NLP Skills for Classroom Management (3 Days)

Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) now forms part of the fast-track PGCE teacher training programme. It is rapidly attracting attention as a set of practical principles, approaches, techniques and strategies that can radically enhance classroom management practices.

In a recent TES article, Liz Robinson, Head at Surrey Square Junior School in Southwark stated NLP was “essentially a set of communication skills, used to build rapport between individuals and groups. In a classroom, that is incredibly useful … My own experience is that [NLP] is revolutionary and empowering.” Following a whole-school NLP training, her school was recently judged by Ofsted as outstanding and “what really impressed them was the rapport between teachers and pupils”.

What is NLP?

NLP has been defined as “the study of excellence” and is a set of principles, approaches, skills and techniques that helps us to understand how we experience and make sense of the world around us.

NLP enables us to explore how our patterns of thinking, language and behaviour all arise from this way in which we make sense of the world. More importantly, NLP helps us to determine what works in our thinking, language and behaviour – and what we can do to ensure we do more of it – so we can achieve the results that we really want on a consistent basis. NLP also helps us to recognise those aspects of our thinking, language and behaviour that don’t work, so we can create more choices for ourselves and find strategies that work with us.

Much of NLP is directly concerned with how we can communicate more effectively with others, and it provides a wealth of practical strategies that can be used to make significant improvements in teaching practice.

The three-day ‘NLP for Classroom Management’ programme provides a thorough grounding in the use of NLP for classroom management – helping you and your staff significantly improve the quality of both teaching and learning.

This course will provide a wide range of practical strategies to help create and maintain effective relationships and rapport, enhance your communication, improve your ability to motivate and influence, manage your own state, deal with challenging behaviour and more.

You will find that the strategies provided are equally applicable to other areas of your personal and professional life, and you’ll begin to understand how NLP may be a powerful tool for creating positive change.

A variety of concepts will be covered, and concrete strategies n the following areas will be provided:

- Establishing and Maintaining Individual and Group Rapport
- Communicating Effectively
- Body Language to Influence and Enhance Credibility
- Positive Phrasing and Other Language Patterns
- Managing State – Self and Student
- Ensuring Sponsorship
- Improving Motivation
- Using Metaphor and Story-Telling as a Powerful Aid
- Dealing with Challenging Behaviour

This course – priced at just £580 + VAT – is delivered at our luxurious premises at Booth Hall, Knutsford in Cheshire.

Booths Hall is an 18th Century manor house set in 220 acres in the heart of the Cheshire countryside.


The programme may also be provided in-house – as either a single block of 3 days, or may be provided over an extended period of days, or evenings.