classroom management

Provides descriptions of twenty-five procedures for teachers and students that aid in classroom management, including reaching objectives, maintaining composure, conducting parent conferences, attending assemblies, and dismissing students.

Louisiana-based educational author and speaker Breaux is a former curriculum coordinator and classroom teacher; she now trains and supports new teachers, trains assessors for the Louisiana Dept. of Education, and is an international presenter for the Bureau of Education and Research. The 20 chapters of her text offer new and experienced teachers, mentors, instructional coaches, and staff developers a look at 20 common teaching mistakes and how the best teachers avoid and correct them in order to take charge of themselves and their classrooms to create a calm, caring, structured learning environment. A sampling of topics: assuming students already know, engaging in power struggles, allowing for unstructured time, failing to organize, lowering expectations, neglecting priorities, being inconsistent, delaying feedback, and refusing to acknowledge mistakes. No subject index. Annotation ?2009 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com).

Presents twenty-five scenarios to evaluate ways in which to handle difficult situations in the classroom, and provides strategies and solutions to challenge both teachers and students to become more effective.

A guide to classroom management identifying types of problem behavior that teachers may encounter when dealing with students such as absenteeism, failure to contribute in groups, apathy, and others, and outlines strategies for dealing with these problems.

Contains dozens of reading, writing, and role-playing activities designed to help grade school students learn to get along with one another.

Presents a collection of tips, strategies, and activities designed to address and eliminate the problem of bullying in elementary and middle schools; and includes reproducible worksheets.

Provides strategies for differentiating instruction in diverse and inclusive classrooms to be sure all students meet standards, and includes real-world scenarios and references.