teacher-student relationships

Presents practical information to help teachers lead students in envisioning themselves achieving success, use questions that encourage creative thinking, and listen to students in a supportive way, and includes stories and examples that show how to use words correctly and effectively in order to reinforce positive results in students.

"'The Unteachables' never thought they'd find a teacher who had a worse attitude than they did. And Mr. Kermit never thought he would actually care about teaching again. Over the course of a school year, though, room 117 will experience mayhem, destruction--and maybe even a shot at redemption"--Publisher.

A guide for teachers to help children dealing with grief over the loss of a loved one or other traumatic experiences, describing childhood bereavement and the experience of grief and loss from a child's perspective, and providing age-appropriate methods to explain the major concepts of death to students, ways to respond to a child's grief, tips to initiate and maintain positive communication, and related topics.

Offers teachers, administrators, and counselors practical suggestions for teaching class clowns while allowing them to share their blend of humor and intelligence in a manner that remains conducive to learning.

Presents a practice guide for teachers for helping students to raise their expectations and standards and provides strategies for communicating with parents, recognizing and correcting negative behavioral problems, and increasing social and academic skills.

"Told in alternating voices, two teenagers, one in Austin, Texas, and the other in Portland, Oregon, enter dangerous romantic relationships"--Provided by publisher.

It's summer in rural Maine; when 17-year-old Darcy Prentiss isn't raking berries with her sister during the day, she's drinking and swimming with the boys in the quarry at night. But the fun is what's been keeping Darcy's mind off the disturbing secret she shares with Nell; the disappearance of her ex-best friend; and that hazy Fourth of July party that ended with Darcy drunk, flat on her back, and wondering how she let it get this far. Everything she has been trying to keep down comes bubbling to the surface when she is nominated to be Bay Festival Princess.