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Making it till Friday: your guide to effective classroom management
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Publisher
Princeton Book Co
Publication Date
[2005]
Language
English
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From the Book - Fifth edition.
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.
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9780871272683
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