Real talk about classroom management : 50 best practices that work and show you believe in your students /
Teachers want concrete methods born of actual experience from other teachers. This thorough how-to book reveals actionable best practices of classroom management from award-winning teacher Serena Pariser. In it, she shares her growth from a teary-eyed, first-year teacher to Teacher of the Year, Fulb...
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Thousand Oaks, Califorinia :
Corwin, a SAGE company,
[2018]
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Table of Contents:
- My first year
- First weeks of school
- Best practice #1: make day 1 about the students
- Best practice #2: get respect and fast
- Best practice #3: set your routine and structures early and keep them!
- Best practice #4: speak student
- Best practice #5: create purposeful seating charts
- Forming positive relationships with your students
- Best practice #6: use your power for good, not evil
- Best practice #7: let students make mistakes without feeling like a failure
- Best practice #8: win over the tough kids
- Best practice #9: become a teacher detective
- Best practice #10: spread positivity with your words and tone
- Best practice #11: focus on the positive and create positive students
- Best practice #12: understand the student known to others as the "bad kid"
- Best practice #13: reward students
- Best practice #14: the power of behavior contracts
- Curriculum and instruction
- Best practice #15: get your students engaged: make learning fun and make it
- Transferable
- Best practice #16: research, read, use
- Best practice #17: pick up the pace
- Best practice #18: use arms length voice
- Best practice #19: be one or two steps ahead of the class
- Best practice #20: keep everything contextualized and do projects!
- Best practice #21: challenge and support students
- Best practice #22: take risks in your lessons
- Best practice #23: know how to prepare when you just can't be there
- Best practice #24: creative discipline
- Best practice #25: vary levels of noise in the classroom
- Best practice #26: make groupwork work
- Best practice #27: let their creative juices flow
- Best practice #28: teach to every different type of learner
- Best practice #29: have no doubts but be prepared to have [just a few] lessons flop
- Other adults as resources
- Best practice #30: learn how to win over parents
- Best practice #31: know how to make coteaching work
- Best practice #32: be a sponge
- Best practice #33: find a mentor. don't you dare call them one!
- Best practice #34: watch and learn
- Best practice #35: instead of talking: listen with your mind
- Best practice#36: being proactive: getting and keeping administration on your side
- Spins that will wow your students
- Best practice #37: how to get guest speakers into your classroom
- Best practice #38: give students power and a voice
- Best practice #39: show your students you care
- Best practice #40: a class that laughs together learns together
- Best practice #41: gift
- Best practice #42: be the teacher they never had
- Best practice #43: kids notice the small things
- Best practice #44: get students to behave when you're covering classes
- Best practice #45: surprise!
- Keeping yourself sane
- Best practice #46: balance your life
- Best practice #47: know how to handle the difficult parent meetings
- Best practice #48: keep it balanced: give and take equally
- Best practice #49: be responsive and prioritize
- Best practice #50: be mindful with your coworkers
- Widening our lens: a global perspective on classroom management
- Handy to-go list of 50 best practices
- The end of the beginning
- Real advice: teacher to teacher.