Making it till Friday: your guide to effective classroom management

Beginnings: An Introduction

The First Few Days

Beyond a Conventional View of Classroom Management

Assessing Your Commitment

Identifying Your Current Sources of Job Satisfaction

Believing in Yourself

Believing in Your Students' Potential

Dealing with Unrealistic Job Expectations

Developing Guiding Principles

Maintaining a Balance

In Review

What Lies Ahead

Building Relationships: Teacher Communication

Effects of Teacher Communication

Your School Family

Reduction of Relationship Problems

Actions for Building and Maintaining Good Professional Relationships

Getting What's Best: Promoting Desired Behaviors

Planning for Success

Developing Class Rules

Developing Logistical Procedures

Enhancing the Learning Environment

Modeling Productive Behaviors

Monitoring Student Progress

Keep Up the Good Work: The Use of Positive Reinforcement

Defining the Limits of Positive Reinforcement

The Targets of Positive Reinforcement

Identification of Student Preferences for Positive Reinforcers

Interdependent Group-Oriented Reinforcement

Supportive Comments: But Not without Reservations

Managing Difficult Situations

Thinking about Yourself

Being Helpful: Managing Unwanted Behaviors

Frame of Reference for Reducing Misbehavior

Positive Interventions

Negative Interventions

Critical Choices

Specific Problems

The Home Connection: Working with Parents

Getting Started: Working with Administrators

Having a Willing Attitude

Writing Home

Spreading the News

Telephoning and E-Mailing Home

Making Homework Useful and Palatable

Meeting with Parents

And More Can Be Done

Final Thoughts: Benefits and Cautions

Including Everyone: Teaching Students with Special Needs

A Brief Background of the Development of IDEA

Important Provisions in IDEA 1997 Affecting Regular-Education Teachers

Assessment of Your Approach to Teaching Students with Disabilities

Initiative in Making Referrals

Home-Related Problems

Intellectually Gifted Students

The Complete Package: Helping Students Develop Efficient Work Habits

Reasons for Promoting Good Work Habits

Problematic Work Tendencies

School Strategies for Promoting Effective Work Habits

Selected Work Practices to be Promoted

In the Cool of the Evening: Your Life Beyond The Classroom

Rest

Physical-Fitness Activity

Recreational Pursuits

Diet

Social Relations

Domestic Responsibilities

Academic Preparation

Bringing It Together: A Brighter Day

General Review

Managing Problems

On Your Own

Not in Their Best Interest-Corporal Punishment

Ethical Concerns Related to Corporal Punishment

Legal Issues Related to Corporal Punishment.