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Managing student behaviour in the classroom masterclass series - Autumn 2025

Venue: Online via Zoom

Date: 8 October 2025

Time: 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM

Fee: From £55 +VAT per session for AoC members

An online masterclass series on Managing Student Behaviour in the Classroom, designed specifically to support teaching staff in further education colleges. These 90-minute sessions delivered by our expert trainers will provide you with practical guidance and tools to help you enhance classroom management and effectively handle challenging behaviour.

Attendees can choose to attend as many or as few sessions as they wish. Sessions are £55 +VAT per person, per session for member college delegates and £85 +VAT per person per session for non-members.

Eliciting good classroom behaviour
Wednesday 8 October – 15:30 – 17:00
Facilitator: Claire Callow, Teacher Trainer and Consultant

Our learners do not always know how to behave in a classroom environment or what is expected of them. In this session, participants will explore some strategies for creating learning environments which continually reinforce the good expectations and behaviour we require in order for teaching and learning to take place. In this sense, the session is about planning for and eliciting good classroom behaviour (rather than resolving conflict, should it occur.)

The session will explore:

What is proactive behaviour management?
The adolescent brain and classroom behaviour
Using language to elicit good behaviour
Managing the classroom space
Planning for praise.

Conflict resolution in the classroom
Wednesday 15 October – 15:30 – 17:00
Facilitator: Claire Callow, Teacher Trainer and Consultant

In this session, participants will explore the principles of conflict resolution within the context of the changes and developments which occur within the adolescent brain. In doing so, they will be able to strategise about the best ways to resolve conflict in post-16 classrooms. The session will include activities to help practitioners discuss, collaborate and begin applying some of the conflict resolution techniques discussed.

This session will explore:

The changes and developments which take place in the adolescent brain

The principles of conflict resolution techniques

Using conflict resolution techniques with post-16 learners.

Supporting students with anxiety
Wednesday 22 October – 15:30 – 17:00
Facilitator: Laura Kerbey, Trainer and Author

In this session Laura will help delegates identify triggers for learners in the college environment. Laura will also discuss the impact that anxiety can have on learners and identify effective support strategies to help minimise anxiety and build confidence in learners. We will also look at strategies to support students when experiencing meltdown and shutdown.

Supporting students with ADHD
Wednesday 5 November – 15:30 – 17:00
Facilitator: Laura Kerbey, Trainer and Author

In this session, Laura will identify the most common characteristics of ADHD and how this can impact on learning. Laura will also discuss other less obvious and less well known symptoms of ADHD. The session will then cover practical strategies for supporting learners with ADHD in the learning environment.

Facilitators

Claire Callow

Claire, a former secondary Head of English, has over 30 years’ experience as a manager, teacher, trainer, consultant and curriculum developer. Claire has spent 20 years in the FE and skills sector, working across the full range of settings on various projects. Previous roles includ:

ETF Regional Specialist lead for English and maths
Assessment author and reviewer for awarding organisations
Researcher and data analyst of qualitative research and evaluation projects for the DfE and other national organisations (including pedagogical approaches in the FE and skills sector)
Lead English developer and trainer for English CPD programmes
Associate of the AoC and ETF on their T Level Professional Development programme, facilitating national networks and mentoring and coaching resource writers working on the T Level Resource Improvement Projects.

Claire has helped organisations in the FE sector to improve attainment by focussing on developing learners’ metacognitive skills and resilience and helping practitioners to plan and manage for good behaviour. She writes and delivers training on: mentoring and coaching; all aspects of English teaching and learning, especially GCSE; learner resilience; behaviour management; conflict resolution and embedding and integrating English, maths and digital skills.

Laura Kerbey

Laura has been working with autistic children and teenagers for over 20 years. She started her teaching career in Further Education and has worked in the Supported Learning Department of two large mainstream colleges teaching Numeracy, Literacy, Life Skills, and Childcare. She also worked as the Life Skills Coordinator at a residential college for young people with severe physical disabilities.

She has a degree in Psychology, a Post Graduate Certificate in Special Education (Autism), a PCGE in Lifelong Learning and holds NPQH (National Professional Qualification for Headship). She is also a Surrey Autism Champion and has a NOCN Level 3 Certificate in Working with Students with ADHD and a Diploma in Cognitive Behaviour Therapy. Laura is ADOS trained and enjoys working as part of a multi-disciplinary team carrying out assessments for possible autism and demand avoidance.