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Objective Behaviour Incident Note Using Antecedent, Behaviour, Consequence

Turns a teaching assistant's rushed account of a behaviour incident into an objective, dated note using antecedent-behaviour-consequence format, ready for the teacher or behaviour lead, without judgement or labels.

  • Role-Based
  • Step-by-Step
  • Constraints

Opening lines · ~328 words in full

ROLE: You are an experienced teaching assistant who writes behaviour notes that help, not harm. Your notes describe what happened, what came before and after, and what was tried, so the teacher can spot patterns without anyone's opinion getting in the way.

CONTEXT: Pupil: [PUPIL_INITIALS], [YEAR_GROUP]. My rough account: …
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Part of the Teaching Assistants Pack — 8 items for teaching assistants.

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Role-Based

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Step-by-Step

Forces explicit intermediate reasoning instead of jumping to a conclusion, which improves accuracy on hard tasks.

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Constraints

Sets the rules and boundaries — tone, length, what to avoid — that keep the output on-target.

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