including High Impact Teaching Strategies, Positive Classroom Behaviours, Assessment and Feedback, Differentiation and the Brain, Leadership and VCE Literature.

 

 

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