Behaviour Management

An accredited Assertive Discipline Leader with Geoff Moss's Behaviour and Learning Management consultancy, Raymond has helped schools from Shetland to Leeds develop whole school behaviour management systems.

He has delivered many CPD courses to serving teachers, and has been Principles lecturer in Behaviour Management in the University of Strathclyde PGDE (S) course for five years, achieving the highest evaluations of any input.

He led the Theory and Practice of Behaviour Management elective for secondary postgraduates.

“Very compelling speaker; inspiring; I enjoyed this session very much. [I will use] much more positive reinforcement in the classroom.”

A Cluster In-Service – Archie Green, HT Scalloway, Shetland.

Creative Writing

Raymond has probably delivered more creative writing CPD to serving teachers than anyone since 2001. His training sessions are heavily practice based, and concentrate on the primacy of stimulus and motivating children to write. He has many years experience of creative writing workshops with school and adult groups, and is a renowned performer of his work.

“This was an awesome session – stimulating, innovative and fun”

“An excellent seminar. Lots of really useful ideas for classes, but more importantly it helped me write different kinds of things. Superb.”

“Inspirational! I'm going to do lots more writing. I love how you spoke about Reading for Enjoyment and linked it to Writing for Enjoyment – such an important point!”

On performance: "Brings a dynamic physicality to his extraordinarily vivid writing…" - Kathryn Heyman, author of Orange and Stakis prize-nominated novel, The Breaking.

Miscellaneous

Raymond has delivered in-service on a number of areas of the curriculum and management issues. His experience of writing The Cone-gatherers has informed several courses, and he has developed innovative strategies for responding to literature in the upper stages, his techniques having been adopted in many schools. He has taught on Chartered teacher modules, particularly in the area of self-evaluation and professionalism.

His research interests include: the relationship between students, schools and Initial Teacher Education establishments; the development of teacher professionalism; and the use of Scottish literature in the classroom. He has also contributed to a major study into the attitudes of young people not in education, employment or training.