Teacher's Essential Guide Series: Classroom Management (Scholastic First Discovery) - Softcover

Burke, Jim

Softcover

ISBN 10: 043993446X ISBN 13: 9780439934466

Publisher: Scholastic Teaching Resources (Theory an, 2008

Synopsis

The Teacher's Essential Guide to Classroom Management offers classroom teachers concise, effective solutions to the most common instructional challenges they face. These solutions are based on a combination of research and Jim's own experience as a public school teacher who gets up every morning and works with his own students. Classroom management is about not only creating an effective classroom environment but reducing teachers' stress, increasing productivity - for both teachers and students -- and ensuring a safe, equitable environment committed to the proposition that all kids can learn and succeed.

About this title

About the Author

Jim Burke is an English teacher at Burlingame High School in California. He has received numerous awards, including the NCTE Intellectual Freedom Award, the NCTE Conference on English Leadership Award, and the California Reading Association Hall of Fame Award. He has served on the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards Committee on Adolescence and Young Adulthood English Language Arts Standards and he recently worked with ACT on their high school English Language Arts standards. His published books include The English Teacher's Companion, The Teacher's Daybook, Reading Reminders and Writing Reminders, 50 Essential Lessons, Academic Workout, and The Reader's Handbook. He is also a senior consultant for the McDougal Littell literature program.

From the Back Cover

In this brief but indispensable guide, middle and high school teachers--and any teacher who wants to improve daily classroom life--will find comprehensive, practical advice from veteran teacher Jim Burke. Burke starts you off with a self-assessment checklist to help you identify the management issues that are most pressing in your classroom. He then goes on to present quick and effective strategies to address these challenges--providing solutions that work.

With its streamlined, pocket-sized format, Classroom Management is designed to be carried or stored in a desk drawer for ready access. Burke draws on his many years of classroom experience, to help with issues such as how to:

* keep students fully engaged by capitalizing on their interests

* begin and end classroom periods smoothly and efficiently

* handle discipline problems and conflict issues appropriately

* manage groups effectively

* use diversity to enrich the classroom experience for all

In this clear and essential resource, Jim Burke shares his insights on these topics and many more, giving you just the tools you need to build a smooth-running classroom community where learning flourishes.

Edition details

• Publisher: Scholastic Teaching Resources (Theory an
• Publication date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 043993446X
• ISBN 13: 9780439934466
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 112