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7 Do’s and Don’ts of Getting and Keeping Your Group’s Attention

Posted by Jim Murphy on November 3, 2014 in Behavior Management, Creativity, Cultivating the Climate, Leadership, Stories, Students, Teaching |No Comments

It’s your responsibility to gain and retain the attention of the students in your group. I don’t think you can expect students to automatically grant attention to you as speaker/leader just because you’re an adult or just because you’re up front. Here are a few Do’s and Don’ts of getting and keeping their attention.

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4 Step Process for Behavior Management

Posted by Jim Murphy on January 25, 2013 in Behavior Management, Cultivating the Climate, Mobilizing the Ministry, Small Groups, Students |2 Comments

To help our small group leaders stay in control, we use simple a four step process for behavior management (4 R’s inspired by Josh Griffin’s post on his blog at MoreThanDodgeball.com). Request Ask the student very clear and certain words to change the exact behavior that is disruptive. If you’re too vague he won’t understand. […]

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