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Proactive Classroom Management, K–8

A Practical Guide to Empower Students and Teachers

By: Louis G. Denti

This collection of 77 teacher-developed and approved activities gives you ready-to-use tools that encourage positive behavior and are effective for all students.

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Product Details

Grade Level: K-8
ISBN: 9781452203898
Published By: Corwin
Year: 2012
Page Count: 192
Publication date: January 24, 2012

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Description

77 practical activities that reinforce positive behavior

Every teacher dreams of the perfect, well-behaved class, but the reality can be quite different. On those less-than-perfect days, having a system in place helps you and your students stay on track. This gold mine of teacher-developed and -approved strategies goes beyond classroom management theory and gives you ready-to-use tools that not only encourage positive behavior, but also empower students to take responsibility for their behavior.

This book is organized into two sections: the first provides general classroom operating principles for maintaining control of the classroom and for helping teachers with day-to-day classroom management; and the second is chock full of teacher-friendly activities to promote an enhanced classroom environment. Excellent for all students, these strategies will help you:

Improve your teaching and classroom management skills
Enhance your knowledge base
Maintain a positive attitude so that you can be proactive rather than reactive

Also included are a quick-glance chart that groups the activities by appropriate grade level and checklists for classroom procedures and routines, teacher classroom management, and self- evaluation. Are you ready to get started? Let these "best of the best" activities lead the way!

Key features

This book includes:

75+ ready-to-implement activities to promote positive classroom and student behavior
A "Quick Glance" chart that groups the activities by appropriate grade level
Several checklists to aid in assessment and implementations, including a Classroom Procedures and Routines Checklist, a Teacher Classroom Management Self-Check, and a Self Evaluation of School Behaviors Checklist.

Author(s)

Louis G. Denti

Dr. Louis Denti, a former special educator and administrator, is currently the Lawton Love Distinguished Professor of Special Education and Director of the Center for Reading Diagnosis and Instruction at California State University, Monterey Bay. His research focuses on student behavior, special education, inclusion, and literacy.

Lou has dedicated his life to helping those who struggle to learn. Educators across the country have benefited from his research, publications and presentations. In 2009 he delivered the keynote address at the annual meeting of the Ohio School Speech Pathology and Educational Audiology Consortium and received the organization's Annie Glenn National Leadership Award. The award is named for Annie Glenn, wife of former astronaut and Senator John Glenn, and an adjunct professor in the Department of Speech and Hearing Science at Ohio State University.

Table of Contents

Introduction

Preface

Quick Glance

Part 1: Proactive Teaching and Student Empowerment

1. Proactive Teaching

2. Boundaries

3. Teacher Self-Esteem

4. Teaching and Rewarding Responsible Behavior

5. Responsible Instruction

6: Nine Features of Effective Classroom Management

The IeAM System

Data Collection

Classsroom Procedures and Routines Checklist

Teacher Classroom Management Self-Check

School Behavior Checklist

Class Meeting

Cooperative/Collaborative Learning

Conflict Resolution

Classroom Manager Roles

Part 2: Activities to Promote Positive Classroom and Student Behavior

Website Resources

Appendix

Reviews

"This text offers all sorts of practical ways to promote student well-being and learning."

Sandra Moore, High School English Teacher
Coupeville High School, WA

"A child-centric toolbox for educators wanting to empower students, manage behavior, and get to the important task of delivering quality instruction."

Darron Laughland, Education Coordinator
The Enriched Learning Center, Berlin, NH

"This book is practical, easy to read, and focused on the ‘real’ world of the classroom. The author recognizes that teachers have different teaching styles and allows them to choose what will work with their personality."

Donna Adkins, First-Grade Teacher
Perritt Primary School, Arkadelphia, AR

"This book will show teachers how to empower their students to become lifelong learners, and capable adults with the best possible future."

Renee Peoples, Third Grade Teacher
Swain West Elementary, Bryson City, NC

"This book is well researched and has a good variety of strategies that are clearly written and can be implemented easily."

Sandi Phair, Second Grade Teacher
West Hill Elementary School, Rocky Hill, CT

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