Four Dimensions for Teachers

Let’s take a look at the words we use to describe people and how wrong they really can be when we look underneath and seek to find the reason why behaviours are present. To learn more about Caroline and her 4 Dimensions Framework, head to her website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://carolineblackley.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Or...

Starting this week with a reminder of how the words we use can have an unintended impact on others. It is not only the students who disrupt the learning environment. The words from adults have a significant impact on other adults within the schools where the work is done. Be kind, be considerate and most of all sometimes hold your tongue when those words are not necessary. To learn more about Caro...

If you have ever been included in, or initiated a car park conversation, then this episode is for you. Using the 4D framework to create clear boundaries around how we talk in our spaces with colleagues. There is nothing wrong with a good lunch break chit chat or a robust car park conversation. DO your car park conversations add positively to the environment in which you want to work, live and play...

I smile inwardly when teacher say that they need routines. Or staff who say that teachers who struggle with behaviour have no routines. This statement is so false. Every behaviour you have is a routine. What you are really saying is that your current routines don’t impact positively on a productive teaching and learning space. Listen in today on how to change that! To learn more about Caroline and...

This episode links you to revisit past episodes that will be great this coming week, with a new summary on the topics revisited. From managing change fatigue to a recap on the Four Dimensions to finishing with some thoughts on Wellbeing. If you think you’re ok and up to speed on everything 4D, a listen can be worthwhile as your colleagues may not be in the same place as you are right now. This is...

I have friends and colleagues in North Queensland today who are waking up this morning with a heavy load due to Mother Nature. This makes my heart reach out to be thankful, and have gratitude, for what I have had these first three weeks. Also be thoughtful in how I communicate and reach out to colleagues whose lived experience this week is vastly different from mine. To learn more about Caroline a...

This episode looks ta feedback loops- for adults and students. These are golden opportunities; how do you make sure that tour feedback provides the chance for future behaviours to align with what you want to see? To learn more about Caroline and her 4 Dimensions Framework, head to her website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://carolineblackley.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠...

This episode welcomes our pod squad back to the 4D podcast, along with a refresh on how to set our mindset ready for the 2025 year. Don’t miss the opportunity to set the tone for what is in front of you right now- your students, your class it is what it is and that should be celebrated. Every generation brings challenges, as does every generation bring things we can celebrate. Focus on the wonderf...

Make sure this week you research, engage and actively participate in this opportunity to build knowledge and skills in several areas for the 2025 school year. This episode provides some strategies and post professional learning ideas to assist you in making the most of your student free days. To learn more about Caroline and her 4 Dimensions Framework, head to her website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠...

When we have the privilege of being include in a conversation we have two options: Meet or Match. Do you meet people where they are at, or do you match them and take over the story line? This episode will challenge you on how you walk through a conversation and give you ides on how to support one another and let people be seen as we head into the last few days of the Term. To learn more about Caro...

Schools and organisation’s use my research in 3 specific ways: to use the 4D research, using the 4D framework or to provide teachers with 1:1 observation. Each is connected and schools choose their own journey so that they have access to Australian research that provides data to inform their strategic directions, reinforce what is working and exposes areas that require attention. Any good school l...

If you want to find ways to engage your staff, create activities or develop a plan for 4D in your school next year you don’t need to look much further than your 4D observation coversheet. This beautiful little resource is available to everyone who has done Level I training, everyone who has had an observation. You have access to this sheet. Link it to the handbook if you have done Level I for grea...

We have three weeks to go! Are you someone feeling pumped and ready to jump at the opportunities we have before us with this extra week? Or are you feeling a little under the pump and finding it hard to generate the energy you need? Listen in as I share a few tips to hopefully set you up for a great final three weeks. To learn more about Caroline and her 4 Dimensions Framework, head to her website...

It is support simple in the world of 4D, how you see the interaction is the difference. The difference to your wellbeing, classroom climate and future predicted behaviours. We reinforce to encourage what is ahead; we praise to let someone know we approved of what has been. To learn more about Caroline and her 4 Dimensions Framework, head to her website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠...

When you are wanting to change your practice, but you are unsure of where to start, don’t you wish you knew what other teachers do that reduce their classroom disruption. Join in today to hear the impact of organisation, liking your job, realising it is what it is and tips to turn the tables in your favour. A huge thank you to every open door we have found in 2024 who helped us see what this diffe...

I am in no way an expert in the Berry Street Education Model, but I do see how schools that use 4D with high fidelity align the two and I am happy to share my understanding of their ways of working together with my listeners. To learn more about Caroline and her 4 Dimensions Framework, head to her website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://carolineblackley.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠...

I am in no way an expert in Restorative Practices, but I do see how schools that use 4D with high fidelity align the two and I am very happy to share my understanding of their ways of working together with my listeners. To learn more about Caroline and her 4 Dimensions Framework, head to her website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://carolineblackley.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠...

When we know the why, the what and the how can be much clearer. This episode looks at teaching, the 4D framework and 4D observations and helps you understand the what, how and why of each. To learn more about Caroline and her 4 Dimensions Framework, head to her website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://carolineblackley.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Or check...

If we want to change a behaviour then the interaction needs to occur around the expected behaviour with the student you are trying to change. To learn more about Caroline and her 4 Dimensions Framework, head to her website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://carolineblackley.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Or check her out on social media here: YouTube:  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠...

Reinforcement in one of the four dimensions on the 4D framework. It is a genuine interaction with another who is meeting the expectations of that environment.  If we only interact around curriculum and not the behaviour we want to see, we will not change the behaviour of the students we want to. To learn more about Caroline and her 4 Dimensions Framework, head to her website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠...

The skill of cueing with parallel acknowledgement, in its original form, just does not have the same impact it had in 1996 or even 2016. This does not mean you throw the baby out with the bath water; it means you need to pay attention and shift slightly the skills we used to use, with a new interaction of bounce back, to have high impact in today’s classrooms. If you don’t interact with the studen...

When you do any work over a period it is essential to revisit the terminology and the concepts that underpin that work. The more removed the application is from the designer, the author, the more room there is for interpretation and misinterpretation.  Mob Buy-In has many applications, however, in its original format it is about seeing the groups of students in front of you to support your decisio...

Over the last 30 years of my career, I have had the privilege of being exposed to and using many coaching paradigms. The 4D framework is the evolution of this knowledge this experience and the research, I put my entire life on hold for, over a 6-year period. When we think the product we have is enough, then we are fools. Anything we do should always be under constant review, renewal when needed an...

When we talk about Follow Through, there are three considerations: The certainty, the celerity and the severity.  Each plays a role in your decision making and each impacts the teaching and learning space. To learn more about Caroline and her 4 Dimensions Framework, head to her website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://carolineblackley.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Or...

Redirection is the third of the Four Dimensions. It is an extremely valid tool in a teacher’s armoury to create the supportive environment that they want to teach in. This episode covers the concepts of balance, bounce back and intentionality when using the Third Dimension of redirect. To learn more about Caroline and her 4 Dimensions Framework, head to her website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠...