Helen Plum Library

Shows teachers how to establish and maintain good management habits in their classrooms through an easy-to-understand program. Topics include : How to encourage courteous classroom behavior and constructive work habits ; How your personality affects your teaching style; How to effectively manage transition times with your class; Successful methods for handling assemblies, recess, lunchtime, and field trips; and, How to communicate productively with...

A teacher's guide for classroom management containing practical techniques for those who would like to spend more time teaching and less time disciplining students. An essential resource for every teacher searching for new ways to gain student cooperation and for more positive discipline techniques

“A Teacher's Guide to Successful Classroom Management and Differentiated Instruction” is a practical, straightforward conversation with teachers about two key aspects of their work. The first section shows teachers how to create the learning environment they want, leading them step-by-step through the process that establishes a productive, trusting relationship between teacher and students. The second section describes differentiated instruction:...

Empower your students instead of coercing them through punishments and external rewards. Engaged by the activities in this character education curriculum, students will choose responsible behavior. Help your students master communication skills, create plans, make decisions, solve problems, and resolve conflicts. Your efforts will build classroom communities that support character development, individual and social responsibility, and academic excellence....

A well-managed classroom almost runs itself. Students are focused and respectful, whether they are silent at their desks or active throughout the classroom-collaborating, experimenting, discovering, and creating. This book is a guide for teachers who want their classrooms to run well in all settings, where students are self-directed and self-disciplined learners. It is a book of proven, practical strategies harvested from successful schools across...

Introducing your guide to navigating the seemingly endless swirl of questions facing new and veteran teachers. Trusted education experts Tom Hierck and Alex Kajitani draw from their experiences to offer research-backed tools and strategies in an easily referenced FAQ format. With wit and wisdom, they address the aspects of teaching that are often unacknowledged to help educators be better equipped for the year ahead. This book will help you: • Build...

Cuando tienes el plan correcto, los más duros retos en el aula, en cuanto al manejo conductual, se hacen más fáciles. En Estrategias Comprobadas para el Manejo del Aula: la Guía Definitiva para el Manejo Efectivo del Aula durante Todo el Año Escolar, encontrarás disponibles algunas de las mejores estrategias para el manejo del aula. En las páginas de este libro, descubrirás efectivas técnicas y métodos para manejar el aula, las cuales te...

Enhance your positive behavioral interventions and supports (PBIS) to do what's best for all students. With this equity-focused guide by Sharroky Hollie and Daniel Russell, Jr., you will discover a clear roadmap for aligning PBIS with cultural and linguistic responsiveness (CLR). Dive deep into why there is an urgent need for this alignment and then learn how to move forward to better serve your learners, especially those from historically underserved...

Discover how educators can cultivate globally literate learners while becoming globally connected themselves. The authors explore ways to bring global issues into the classroom and personalize them using new digital tools. Find strategies for implementing global-awareness studies into the traditional school curriculum, as well as creating new types of 21st century learning environments.

This book is designed to assist individual teachers, groups of teachers, and school leaders who work with professional learning community (PLC) teams to become disciplined and deliberative with data as they design and implement program improvements to enhance student learning. The evidence suggests that when constant, high-quality collaborative inquiry becomes the norm in a PLC, not only do students prosper but the school culture becomes enriched...