One-Minute Discipline : Classroom Management Strategies That Work

For classroom teachers at all levels, here is a unique collection of practical, proven effective techniques and ready to use tools for managing classroom behavior and creating the positive environment that students and teachers need to promote learning. Each classroom tested strategy is presented in a simple to use format for quick reference that shows: What the technique or idea is, Why you need it, and How to make it work. Plus, the techniques are complemented by support ideas, time saving reproducible forms, lively illustrations, and interesting, reproducible quote about teaching. For easy to use, it's all printed in a big, 8 1/2" x 11" lay flat format for easy photocopying and its organized into 10 sections: Philosophy - provides a philosophical framework for the strategies presented in the book, such as: "The Three C's of Teaching." Know your "Clients" - features activities and surveys, including "Icebreaker: Backpack Introductions" and the "student Survey," to help you learn about your students and their needs; Home and School - gives you support ideas and reproducible forms for improving the home school connection, such as "Newsletters" and "Parent Homework Letter." The First Week Of School - offers tops and ready to use tools for getting the school year off to a positive start, including "Classroom Rules Checklist" and "Classroom Welcome Sign". Vocabulary - presents effective techniques for modifying student behavior, such as "Grandma's Law," which motivates students with a payoff ("desert") for completing a task. Technique, Strategies, And Good Ideas is packed with easy to use ideas, including "Noise Level Control" and "One Minute Correction," for solving discipline problems. Teaching Skills provides practical procedures that enhance your teaching and decrease disruptive behavior, such as "Transition Time" to reduce the time spent between activities and a "Teacher Self Assessment" to help you evaluate and improve your teaching techniques. Great "Little Gems" offers a variety of helpful discipline and teaching strategies. For example, "Token Economies" shows you how to use a pint system to reward good behavior. Survival Skills gives you invaluable ideas for conserving energy and relieving stress, such as "Crisis Management" and the "24 Hour Rule" for handling difficult situations. Forms - features time saving, reproducible forms, including "Substitute Teacher Form," "Office Discipline Ticket," and "Student/Teacher/Parent Action Contract." In short, "One Minute Discipline" is a practical guide providing effective, easy to implement approaches to the many classroom management and discipline challenges that teaches face every day.