Classroom management techniques that empower you and your students!
The Best of Corwin series showcases key chapters from critically acclaimed Corwin publications for a powerful compilation of perspectives on important education issues and topics. This collection This collection features excerpts from nine works by recognized experts, bringing the best classroom management techniques and practices together in one power-packed volume. Included are problem-solving strategies for handling classroom disruptions and advice for relating to students with emotional disorders. Other key topics include:
- How to set the tone on the first day of school
- Brain-based management strategies
- Preventive and intervention methods
- Win-win solutions to power struggles
- Ways to teach students to self-monitor and self-manage
The authors provide a substantial array of strategies and techniques you can use immediately to engage students and create a positive learning environment. Remember what brought you to this profession and imagine the joy of working with kids when you can eliminate management headaches and actually spend your time doing what you came to do—teach!
Table of Content
Preface – Jane Bluestein
Introduction – Jane Bluestein
About the Editor
About the Contributors
1. Managing a Win-Win Classroom – Jane Bluestein
2. They′re Here – Renee Rosenblum-Lowden and Felicia Lowden Kimmel
3. Handling Social Misbehavior – David A. Sousa
4. Addressing Students Who Cause Class Disruptions – Kay Burke
5. Dealing With Difficult Students – Donna Walker Tileston
6. Understanding The RCM Plan™ – J. Allen Queen and Bob Algozzine
7. Harnessing and Channeling Anger Into Constructive Outlets – Marilyn E. Gootman
8. Avoid Win-Lose Power Strategies – Jane Bluestein
9. Understand the Behaviors of Students With Emotional and/or Behavioral Disorders – Roger Pierangelo and George Giuliani
References
About the author
A dynamic and entertaining speaker, Jane Bluestein has worked with thousands of educators, counselors, health care professionals, parents, child care workers, and other community members worldwide. She has appeared internationally as a speaker and talk-show guest, including several appearances as a guest expert on CNN, National Public Radio, and The Oprah Winfrey Show.Bluestein specializes in programs and resources geared to provide practical and meaningful information, training, and hope in areas related to relationship building, effective instruction and guidance, and personal development. Much of her work focuses on interactions between adults and children, especially children at risk. Her down-to-earth speaking style, practicality, sense of humor, and numerous stories and examples make her ideas clear and accessible to her audiences.Bluestein is an award-winning author whose books include Creating Emotionally Safe Schools; High School’s Not Forever; 21st Century Discipline; Being a Successful Teacher; Parents in a Pressure Cooker; Parents, Teens, & Boundaries; The Parent’s Little Book of Lists: Do’s and Don’ts of Effective Parenting; Mentors, Masters, and Mrs. Mc Gregor: Stories of Teachers Making a Difference; and Daily Riches: A Journal of Gratitude and Awareness. Bluestein’s latest book is entitled The Win-Win Classroom.Formerly a classroom teacher in inner-city Pittsburgh, PA, a crisis-intervention counselor, a teacher training program coordinator, and a volunteer with high-risk teens at a local day treatment program, Bluestein currently heads Instructional Support Services, Inc., a consulting and resource firm in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
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