Observation Task 3: Managing Transitions

Discuss the possibility of managing these transitions yourselves with your MST. With reference to
your notes decide how best to do this and implement it next week. Evaluate your own performance
and redesign your strategies based on your experience. Build on your learning in this area over the
course of the placement.

Table 9: Example ‘Managing Transitions.’

Type and function of
transitions
1 Using the bell to move from
the carpet to the corners.
Strategies used to Efficacy of the strategy in Suggestions for further
facilitate transitions terms of promoting development.
positive behavior and
minimizing challenging
behavior.
- The teacher - The children felt - This transition was managed
asked the excited and all of well, and all the students
helper hand to them were were listening and did what
use the bell listening to the they should do.
for the helper hand
transition. instructions. - For further development the
teacher should keep
- The teacher - They went to the observing them and punish
said for the corners quietly. who doesn’t listening to the
helper hand to leader.
give - The kept calm.
instructions to
the other
students and
asked from
them to move
quietly.

2 - Make a line up - The teacher - The students - The transition was managed
(while moving asked the always do the well, and all the students
from a place to students to do line up and walk were making a straight line
another). a line up and straight without up. But I think the teacher
walk nicely making noises. should always keep
and in a reminding the students to
straight line. make a line up when the
move from place to another.

- The teacher should be with

them to manage.

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