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Description
Why do some students thumb their nose at a good education, disrupt everyone’s day at every turn, and pretty much subject themselves to a lifetime of compromise and want? This unique book is based on a decade of hands on experience and research dealing with thousands of students in regular education, K-12, and in an alternative school setting. It exposes the accepted and timeworn theories on classroom management, which are based on Faulty Assumptions, that rarely work and oftentimes make the situation worse. Miller’s common sense principles for classroom leadership were described by one college professor as “The Heart of Teaching.” This entertaining but thought provoking book provides the practical answers struggling teachers have been searching for to bring order to their classrooms so meaningful learning can take place. The precepts advocated for a smooth running classroom, which translate to a smooth running school, are applicable for all teachers, novice and veteran, with any student, regardless of age. Quite simply, it’s designed to educate the educated. This is the “How To” book taken from the real world of the classroom.
Table of Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1 - Attention Span of a Gnat
Chapter 2 - Your Objective Is What?
Chapter 3 - So You Know Your Student
Chapter 4 - Know Who You’re Talking To
Chapter 5 - Giving and Getting 100%
Chapter 6 - Never Box Yourself In
Chapter 7 - How to Find the Right Approach
Chapter 8 - What Are You Trying to Accomplish?
Chapter 9 - Who’s Listening?
Chapter 10 - What’s It Going to Take?
Chapter 11 – Are You Positive?
Chapter 12 – What Do They Want?
Chapter 13 - You, Them, Together
Chapter 14 - The Direct Approach
Chapter 15 - Picture This
Chapter 16 - Step to the Back
Chapter 17 - Let’s Start at the End
Chapter 18 - And in This Corner
Chapter 19 - You’re Going to What
Chapter 20 - What You’re Up Against
Chapter 21 - Turn Down the Volume
Chapter 22 - The Uncompeteable
Chapter 23 - Why Me?
Chapter 24 - Additions and Distractions
Chapter 25 - The Parent Trap
Chapter 26 - A Bucket and a Shot Glass
Chapter 27 - You Deserve a Break Today
Chapter 28 - Push, Shove, or Pull…
Chapter 29- Outrunning a Tornado
Chapter 30 - Thanks for the Memory
Chapter 31 – A Failure to Communicate
Chapter 32 - The Tomorrow Gambit
Chapter 33 - The Future Is Now
Chapter 34 - Cut the Bull…
Chapter 35 – United We Stand
Chapter 36 – Alternative Schools
Appendix 1 – In a Nutshell…
Appendix 2 - Your Life, Your Call…
Product details
Published | Mar 11 2013 |
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Format | Ebook (Epub & Mobi) |
Edition | 1st |
Extent | 182 |
ISBN | 9781610486866 |
Imprint | R&L Education |
Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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Reviews
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In 22 years of public education, I have never found a book that gives better anecdotal evidence of classroom management than this. You can immediately use the knowledge in this book! A must-read for all new teachers. We have adopted this book in our district as part of the induction program.
Dr. Cosmas C. Curry, Superintendent, Bloomsburg, PA Area School District
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This book is a breath of fresh air. It’s straight forward, practical, and not filled with someone’s useless theories. I can find no fault with any of your observations or conclusions. Your work is certainly based on practical experience, a 'how to' taken from the real world of the classroom. Something like this is badly needed in today’s schools.
Bob Roberts, educator, principal, superintendent, adjunct faculty, Wilkes University
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Each semester I have Bill Miller speak with my Classroom Management and Effective Discipline Class. Bill’s years of experience and proven methods for dealing with ‘at risk’ students are a valuable part of training each teacher should receive. I highly recommend Bill.
Dr. Robert Gates, Department Chair, Educational Studies and Secondary Education, Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania