Product Description

Designed for both the new and experienced teacher, this fully updated second edition of the best–selling Classroom Teacher’s Survival Guide offers a practical source of ready–to–use tips and strategies for solving the everyday problems teachers face while organizing and managing a classroom. Replete with behavior management and assistive discipline strategies, this updated second edition includes tested suggestions, techniques, and reproducibles to help you save time and handle problems in scores of specific areas such as classroom routines, motivation, supplies, parent conferences, lesson plans, grading, conflict resolution, testing, team teaching, cooperative learning, homework, open houses, and many more.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1289043 in Books
• Published on: 2005-02-22
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: 2.55 pounds
• Binding: Paperback
• 400 pages

From the Back Cover
Classroom Teacher′s Survival Guide

Practical Strategies, Management Techniques, and Reproducibles for New and Experienced Teachers, Second Edition

Designed for both the new and experienced teacher, this fully updated second edition of the best–selling Classroom Teacher′s Survival Guide offers a practical source of ready–to–use tips and strategies for solving the everyday problems teachers face while organizing and managing a classroom.

Replete with behavior management and assistive discipline strategies, this updated second edition includes tested suggestions, techniques, and reproducibles to help you save time and handle problems in scores of specific areas such as classroom routines, motivation, supplies, parent conferences, lesson plans, grading, conflict resolution, testing, team teaching, cooperative learning, homework, open houses, and many more.

Here is just a sampling of the topics and reproducibles you′ll find in each section:

Create a Supportive Learning Environment: The First Day of School . . . Humor in the Classroom . . . Thirty Hot Tips for Managing Classroom Behavior.

Creating Successful Lessons: Lesson Plans . . . Twenty Tips for Closing a Lesson . . . Putting More Pizzazz in Your Presentation . . . Homework That Helps.

Alternatives to Lectures: Twenty–Two Tips for Asking Effective Questions . . . Journal Keeping . . . Field Trips . . . Videotaping.

Building a Learning Community: Twenty–Four Hot Tips for Working with Other Teachers . . . Guidelines for Collaborative Teams.

In Search of Educational Excellence: Twenty–Two Tips for Becoming an Effective Teacher . . . Why Teachers Fail

Effective Use of School Time: The Erosion of School Time . . . Block Scheduling . . . Eleven Tips on Minimizing Classroom Interruptions

Helpful Teaching Resources: The Internet as a Learning Resource . . . Tips on Getting Started on the Internet . . . Computer Software for Improving Teacher Productivity.

"Teachers will value his insights, his extremely useful resources, and his practical wisdom."
—Thomas R. McDaniel, senior vice president and professor of education, Converse College

"Provides common–sense suggestions for classroom management and instructional delivery, and offers a wealth of handout masters to get teachers off to a great start!"
—Jodi A. Lamb, Ph.D., director, staff development, School District of Manatee County

"I use the Survival Guide throughout the year as a reference tool and give it as a practical gift to my student teachers—they love it!"
—Elizabeth Eddy, National Board Certified Teacher, Westerville South High School

About the Author
Ronald L. Partin, Ph.D., holds a doctorate in educational psychology and counseling and has more than thirty-five years' experience as an educator, scholar, counselor, consultant, and presenter. Partin is the author of The Social Studies Teachers' Book of Lists, 2nd Edition from Jossey-Bass.

Customer Reviews

A deatiled book for use only on an "as needed" basis.
I'm very disappointed in this book, although some information IN it is valuable, it will take a long time to read the entire book cover to cover. It is an excellent Textbook but not a handy guide to flip to on a regular basis and find ideas for what you need. Although broken into sections, they are not readily found or visible. One must search the information needed as in a research assignment. The reproducibles are MAINLY for elementary grades. This was not stated in the very short and brief summary of it's contents, on-line. Although the price was reasonable, I'm not pleased with the way the book is organized & printed.

A repertoire of great ideas for the new or experienced teach
I would recomend this to any other teacher who can read. I am a new teacher myself and need some help here and there (oh there I go humoring myself again, I need help all the time)and this book sugests how to handel everyday problems and many other necessary things!! I love the part labeled "coping with the Daily Stresses of Teaching" and it also tells information like getting parents involed which can be terribly hard to get going!! It has many good reproducibles that can be used anytime!!! I also just can't get over how well the spiral-bound book is so easy to tote! I again would recomend this to any teacher that can read!!!!!!! To sum it is I feel I don't need to say more than "Great Book"!!