Success Story: Rowlatts Mead Primary Academy
How Team Teach training has enabled staff to better understand behaviour and build stronger relationships with students.
About Rowlatts Mead Primary Academy
Rowlatts Mead Primary Academy is a mainstream primary school in Leicester and is part of The Mead Educational Trust (TMET).
The school aims to provide every pupil with a personalised education, where the individual and particular needs of each learner are met.
The Trust employs more than 1,100 staff with over 9,000 students across its 13 primary and secondary schools in Leicestershire.
The benefits of choosing Team Teach
Leaders at Rowlatts Mead Primary Academy identified a need to train all staff in effective behaviour support. As Sophie explains, “We realised that educating staff to support behaviour and understand relationships isn’t accessible through typical teacher training routes.”
A key reason for choosing Team Teach as a training provider was the emphasis on relationship-building and understanding all behaviour as communication. As a result, staff are better able to ‘read’ behaviour and contextualise their approach to meet individuals’ needs.
Objective
To provide Team Teach training for all staff, to enable them to build stronger relationships with students and better understand behaviour.
Challenges
Leaders at Rowlatts Mead Primary Academy recognised the importance of context in relation to behaviour support, so were looking for a flexible approach that could be adapted to meet different needs.
They also felt that typical teacher training routes did not fully equip staff with the knowledge or skills to understand behaviour as communication, and build strong relationships with students.
Impact
Team Teach training has enabled staff at Rowlatts Mead Primary Academy to better understand behaviour as communication. As a result, they are able to adapt their behaviour support strategies to meet individual need and build stronger relationships with students.
