Solving Thorny Behavior Problems

Solving Thorny Behavior Problems
Author: Caltha Crowe
Publisher: Center for Responsive Schools, Inc.
Total Pages: 301
Release: 2009
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1892989328

Arguing, excluding classmates, "forgetting" to do homework, balking at sharing. These common problems can disrupt learning, frustrate children, and exhaust teachers. This book gives you five strategies for working with children to solve these sorts of problems: problem-solving conferences, conflict resolution, role-playing, class meetings, and individual written agreements. With warmth, wit, and deep insight into classroom life, veteran teacher Caltha Crowe guides teachers in making the most of each strategy. She includes detailed steps, true stories from classrooms, actual conversations with students, and answers to real teachers' questions. Interactive planning pages will help you adapt the strategies for your own students.

Sammy and His Behavior Problems

Sammy and His Behavior Problems
Author: Caltha Crowe
Publisher: Center for Responsive Schools, Inc.
Total Pages: 169
Release: 2010
Genre: Education
ISBN: 189298931X

This extraordinary book draws you into Caltha Crowe's "never quit" efforts to help Sammy, a challenging but charming third grader, gain control of his behavior so that he, and his classmates, can learn. Caltha takes readers into her classroom through rich stories, complemented with personal journal entries. Through her sympathetic eyes, we experience Sammy's defiance, angry outbursts, and baffling responses to stress. Caltha's wisdom and kindness turn this book into the one you'll urge on colleagues, and you'll come away with strategies and structures you can use to help the Sammy in your own classroom.

How to Bullyproof Your Classroom

How to Bullyproof Your Classroom
Author: Caltha Crowe
Publisher: Center for Responsive Schools, Inc.
Total Pages: 273
Release: 2012
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1892989492

Stop bullying before it starts. Use the practical strategies described in this book to prevent bullying and create a safe, inclusive elementary classroom where kindness and learning flourish. Veteran educator Caltha Crowe offers a proactive approach to bullying prevention that shows you how to create a positive classroom environment and how to respond to mean behavior before it escalates into bullying. Learn to: Recognize and stop gateway behaviors as soon as they start Build a caring classroom community Create rules with children that help prevent bullying Talk candidly with children about bullying Work with parents in your anti-bullying efforts

Rules in School

Rules in School
Author: Kathryn Brady
Publisher: Center for Responsive Schools, Inc.
Total Pages: 248
Release: 2011
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1892989425

Join the thousands of teachers in schools nationwide who have used this positive approach to discipline to establish calm, safe classrooms in which students can do their best learning. The approach to discipline presented in this book helps children develop self-control, understand how positive behavior looks and sounds, and come to value such behavior. With many examples from their own classrooms, three experienced teachers offer practical techniques to help you: establish clear expectations for behavior from day one; teach students how to articulate their learning goals; create classroom rules that connect to those goals; use techniques such as Interactive Modeling to teach positive behavior; reinforce positive behavior with supportive teacher language; and quickly stop misbehavior and restore positive behavior so that children retain their dignity and continue learning.

Responsive School Discipline

Responsive School Discipline
Author: Chip Wood
Publisher: Center for Responsive Schools, Inc.
Total Pages: 274
Release: 2011
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1892989433

Bring positive behavior to your school through strong, consistent, and positive discipline. In Responsive School Discipline two experienced administrators offer practical strategies for building a safe, calm, and respectful school-strategies based on deep respect for children and for staff. Each chapter targets one key discipline issue and starts with a checklist of action steps. For comprehensive discipline reform, go through the chapters in order. For help with a particular challenge, go right to the chapter you need.

Teasing, Tattling, Defiance and More

Teasing, Tattling, Defiance and More
Author: Margaret Berry Wilson
Publisher: Center for Responsive Schools, Inc.
Total Pages: 274
Release: 2013
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1892989549

This practical guide by veteran teacher Margaret Berry Wilson first reviews why children misbehave, then offers positive, effective strategies to stop 10 common classroom behaviors quickly and respectfully--and get students back on track for learning.

Sharing Hidden Know-How

Sharing Hidden Know-How
Author: Katrina Pugh
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 272
Release: 2011-03-01
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1118010930

Using knowledge that an organization already has is one of the great management ideas of the last fifteen years. Putting Knowledge to Work provides external consultants, internal facilitators, and leaders with a five-step process that will help them achieve their knowledge management goals. The five steps, Knowledge Jams, show how to set the direction, foster the correct tone, conduct knowledge capture event, and integrate this knowledge into the organization. In addition, the author introduces conversation practices for participants to effectively co-create knowledge and discover context.

Jack's Notebook

Jack's Notebook
Author: Gregg Fraley
Publisher: Thomas Nelson
Total Pages: 280
Release: 2008-09-28
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1418577375

Problems! Jack Huber has his share. But when he is introduced to the creative problem solving process from an unexpected source, life soon changes . . . drastically. Jack Huber dreams of being a professional photographer and starting his own business. He has a few ideas but doesn't know how to process them to make his dream a reality. That is until an unlikely mentor stumbles upon Jack's path and shares a whole new way of thinking through problems. In Jack's Notebook, Gregg Fraley, an innovation consultant to Fortune 500 companies, illustrates a well-kept secret of corporate America: the Creative Problem Solving process. "If you are struggling to move ahead in your career, if you're an executive with a thorny corporate challenge, someone trying to solve a messy community issue, a family trying to sort through an emotional conflict, or an entrepreneur looking for ways to make the most of limited resources-this book is for you. If you have a 'mess' on your hands, you have found a useful tool." -from the Introduction

Middle School Motivators!

Middle School Motivators!
Author: Responsive Classroom
Publisher: Center for Responsive Schools, Inc.
Total Pages: 74
Release: 2016-04-06
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1892989824

These tried-and-true learning structures encourage all students to do their best learning, stay fully engaged, and work with one another in dynamic, purposeful, and respectful ways. Discover new ways to meet the developmental needs that young adolescents have for movement and socializing while helping them meet lesson objectives in any content area. Samples of learning structures include: Consensus Mapping: Small groups of students work together to identify and reach agreement on the main ideasDebate Duos: Pairs of students learn to respectfully debate both sides of an issue and consider multiple perspectivesJigsaws: Small groups of students explore content in greater depth and then share their new knowledge with others Book features: Step-by-step instructions for every structureBrief descriptions of each structure in actionExamples of learning goals for each structureVariations and reproducible handouts for many structuresA quick guide so you can easily find the right structure for your lesson