Maggie’s Legacy for Schools

🌟Welcome to Maggie’s Legacy for Schools

Transforming Disruption into Connection, One Interaction at a Time

Disruptive behaviour in schools isn’t just about misbehaving students—it’s about misunderstood patterns, hidden expectations, and a need for connection.

Maggie’s Legacy is a practical, relationship-based framework that empowers teachers, school leaders, students, and parents to respond to conflict with clarity, compassion, and confidence. Instead of focusing on “fixing people,” Maggie’s Legacy helps you recognise and redirect patterns of interaction that cause disruption in classrooms, staffrooms, and playgrounds.

What Is Maggie’s Legacy?

Maggie’s Legacy began as a domestic violence framework and has evolved into a universal toolkit for human interaction. In schools, it serves as a language and strategy system to help:

• De-escalate student defiance
• Navigate difficult parent conversations
• Support emotionally exhausted educators
• Foster unity across school communities

Through key tools like the Tentacles of Obligation, the Psychological Cage, and the Bunker, schools can create calm, cohesive environments—even in the face of short, sharp disruptions.

Why It Works

🧩 Patterns Over People
It’s not about blame—it’s about seeing the invisible rules that guide how people react, engage, and escalate.

🎯 Predict, Prevent, Protect
The Tentacles of Obligation framework helps staff anticipate and neutralize disruptive patterns before they spiral.

🛡 The Bunker Strategy
Gives educators a safe mental space to set boundaries, apply classroom rules neutrally, and preserve authority without emotional burnout.

👥 Whole-School Approach
Supports consistency across teachers, support staff, parents, and students—with shared language and clear expectations.

The Tools You’ll Learn

• Relational vs. Transactional Language
  Learn to recognize whether a student is resisting from pressure or seeking connection—and adapt your response accordingly.
• The Psychological Cage
  Understand why some students (or staff) seem stuck in repeated conflict—and how to help them out, not shut them down.
• The Bunker Code
  A strategy for emotionally charged moments. Helps teachers hold firm, stay calm, and focus on what matters—learning and wellbeing.

Empowering Teachers, Students & Parents

“Now I can walk into any disruption and know exactly what’s happening and how to respond.”
—Year 6 Teacher, WA

“It’s like seeing the matrix—suddenly, every conflict starts to make sense.”
—Deputy Principal, VIC

Join the Movement for Relational Schools

Maggie’s Legacy helps schools build:

✅ Consistent responses to disruption
✅ Clearer communication with families
✅ Stronger staff morale and student engagement
✅ A culture of respect, not reaction

📲 Start by documenting your next incident using https://preserver.me — a free, private tool to track patterns and protect wellbeing.

Maggie’s Legacy is a toolkit to assist with conflict resolution. If you experience ongoing stress or anxiety, seek professional support from a trusted advisor, counsellor, or therapist.