Of Primary Importance Podcast by ReallySchool: Ep. 7 - The Respect Model

Welcome back to Of Primary Importance!

In this podcast series we are exploring all things EYFS and primary with different topics and special guests each fortnight. 

In this episode, we are joined by John Magee. John’s life mission and purpose to Cultivate Kindness in the Classroom by being a positive role model and sharing with everyone the many psychological and emotional benefits from practising daily kindness. He has helped transform over 10,000 children’s lives and 1000’s of teachers lives who have taken part in his Kindness Matters 30 Day Challenge and he looks forward to doing the same for anyone listening to this episode. 

In this episode we discussed The Respect Model John developed and how this helps reduce confrontations and encourages pupils to be more respectful of school staff. 

Here are some of the questions I asked  John:

• Please can you tell our listeners a little about who you are, what you do and your  background in education?
•  What inspired you to become the Kindness Coach and how and when did that all start?
• I know you do a lot of work with schools, could you tell us some of the ways you support  educators?
• One of the aspects you mentioned was the RESPECT model, please can you explain what that is and how it came about?
• How do educators go about implementing the model?
• What has the impact been like for the schools that have implemented this?
• What other advice would you give to educators to encourage good choices in behaviour and learning?
• What are some of the pitfalls educators may unintentionally fall in to when it comes to behaviour management?
• How can staff create a culture of kindness in their classrooms and likewise how can senior leaders create this across the whole school?
• Where can schools get more information, support and resources?
• What's going on right now in the world of the Kindness coach and what's next?

You can follow John on Twitter at @KindnessCoach_.

You can also check out his YouTube channel.

You can follow me (Kat Cauchi) on Twitter at @ReallyschoolK

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Kat Cauchi is the product manager of ReallySchool and the editor of R.I.S.E. Magazine.

She is also a former primary school teacher, member of the Global Equality Collective,  Technocamps  GiST role model, and Global EdTech author.