Behaviour Besties
Welcome to Behaviour Besties! You are officially part of the BBz club. AKA The staffroom you WANT to be a part of. I'm Jen Foster, best selling author of Behaviour: The Lost Modules, founder of TGMC: the online behaviour encylopedia and overall behaviour enthusiast. I am here with my besties and TGMC family Soph (Early Years Expert), Tan (Our TGMC SENCO) and Evie (TGMC rep and Merch Queen). It’s giving unhinged energy and we are here for it. One thing that I have noticed about behaviour? Whenever we are struggling with it. We suddenly feel and overwhelming sense that we are completely alone in this struggle. You are not alone. Expect REAL talk on all things behaviour. Real nitty gritty teacher experiences plus solutions that work. Expect rants, giggles and everything in between. So press play whilst you’re setting up your classroom in the morning, on your way to work, printing those TGMC resources or pouring your coffee. Either way, let’s hang BBZ.
Behaviour Besties
Behaviour Besties Season 2 Episode 3: Orlene Badu
Welcome to Behaviour Besties SEASON 2! You are officially part of the BBz club. AKA The staffroom you WANT to be a part of. I'm Jen Foster, best selling author of Behaviour: The Lost Modules, founder of TGMC: the online behaviour encylopedia and overall behaviour enthusiast. In this episode I get the amazing opportunity to interview Best Selling Author of How To Build Your Anti-Racist Classroom.
We are so excited to welcome Orlene Badu to the Behaviour Besties podcast. Orlene is an ex headteacer, an anti-racist consultant and author of ‘how to build your anti-racist classroom’. Orlene also started her career as a teaching assistant, which highlights her passion and experience with working in education.
Orlene is also the collaborator behind ‘behaviour and bias’ from Jen’s book: Behaviour, the lost modules
In this interview, we are going to learn more about the link between behaviour and racism. We will also be learning how we can make a difference in the classroom.
I am really looking forward to listening and learning during this episode today, this is an area we need to keep discussing and to keep developing. You may know that the most recent discussions have been around the book: The Colour Monster, let’s learn why this could be problematic.
00.00 - 03.10 What drives you and what continues to drive you?
03:10 - 07:00 How behaviour can be shaped by adult responses
07:00 - Understanding the role of race within the school to prison pipeline and how we can do more and what questions we need to ask
13:00 - 18:45 What narratives are we creating around behaviour?
18:52 - 26:35 What is the problem with the Colour Monster? Understanding early perceptions of colour
28:30 - 33:00 What do we need to be mindful of in the curriculum?
33:55 Orlene’s mantra
In this episode we take a deep dive into adult responses, anti racist texts and emotional literacy. TGMC’ers can unlock more on our shiny new platform just search:
- 90 second pause
- Educator well-being 101
- Emotions unlocked
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Bestie recommendations are:
https://uk.sagepub.com/en-gb/eur/behaviour-the-lost-modules/book283261
https://uk.sagepub.com/en-gb/eur/how-to-build-your-antiracist-classroom/book279620
https://uk.sagepub.com/en-gb/eur/it%E2%80%99s-never-just-adhd/book279617
Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!):
https://uppbeat.io/t/matrika/morning-coffee
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